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Bonza claims title for worst on-time arrival results at four Australian airports in January

Australians are still suffering from budget airline Bonza's unreliability issues, one year after its launch.
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A bonza aircraft on a runway

Near-new fencing scrapped as gulf farmers face steamy rebuild

Queensland graziers are enduring wet season heat to again rebuild after heavy floods in the state's north west, but this time it is costing more.
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Acting Queensland police commissioner appointed as advocates demand 'line in the sand' on DV

Advocates say Queensland's new police commissioner will have a tough road ahead in tackling domestic violence.
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A headshot of Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski

Clubs try to stop historic venues from being bulldozed for 2032 Olympics

Accusations fly thick and fast as a David and Goliath battle to save historic sports clubs in Toowoomba boils over. 
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A boy

Funeral prices show the cost of dying varies but does not have to be expensive

Bobbie wanted a simple funeral. Her family did it for less than $1,000, but they had to think outside the hardwood box.
a bird flies past a grave in a cemetery

Police say rape allegations against Toowoomba priest not investigated as he had already died

A former primary school student is suing the Toowoomba Catholic Diocese for $1.7 million in damages for alleged abuse dating back to the late 2000s.
close up of a church cross on a brass statue

Silver Lining school getting kids on track through growing veggies, rearing livestock and trying rodeo

Silver Lining Ficks Crossing is a school intended to stop the "school-to-prison pipeline", where giving Indigenous youth a sense of purpose is a key outcome. 
Indigenous students from Silver Lining Ficks Crossing tend to a veggie patch on their South Burnett property.

'Once is terrible, twice breaks your heart': Natural disasters taking toll on farmers' mental health

As wild weather pummels the country, Queensland farmers are exhausted after five years of droughts, fires, floods and cyclones. And it's pushing their coping abilities to the limit. 
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Shannon Moss standing in a paddock of pumpkins that was flooded.

Farmers say fall armyworm 'identical to a bushfire' as it wipes out crops within days

The invasive insect causes millions of dollars in losses across Australia's summer crop-growing regions.
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Four male farmers crouching in a paddock with ruined crop

Bill to decriminalise sex work tabled in Queensland parliament today

The proposed reforms would repeal existing criminal offences relating to sex work and create new offences for the protection of sex workers.
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A woman looks away.

Police launch major search for labourer last seen in northern NSW five months ago

Police say the disappearance of 40-year-old Daniel Copeland is now the subject of a homicide investigation.
A smiling bald man in a pub.

'Not everyone has a lazy $20,000': Queensland caps local election spending following corruption report

Candidates vying for a position in Queensland's local government next month will, for the first time, need to keep their personal campaign spending and donations under a cap.
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a woman stands in a queue to vote with her great dane

'Risky' business as Australian barley exports to China surge after three-year ban

Barley exports to China are booming after tariffs were lifted in August, but are Australian farmers just repeating the same mistake?
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Barley on a grain belt with an auger

How Josh Thomas became the face of millennial comedy in Australia

Back in the country for his new stand-up tour, Josh Thomas talks about how he stumbled into being audience surrogate for millennials around Australia.
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A man in a blue room looking into a mirror.

Youth crime is at the forefront of Queensland minds. But in one city, police say things are getting better

An alleged murder outside a shopping centre pushed youth crime into the spotlight in this regional city. A year later, the rate of offending is going down. But a criminologist says numbers can be deceiving.
A police image of young people boxing

After surviving a stroke, 60-year-old mum fears a fatal heatwave in social housing

Susan Jones fears her stiflingly hot social housing that does not have air-conditioning will put her life at risk if heatwaves continue to affect the state.
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Woman in black singlet on couch with white dog

Australians are spending more on lotto tickets than ever before despite cost of living crisis

Australians have spent more than $7 billion in recent years on lotteries, at a time when cost of living and inflation are biting into household budgets.
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A woman stands outside a newsagency holding a lotto ticket

Regular Health Checks

Here are some recommended preventive health checks doctors want you to consider.
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Farmers hit with $100,000 insurance bills as extreme weather events become more frequent

Farmers consider running the gauntlet and leaving machinery uninsured as premiums go through the roof, with insurers blaming erratic weather, inflation, and increasing costs for the price hikes.
Ryan Milgate standing in a paddock of crop

Lack of oxygen could have caused fatal plane crash that killed three people: ATSB

A preliminary report suggests hypoxia could be the reason three aerial firefighting crew members, including 22-year-old William Jennings from the US, died when their plane crashed in rural Queensland in November.
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The human body doesn't come with a manual, so here's a list of regular services every owner needs

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.
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a doctor checks a patient's blood pressure

After catching a burglar on her property, Stephanie accessed a fund allowing her to install extra home security

A federally-funded Neighbourhood Watch program is offering people in certain parts of the country rebates to improve home security.
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A woman in a green blouse in front of a brick home.

Life returns to scorched national park after bushfire burns almost 3,500 square kilometres

A researcher who had cameras stationed throughout a central Queensland national park has captured the devastation of a months-long bushfire and the green shoots of returning life.
Burnt bushland next to a picture of the bushland covered in greenery

Mayor calls for better monitoring after 'surprise' flooding prompts evacuations in Queensland town

Twenty-nine people needed to be evacuated from Warra this week after water from three creeks converged on the south-west Queensland town, with the local mayor now calling for a better monitoring system for overland flows.
A child wearing a lifejacket standing in front of a swift water rescuer

Almost 170,000 air conditioners remotely turned down six times during blistering summer heat

Queensland’s state-owned power grid quietly forced almost 170,000 air-conditioners in homes and businesses into low-power mode six times over summer.
Sun shimmers through powerlines and trees at The Gap in Brisbane.