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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.
A bonza aircraft on a runway

Published: Source: ABC Mildura-Swan HillTopic: Air Transport Industryby Tamara Clark

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.
Steve Gollschewski will be the acting police commissioner

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Policeby Lexy Hamilton-Smith

Traditional owners of Adani mine site take legal action against Queensland government over sacred springs

The landmark legal action comes after claims the state government breached the traditional owners' human rights by failing to stop potential contamination and groundwater threats to their sacred wetlands.
Members of the Wangan and Jaganlingou group, some wearing traditional body paint

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy

Heyday nostalgia amid developer's plans to reopen Whitsundays' abandoned Lindeman Island resort

After rotting away for more than a decade, the tide may be turning for a once iconic Whitsundays holiday spot with whispers Lindeman Island will be back in action by 2025.
A group of people stand looking out on a jetty.

Published: Source: ABC Tropical NorthTopic: Tourism and Leisure Industryby Hannah Walsh

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.
A woman looking away.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Prostitutionby Alex Brewster

Like a pub with no beer, a Queensland hospital was without a permanent doctor for six years, until Dr Tim arrived

Securing a permanent doctor in the bush is a difficult task, and this doctor has just ended a rural town's six-year wait for a permanent hospital GP.
A doctor sits at his desk with a red stethoscope around his neck in a blue button up shirt with a green wall and whiteboard

Published: Source: ABC Tropical NorthTopic: Doctors and Medical Professionalsby Hannah Walsh and Abbey Halter

'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.
a woman stands in a queue to vote with her great dane

Published: Source: ABC Gold CoastTopic: Local Governmentby Jessica Lamb

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Zoe Miller and Buddy

Zoe Miller and her border collie Buddy are the winners of ABC TV's Muster Dogs series 2.
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds

Source: ABC News

Police render assistance in wake of cyclone

Police moving branches off the road in Garbutt, driving through wet weather, inspecting a fallen umbrella on Hamilton Island, and monitoring washed up debris on Harbour Beach.
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds

Source: ABC News

A crane lifts a boat from the ocean

A boat was lifted out of the water by a crane in Airlie Beach following ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.
Duration: 59 seconds

Source: ABC News

Rising cost of exhibiting at agricultural shows

Karen Coghill and her daughter show dairy goats across Queensland but they say the rising cost of living is having an impact on the number of people exhibiting animals at agricultural shows.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds

Source: ABC Capricornia

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Second person charged over death of SA mum allegedly murdered before house set on fire

A woman is charged over the death of South Australian mother Krystal Marshall, who was allegedly murdered before the house in which her remains were found was set alight.
A woman with sunglasses on her head.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police

Assange's father says it's time to put 'serious' pressure on UK, US to bring home 'son of the Australian soil'

As the world waits for the verdict on whether the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US, his father John Shipton says Australia should consider imposing "not too brutal" restrictions on our allies.
A split image showing an older man in a living room and Julian Assange, standing on a balcony holding up his fist.

Published: Source: ABC GippslandTopic: International Courts and Tribunalsby William Howard, Mim Hook and Millicent Spencer

WorkSafe ACT identifies 70 cubic metres of asbestos-ridden mulch at Canberra site

Mulch laced with bonded asbestos is discovered at a residential complex in Canberra, as one landscaping company describes learning their products contain the material as "a major kick in the guts".
Fence with a danger asbestos sign at the Rozelle Parklands as the clean up continues

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Asbestosby Victor Petrovic and Harry Frost

King Charles says he has been 'reduced to tears' by public support after cancer diagnosis

Speaking during his weekly audience with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the king also said he was gratified to see how his diagnosis had boosted support for cancer charities across the UK.
An older white man with white hair in a navy pinstriped suit smiles as he shakes hands with a middle-aged man of Indian heritage

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Royalty

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