More than a dozen heat records are smashed across north Queensland and an extreme fire danger warning also issued for the Capricornia region for Wednesday, with the scorching weather to continue across the state into the weekend.
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'The time to leave is now': Premier urges Deepwater residents to flee danger zone
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk issues an urgent plea for residents near Deepwater in central Queensland to leave their homes immediately due to the ongoing threat from a bushfire fanned by an unprecedented heatwave.
Finch scores 50 ahead of first Test as opener debate fizzles out
The debate about whether Victoria should have opened with Aaron Finch ahead of Australlia’s first Test against India quickly became irrelevant in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland.
Men-only for 153 years, Brisbane club to vote again on allowing women to join
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'No reprieve in sight': Reinforcements brought in to battle bushfires as extreme heatwave continues
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Pilot and midwife find love in the skies while saving lives
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Man who hit wife over dowry 'living under a rock', magistrate says
A magistrate condemns an Indian-born man’s violence against his new wife over dowry concerns, saying Australia has “had a gutful” of domestic violence.
Man with intellectual age of 10yo jailed over Cairns woman's death
Richard Clay Dunlop is sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail for the manslaughter of Cairns woman China Crawford in far north Queensland.
'Some people might find this distressing': Video shows moments before trio's skydive collision
An inquest examining a fatal skydiving accident in far north Queensland of three people — including a mother of eight — is shown GoPro vision that captured the faces of the victims before a mid-air collision that saw them fall to their deaths.
'Keep our culture alive': First Nations travel to Sydney Opera House for Dance Rites
The judges award the $20,000 prize to the Nunukul Yuggera group from Queensland, but for many First Nation Australians competing, dancing is one of the last ways to preserve their language and culture.