Instead of a site-by-site approach, companies will be forced to contribute an amount into to a pool of money to be used for rehabilitation for abandoned sites if the owner goes bust. But the new rules don’t apply to existing mines.
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Crash unnoticed for 10 hours after semi plunges off motorway, killing driver
Police say the truck, which fell about 10 metres off the Logan Motorway, west of Brisbane overnight, would have been out of sight for drivers, meaning the crash went unreported until this morning.
'Lines were crossed': Jeff Horn threatens to dump promoters over Mundine tweets
Australian boxer Jeff Horn threatens to walk away from his promoters after they published social media posts about Anthony Mundine’s views on homosexuality without his knowledge.
Aussie athlete forced to urinate in bottle because plane didn't have wheelchair
Darren Belling helped take Australia to its first Para-ice hockey World Championships, but his journey was book-ended by humiliation after being forced to urinate in a water bottle and later stranded in Brisbane while his wheelchair sat more than 12,000km away.
Bikie jailed over shooting manslaughter during botched cocaine deal
A bikie who accidentally shot Jei “Jack” Lee during a botched drug deal over $17,000 worth of cocaine, south of Brisbane, is sentenced to nine-and-a-half-years in prison for manslaughter.
CPR from firefighters saves little puppy stuck down big recliner
A chihuahua puppy named Raven Rinna Venus Nebitt-Schuman is expected to make a full recovery after being rescued and revived by firies who freed her from the back of her owner’s recliner chair.
Backyard sheep Nibbles gets a visit from the baa-ber
While many sheep are shorn in a shearing shed, one Brisbane ovine owner searches the country each year for an urban ringer to keep his popular pet clipped and content.
When 'the hugs and kisses stopped' I knew something was wrong with mum
Robyn O’Neill was working full-time, living an active life and loving being a grandmother but a diagnosis of dementia changed all of it.
Need a new lawnmower? Don't buy one — borrow it from the library
Australia’s first public tool library opens in Brisbane and instead of books and magazines, library members borrow power tools, lawnmowers and whipper snippers.
Deadly legionella bacteria detected in 170 Queensland hospitals and aged care centres
The bacteria that causes deadly Legionnaires’ disease is found in more than half of Queensland’s hospitals and aged care centres, State Government figures reveal.