Rising temperatures, dry air and moderate to fresh south-westerly winds means Queenslanders should be on very high alert over coming days, with bushfires likely to ignite and spread quickly in these conditions.
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Emails show Immigration officials scrambled to keep au pairs in country
The Department of Home Affairs releases 169 pages of documents showing Peter Dutton’s role in granting au pairs tourist visas, and the work put in by his office staff and Immigration officials.
Tasmanian tourist critical after shark attack in Whitsundays
A 46-year-old woman from Tasmania is in a critical condition after her leg was mauled by a shark while swimming from a yacht in the Whitsundays off the north Queensland coast.
Strawberry growers claim government agencies are creating 'hysteria' over needles
While the Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister front up to the cameras, strawberry growers are taking aim at government agencies for creating what they describe as “hysteria” over the strawberry needle crisis.
Vet rapt with return of beloved dinosaur sculpture years after theft
A veterinarian with a love of dinosaurs is celebrating the return of a raptor sculpture that had been stolen more than two years ago.
Video of man hitting puppy prompts animal cruelty plea
A Gold Coast man caught on video repeatedly hitting a three-month-old samoyed puppy with a stick is banned from owning dogs for three years after pleading guilty to animal cruelty.
Prime Minister announces new penalties for 'cowards' who tamper with fruit
Scott Morrison describes the people who have hidden needles in fruit as “cowards”, and wants new laws toughening up penalties to pass Parliament this week.
Prosthetic hand project inspires Brisbane students to follow engineering
Helping children who have lost hands in landmine explosions and other accidents leads students from a high school south of Brisbane to engage in engineering.
100 police investigating Queensland strawberry contamination scandal
A taskforce comprising 100 Queensland police officers including 60 detectives, will investigate the strawberry contamination scandal devastating the industry as the Federal Government announces another $1 million in funding to help growers.
Former Labor leader Bill Hayden turns to God despite atheist past
Having spent most of his life as an atheist, former governor-general and Labor stalwart Bill Hayden says he has found God again at age 85.