Generous Queensland families open their homes to disabled dogs found at death’s door during a recent RSPCA raid of Storybook Farm Animal Garden Rescue, where it is alleged 37 animals were kept in an “horrific environment”.
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Hanson’s ‘family man’ candidate quits over video of him touching stripper
One Nation Senate candidate for Queensland Steve Dickson resigns after footage is released of him making derogatory comments and touching a dancer in a US strip club.
History of Aboriginal archaeology wins Book of the Year
Deep Time Dreaming, which charts a revolution in how we understand Australian history, takes two key awards at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Four people spend the night stranded on a channel marker in Torres Strait
Three men and a teenage boy are forced to traverse a reef and seek relative safety on a channel marker after their boat capsizes near Thursday Island, with a rescue chopper brought in to retrieve the group.
As competitive eaters chase cash and social media fame, a doctor says 'it's not worth dying for'
A medical professional has expressed concern about the practice of extreme eating, pointing to health outcomes on a range from ‘bad, to very bad’, including death.
She won her race but was told she needed to beat the men to win a prize
One of Queensland’s leading universities is forced to backflip over a decision not to award female runners prize money at a weekend fun run.
'You can fix it yourself': Workshops teach migrants technical skills recycling old computers
A workshop at the State Library of Queensland takes a fresh approach to electronic waste by teaching refugee and migrant students to build their own computers, repurposing old government PCs that would otherwise be destined for landfill.
'OK I'm taking you out of the show': What happens when audience interaction goes wrong
From inappropriate behaviour to over-enthusiasm, six performers talk about the good, bad and ugly of interactive shows.
Child dies after being hit by L-plate driver east of Brisbane
A three-year-old boy dies and another suffers minor injuries after they are hit by a 16-year-old learner driver who was reportedly reversing in a unit complex in a Redlands suburb, east of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon.
Child dies after being hit by L-plate driver in Brisbane car park
A young child dies and another suffers minor injuries after they are hit by a 16-year-old learner driver who was reversing in a car park in a Brisbane suburb on Saturday afternoon.