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Wild dog attacks woman cooking dinner in Cape York rainforest home

A woman is recovering in hospital after a wild dog, believed to be a dingo, burst into her Cape York house and attacked her while she was cooking dinner.





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Cheeky crocodile continues to elude rangers in Far North Queensland

Howard the crocodile is being targeted for removal after a resident complained the four-metre reptile had been spotted basking near properties north of Cairns. But locals are angry and want him to stay.











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Nitrate-busting technology tipped to reduce fertiliser levels running into Great Barrier Reef

Farmers build bioreactors on their farms to reduce run-off of fertilisers that have been blamed for declining coral health.




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Optus chosen to cover mobile black spots in remote Australia, sparking anger

Locals in far-north Queensland say it's "ludicrous" to install an Optus satellite small cell service in a remote Telstra-dominated area.




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Royal Flying Doctor Service combats pilot shortage with aviation mentoring program

Queensland's Royal Flying Doctor Service trades training for loyalty in a new program to bring in more pilots.




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Frost and drought: Climate change hammering Australia's biggest tea plantation

The manager of Australia's best-known locally produced tea brand says there is a real shift in the climate on its plantations in Queensland's far north.




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Rainforest more flammable than grass amid fears Iron Range will take decades to recover from fires

Scientists fear Cape York's Iron Range (Kutini-Payamu) National Park could take decades to recover after weekend fires.






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Unproven stem cell treatments provide expensive last resort in families' search for hope

What's driving Australian families overseas to gamble on "magical" stem cell treatments at sky-high prices?




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Chroming resurgence hits Queensland: So what is it and why do kids do it?

Also known as huffing, sniffing or rexing, chroming is the practice of inhaling solvents or other household chemicals to get high. It's caused the death of several children across the country and happens often on public transport but it's not illegal and this is why.




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Scheme promising economic boom for northern Australia has not spent a cent in Queensland

Stakeholders call for an overhaul of the government's $5 billion fund that promised to turn northern Australia into an economic powerhouse.




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Far North Queensland's Dunk Island set for multi-million-dollar makeover

A Far North Queensland tourist island, left lying in ruins for years, will undergo a multi-million-dollar redevelopment in an effort to create an international tourism drawcard.




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Qantas mid-air emergency as passengers watch propeller stop

Passengers on a regional Queensland flight describe the moment one of the propellers on a twin-engine plane stopped in mid-air.




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Chroming killed Rosie's cousin. Now she's speaking out about her addiction in the hope of deterring others

Two teenagers who have recently sought help to stop chroming are speaking out about their addictions, which have led to the loss of friends and family members, in the hope of deterring others from heading down the same path.




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James Cook University sacked professor Peter Ridd raises $500k to fight university's appeal

A marine physicist, who was awarded more than $1.2 million for his wrongful sacking earlier this month, has now raised more than half a million dollars to fight an appeal by James Cook University.




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Cape York mayor says families are 'falling apart' from unrelenting deaths in community

A Cape York mayor says a perpetual cycle of death is ripping his community apart and more can be done to detect chronic diseases earlier.




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Ghost net hotspot in Gulf of Carpentaria still in need of Government help to clear 'indiscriminate killer'

Environmental groups say plans to save marine animals from harm and drowning in discarded fishing nets are not being implemented where it is needed the most.




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Chroming will 'dissolve the brain like melting plastic', experts warn amid resurgence

Health professionals who say they have seen an increase in the number of "very young children" under the influence of solvents and inhalants warn the consequences of their actions are irreversible.




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Rexona maker Unilever acknowledges five deaths linked to misuse of product

The makers of Rexona, the deodorant identified by retailers and police as the product most misused by Queensland children, acknowledges its product was implicated in five deaths across two states through misuse but says there is "nothing that currently exists" to fix the problem.




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Dengue fever virtually eradicated from Far North Queensland, scientists say

Scientists say after running an eradication program for the past eight years, Far North Queensland can be declared free of dengue fever for the first time in more than 100 years.




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Deb Frecklington says deaths linked to Rexona 'simply tragic', calls for chroming strategy

As Queensland Opposition leader Deb Frecklington weighs in on the state's chroming crisis, BP recalls how it went about combatting misuse of its own product almost two decades ago.




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More than a place to cool off, these swimming pools are the lifeblood of Australia

The swimming pool is more than just a place to take a quick dip, as these seven watering holes around the country celebrate.




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Opt-out insurance policies eating into superannuation funds without people knowing

This self-employed labourer was doing casual work earning a couple of hundred dollars a week. Then he received a letter from his super fund saying his retirement savings had shrunk.




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African swine fever on Australia's doorstep, with outbreaks confirmed in Timor-Leste pig farms

It's estimated that African swine fever has killed 25 per cent of the world's pig population. The deadly disease has now reached Timor-Leste, about 650 kilometres from Darwin.




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Meteor rumbles across sky in Far North Queensland

Residents in Far North Queensland describe how the ground shook after what is believed to be a rare daytime meteor streaks across the sky.




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Squid egg mass discovered by divers in ocean currents in Great Barrier Reef

One squid, most likely the diamondback squid, lays an estimated 40,000 free-floating eggs into Great Barrier Reef waters, in an event for the species that experts say lives fast and dies young.




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Mango season heating up in the Northern Territory as industry continues to expand

Mango fans get ready, because the season is ramping up in the Northern Territory with more than 200,000 trays picked last week.




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Deadly Asian fungus, poisonous to touch, found in Far North Queensland rainforest

The world's second-deadliest fungus, the poison fire coral, is found in Far North Queensland for the first time, a long way from its usual home in the mountains of Japan and Korea, and can cause a "horrifying array of symptoms".




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Queenslanders with vision impairment fight for access to disability parking in line with other states

Queenslanders who are visually impaired say they're at risk of serious injury in busy carparks and on roads because they don't have the right to use disability parking spaces.




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Snake skin found by Cairns resident Stuart Morris possibly from 7-metre reticulated python

Stuart Morris initially kept walking when he first laid eyes on a massive snake skin in Cairns, but when he saw it a second time he decided to take it home and straighten it out all 7 metres of it.






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Australia's first glass bridge unveiled at Cobbold Gorge in outback Queensland

Queensland's youngest gorge has been bridged entirely with glass, providing tourists with 360-degree views of an ancient oasis.



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Aged care regulations on chemical restraints 'normalise' use, human rights group says

A report by Human Rights Watch says new regulations to tighten the use of chemical restraints on dementia patients has actually normalised the treatment to the detriment of patients.