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Queensland Police have concerns for a missing 15-year-old, right, due to her age and a medical condition.

Desperate search for Aussie teen missing for four days

Police and family are concerned for the welfare of the missing 15-year-old due to her age and a medical condition.

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Cops charge driver who took ‘1150 demerit points for cash’

Police have accused an Australian woman of orchestrating a ‘cash for demerit points’ scheme in which $620,000 worth of other drivers’ fines were fraudulently recorded against her licence.

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Vision of a humpback whale and her stillborn calf has scientists pondering the mammals' inner lives. (HANDOUT/Griffith University)

WATCH: Mother whale's heartbreaking moment with stillborn calf

A never-before scientifically documented moment between a humpback whale and her stillborn calf has scientists rethinking the depth of the creatures’ inner lives.

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Brianna Cronin’s family is pleading for help bringing her home to Australia after her tragic fall from the cliffs at Kelingking Beach in Bali.

Family launches urgent appeal after Aussie dies in Bali fall

‘We need your help . . . No one should have to grieve from the other side of the world.’

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Anthropic’s Claude AI ‌model could help the company achieve a market capitalisation of $2.8 trillion.

Anthropic-Queensland data centre plan slammed by Greens

The Digital Park, which would cost some $30 billion to build, is about 250km west of Brisbane in a region that has long fought the coal-seam gas wells that would help power Australia’s largest data centre.

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Another state is on track to give police sweeping powers to search for knives. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Experts warn against reliance on knife-search powers

Another Australian state will be publicly “wanded” for knives at the discretion of police after the major parties align on laws pioneered by Queensland.

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The child was last seen at 3pm on Monday.

Grave fears for missing 11yo girl as search continues

Police are urging anyone with any information on her whereabouts to come forward.

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A tourist who fell to her death from the cliffs above Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida has been identified as a young Queensland woman.

Desperate final moments before Aussie’s cliffside death

An Australian woman’s final moments have been revealed following her death on the cliffside of a popular Indonesian holiday destination.

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Steve"Golly"Gollschewskiis being remembered as a calm presence who led through tough times. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

‘We love him’: Emotional service held for former top cop

Former Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollschewski has been remembered for his ethics and commitment to serve his state at an emotional funeral service.

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The early morning blaze tore through the Great Northern Hotel in Townsville.

Iconic Aussie pub destroyed in blaze as locals ordered away

The heritage-protected pub has suffered a ‘full structural collapse’ as a result of a fire ripping through it on Friday morning.

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ATO employee charged over alleged organised crime leaks, child abuse material.

ATO worker charged over alleged crime leaks, child abuse

An ATO employee has been charged after allegedly leaking official information to organised crime associates, with investigators allegedly making a disturbing discovery during a raid on his Gold Coast home.

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Ian Campbell, 56, and daughter Hannah, 23, on recent fundraising expedition to Papua New Guinea.

Heartbreaking final weeks of family killed in plane crash

A father and daughter dead in Monday morning’s tragic Chambers Flat plane crash spent the last weeks of their lives as ambassadors for an emotional cause.

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The Campbell family are much loved figures in their community.

Father and daughter confirmed dead in horror plane crash

The family involved in Monday morning’s fiery light aircraft crash in Chambers Flat, Queensland have been identified as community figures and advocates.

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Darryl Valroy Young was sentenced over the murder of three neighbours in Townsville today.

Farmer who killed trio over cattle learns his fate in court

A grazier shot four members of a neighbouring family like he was "killing feral animals" on his property, a sentencing judge has said.

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Today mortgage borrowers are doing it tougher than previous generations, according to real estate data.

How borrowers today are suffering more than boomers did

The baby boomers who were paying 17.5 per cent interest rates in 1990 had it easier when it came to servicing a mortgage, a new analysis shows.

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Beachgoers sought solace from the heat as temperatures in one state threatened to break records.  (Danny Casey/AAP PHOTOS)

Extreme fire danger, spiking temperatures grip states

Early spring fire bans have been put in place as parts of Australia reckon with unseasonably hot conditions for the start of the season.

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Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died at age 67 after losing his battle to cancer on Friday.

‘Remarkable’ top cop dies just months after retiring

Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died at 67-years-old.

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