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Convicted child abuser Shannon Norgate has died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a Queensland Correctional Centre.

Repeat paedophile dies after alleged attack by inmates

Convicted child abuser Shannon Norgate has died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a Queensland Correctional Centre.

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Beau Bradford, 15, has died after a workplace accident.

‘Light in the room’: Family mourns teen tradie killed on worksite

‘If you ever had the privilege of meeting Beau, you’d know that the world is a lot dimmer today without him.’

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A man has been gunned down in a shooting as police probe a targeted attack.

Fatal shooting in Brisbane park sparks major police probe

A man has been shot dead in what police believe was a targeted attack, with officers confirming there is no ongoing threat to the community.

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Friends of the Sea World helicopter pilot killed in a 2023 crash have told an inquest he used cocaine at a New Year’s Eve party days before the disaster.

Sea World pilot’s drug use before deadly crash exposed

Inquest hears Ash Jenkinson partied on New Year’s Eve 2022 and took cocaine just days before the fatal helicopter collision.

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The CFMEU targeted women as part of its attempt to gain control of Queensland construction sites, an inquiry in Brisbane heard.

Union head told she wasn’t safe on site after CFMEU threats

The Queensland head of the Australian Workers’ Union was told to stay away from a project targeted by CFMEU because her safety was at risk.

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Emergency crews spent more than an hour carefully removing a teenager from under a collapsed wall. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Worker crushed to death on site, teen trapped under concrete

A worker has died and a teenager is seriously injured after a retaining wall collapsed during peak hour at a construction site in Brisbane’s West End.

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Police have appealed for public help after a seven-month-old was reported missing. He was last seen with a 26-year-old woman, pictured.

Public appeal as urgent search launched for missing baby

Police have appealed for public help after a seven-month-old was reported missing.

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Police investigate serious incident at Cannon Hill Bunnings.

Bunnings turns deadly as man struck in shocking incident

A man has died after a shocking incident in a Bunnings car park, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision.

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Authorities called the scene “nothing short of a tragedy.”

Man charged over ‘catastrophic’ crash deaths of 10yo, woman

A mother and her 10-year-old daughter died and three other children injured were killed in the north Queensland horror crash.

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Ex-worker’s tears over deadly Sea World chopper crash

A former Sea World Helicopters employee has broken down after giving evidence at an inquest into the fatal mid-air collision that killed four people in 2023.

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A pregnant palomino horse has been shot dead on a rural Queensland property.

Horror as pregnant horse found shot dead on Aussie farm

Police are investigating the horrific killing and are appealing to the public for help in identifying the culprit.

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Cars and roofs take a battering with large  hailstones.

Giant hail, cyclonic winds as residents brace for more superstorms

Thousands of people remain without power after massive storms hammered the east coast, with more states bracing for another bout of severe weather activity.

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A man has died after being pulled from the surf on the Gold Coast.

Tragedy as man dies after being pulled from surf on popular beach

Emergency services spent more than 20 minutes trying to revive the man.

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Large Hail at Wights Mt near Samford, west of Brisbane.

Queensland braces for giant hail and brutal heatwave

Millions of Australians could be battered by giant hail as a storm is set to roll in, with the state also warned of an extreme heatwave in the coming days.

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Shocking footage of the moment two joy flight helicopters collid

WATCH: Terrifying moment Sea World choppers collide

Helicopter pilots at a theme park doubled flights for the peak holiday season but could not radio each other before a fatal collision, a coroner has heard.

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