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LNP’s Queensland election pitch to enforce Townsville and Cairns youth curfew slammed by community leaders as ‘archaic’

The Tigers are truly roaring heading into the AFL grand final, so are we witnessing a dynasty?

Sex abuse royal commission finds Catholic church failed to act against Brisbane brother over abuse complaints

Body of missing man Shanon Hoffman found at Babinda Boulders, south of Cairns

LNP’s Queensland election pitch to enforce Townsville youth curfew branded ‘a dog pound for kids’ by Katter’s Australian Party

Cats and Tigers AFL grand final at Brisbane’s Gabba not expected to be affected by storms

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AFL grand final weather has been everything from scorching to swamp-like. How will Brisbane compare?

As the pre-bounce hush falls under the Gabba lights on Saturday night, the lucky 30,000 there to witness the culmination of the most bizarre season in living memory will feel the tension in the air. Literally. The humidity is forecast to be 70 per cent. There has been plenty of speculation around potential storms over the past few days. But the latest forecast suggests while storms are expected around south-east Queensland on Saturday, they are…
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Clive Palmer’s company tips another $1.7 million into his party’s Queensland election campaign

Clive Palmer’s private company Mineralogy has donated a further $1.7 million to the businessman’s United Australia Party as voting gets underway in the Queensland election. That brings Mineralogy’s total contribution to the party’s campaign since early September to $3,765,188 — more than the declared donations over the same period for both the LNP and Labor combined. Matters of State podcast In the lead up to the Queensland state election Steve Austin and Matt Wordsworth break…
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Tycoon Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest says a stutter is part of who he is: ‘You can live full, rich and happy lives’

In less than two weeks one of the world’s most powerful positions could be held by a man with a stutter. That is of course, if Joe Biden wins the United States Presidential Election on November 3. Key points: Thursday October 22 marks International Stuttering Awareness Day Advocacy groups are working to break down the stigma associated with the disorder Stamma is working closely with Wikipedia to edit “misleading language” on pages relating to people…
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Lindsey Buckingham Hops on the ‘Dreams’ TikTok Challenge

This one felt inevitable. After his former bandmates Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks joined TikTok following Nathan Apodaca’s viral “Dreams” moment, Lindsey Buckingham got in on the action. In a video posted on his newly-created account, Buckingham shared his interpretation of the challenge, noting it was shot over the weekend by his girls. The 15-second clip sees the ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist on a horse sipping Ocean Spray from a bottle. See it below (and hope…
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Queensland election race heats up as voters size up the candidate and party choices

A record number of political parties and candidates are in the running for this month’s Queensland election — offering voters…

Could the Queensland election result come down to Townsville?

It’s no scheduling accident that both Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington are campaigning in Townsville today…