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Wet season arrives for Mackay as North Queensland city cops 200mm drenching

The North Queensland city receives a drenching of up to 200 millimetres, resulting in flooded roads and requests for State Emergency Service personnel to help with leaking roofs.

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Townsville boy granted ticket home for Christmas after year of leukaemia treatment in Brisbane

A North Queensland family will get to spend Christmas at home after a lengthy battle with leukaemia.

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Secrets of North Queensland's forgotten World War II history remain ocean deep

In Australia's biggest defence city, untold stories of Australia's of military history are still being uncovered.

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Barramundi with tags in Brisbane River could be due to impact of climate change, says biology professor

Climate change in Far North Queensland and migration from the Sunshine Coast may be responsible for a population of barramundi living in the Brisbane River.

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Townsville residents shocked as hail falls over city gripped by extreme heatwave

North Queensland residents have been shocked to find hailstones falling in Townsville as a heatwave grips the region.

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Son of alleged fraud victim says he had no knowledge of what was happening with his mother's money

A North Queensland man says he did not have the skills or knowledge to know that his wife allegedly misused $85,000 of his 96-year-old mother's money.

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Questions over land clearing in North Queensland where vulnerable species are thought to live

The loss of habitat likely to contain threatened animal and plant species has raised further questions about the effectiveness of state and federal environmental protection laws.

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Pyney's Pie Reviews star Shaun Pyne's rise from mortgage broker to pastry pundit

Shaun Pyne wants to review every pie shop in Australia and his pastry pilgrimage has taken him to the farthest reaches of North Queensland. He has also delivered a controversial verdict on the age-old tomato sauce debate.

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New Pioneer Motors car yard hit by thieves in Mackay

A ram raid at a North Queensland car yard will make the delivery wait time for customers even longer and has left a business devastated.

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Hendra virus case prompts warning for owners to vaccinate horses

A North Queensland vet says it is humans, not horses, who are of greatest concern as his region records the state's first case of Hendra in five years.

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Bailey Pini inquest hears why his family put him in state care

The family of a North Queensland teen who died in state care have opened up about the heartbreaking decision to put him there as a coronial inquiry investigates what went wrong.

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CQ Rescue helicopter crewman finds injured bushwalker at Eungella

A well-equipped tourist needed everything in his bag of tricks to guide a rescuer to him after he broke his ankle on a deserted walking track in North Queensland.

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Moro family commemorates 100 years since parents' arrival in Australia from Italy

Luigia de Lazzari sailed from Italy in search of a better life. By coincidence her future husband arrived on the same ship that docked in Townsville in 1922. A century on, their descendants reflect on how their sacrifices have provided for the life they have today.

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Police allege Mackay man posing as yoga instructor sexually assaulted women

A 28-year-old man allegedly told two women in their 20s he was a yoga instructor before sexually assaulting them in North Queensland.

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Inquest into 2019 Townsville liquor store robbers' flood deaths released, finding 'nothing could be done'

An inquest into the deaths of two men during North Queensland's 2019 floods has found nothing could have been done to prevent the tragedy, which unfolded as they fled from police.

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Cyclone Debbie just the beginning for Queensland family battling CommInsure to fix their roof

After two failed roof rebuilds that created more damage than good, this North Queensland family blames CommInsure for leaving their home a veritable construction site that remains unsafe five years after Cyclone Debbie.

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Plan for drones to monitor beaches for deadly box jellyfish in North Queensland

Box jellyfish aren't floating through the ocean, they're hunting, according to stinger experts. Now a north Queensland council wants airborne, as well as ground defence, to prevent more tragic deaths.

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Bruce Highway motorcycle crash victim identified as 60yo Alan Atherton, 19yo daughter fights for life

An Easter motorcycle ride has turned to tragedy for a North Queensland family with a 60-year-old killed and his teenage daughter fighting for life.

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BOM forecasts cool weather for south east with chance of snow in Tassie, but rain in the north

As most of the rest of the country shivers through a damp end to the Easter holidays, North Queensland looks set to cop a deluge.

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