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Alleged murder victim could still be alive, jury told
Alleged murder victim could still be alive, jury told
Hundreds of children can join class action, seeking millions in claims
Hundreds of children can join class action, seeking millions in claims
Cocaine crackdown in Fortitude Valley leads to dozens of arrests
Cocaine crackdown in Fortitude Valley leads to dozens of arrests
‘Very happy’: Victim’s joy over paedophile’s appeal fail
‘Very happy’: Victim’s joy over paedophile’s appeal fail
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‘Osprey cam’ streams life of nesting seabirds perched at tip of 55 metre-long Queensland rainforest canopy crane
Researchers believe the same pair of birds has been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive years
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It started by chance – but it should have come as no surprise that two ospreys would pick a hi-tech research facility to make their home.
James Cook University’s 47-metre tall crane towers over the far-north Queensland rainforest canopy, making it the perfect nesting place for the seabird.
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© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory

© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory

© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory
Brisbane woman who gave lethal medication to terminally ill husband released on bail after murder charge
David Ronald Mobbs, who had motor neurone disease, had said he didn’t want to live if his illness became intolerable, court hears
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A woman who gave a lethal cocktail of medication to her husband who was dying from motor neurone disease has been granted bail after being charged with murder.
Kylie Ellina Truswell‑Mobbs was granted bail on Tuesday after being charged with murdering her 56-year-old husband, who was dying from motor neurone disease.
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© Photograph: Samantha Manchee/AAP

© Photograph: Samantha Manchee/AAP

© Photograph: Samantha Manchee/AAP
Queensland magistrate suppresses identity of man with ‘high public profile’ in extortion case
Media outlets argue man’s name should be made public and police acting to protect him from ‘embarrassment’
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A Queensland magistrate has suppressed the name of a man with a “high public profile” during an ongoing extortion case in Cairns.
The man – referred to in court as MM – is not a party to the case, which was back before the Cairns magistrates court on Monday.
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© Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

© Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

© Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells rally Ben Roberts-Smith is a person ‘I respect and I admire’
Hanson compares former soldier’s prosecution for war crimes to her 2003 jailing for electoral fraud, which was later overturned
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The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, told a rally in support of Ben Roberts-Smith that the former soldier accused of war crimes is a person “I respect and I admire”, before its organiser called for “an army of civilians” to support him.
About 100 supporters gathered in Rocks Riverside Park in Seventeen Mile Rocks in southern Brisbane on Sunday.
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© Photograph: Darren England/AAP

© Photograph: Darren England/AAP