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‘Dead within hours’: How war on pests is killing family dogs

News Pooches across Queensland are becoming collateral damage in a battle to keep pests out of homes this winter, prompting a plea from vets.

Chef sacked over ‘horrific’ butter prank

Offbeat A man’s practical joke has spectacularly backfired, leaving him out of a job and a colleague “scalded and hospitalised”. WARNING: Graphic

State ignored own advice on written-off cars

Politics The Department of Transport and Main Roads knew there needed to be an inspection of repairs of written-off vehicles almost a decade ago, but nothing happened.

Heavily armed police storm street over gel blaster rifle

News A MAN wielding a toy gun while walking down a local street resulted in a dramatic response.

Netflix deletes suicide scene from show

TV The streaming platform Netflix has deleted a controversial suicide scene from its show "13 Reasons Why" in response to concerns from health groups.

Union delegate fined $7500

News A union delegate and traffic controller who refused to work on a Brisbane university construction site over two days has been fined $7500 by a judge.

Model excited to be ‘first black girl’ on the Bachelor

News Namibian immigrant turned Australian model Vakoo Kauapirura is proud to be a woman of colour that will feature on this year’s Bachelor series.

Adani ‘admin error’ ends in court

Environment QUEENSLAND’S Environment Department is prosecuting miner Adani over information initially omitted from its 2017/18 annual return.

Pisasale trial: 'Did she put her hand on your leg?'

Crime TELEPHONE intercepts played during Paul Pisasale's trial have revealed barrister Sam Di Carlo told co-accused Yutian Li to give him the "girlfriend experience".

Towns facing urgent ‘day zero’ crisis

Environment AUSSIE communities are staring down the barrel of what authorities dub “day zero” — a crisis threatening lives and livelihoods.

Baby girl ‘did not seem to be breathing’

Crime FLATMATES of a tradie accused of shaking his baby girl until she was unconscious have told a court about the moment they realised something was terribly wrong.