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Ipswich man fell to his death during drug raid abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/i…

Ipswich man fell to his death during drug raid

Detectives from the organised crime gangs group Taskforce Maxima arrived at Mario Merlo's apartment to conduct a drug raid moments before he fell to his death from his 13th floor balcony.

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NSW government shuts down possibility of moving Coolangatta-Tweed border abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/p…

NSW government shuts down possibility of moving Coolangatta-Tweed border

Hopes of moving the border are shut down, with the NSW government saying the border "cannot move and should not move".

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When Vashti shows up to worksites, there often aren't toilets for women abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/w…

When Vashti shows up to worksites, there often aren't toilets for women

The Nowhere to Go campaign is urging regulators to make sure women on worksites have bathrooms with soap and sanitary bins.

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Family that sparked Queensland school COVID-19 scare fined over Sydney border breach abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/f…

Family that sparked Queensland school COVID-19 scare fined over Sydney border breach

A family, currently testing negative to COVID-19, that made a secret dash from Sydney to Townsville has been fined for breaching border restrictions.

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Alex Glenn calls time on 13-year NRL career, leaving Broncos searching for a new captain abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/a…

Alex Glenn calls time on 13-year NRL career, leaving Broncos searching for a new captain

Alex Glenn will retire at the end of the season as the fourth most-capped player in Broncos history, and will leave the club on the hunt for a new captain.

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'It's very hard to get started': Small-scale abattoirs needed for producers to break into market abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-0…
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Art series revives extinct native Torres Strait rodent abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/b…

Art series revives extinct native Torres Strait rodent

The first mammal extinction attributed to human-induced climate change has been given new life through art.

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'Acceptable for athletes, not for actors': The double standards for parents of rising stars abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/m…

'Acceptable for athletes, not for actors': The double standards for parents of rising stars

Gold Coast-based Molly Wright has become the youngest person to deliver a TED Talk. But a flurry of trolling comments levelled at her mother has prompted other stage mums to call out double standards.

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Troops deployed to Queensland border to counter 'real and present' threat of NSW outbreak abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/c…
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Rugby Union legend Toutai Kefu shares a heartfelt post following a violent home invasion abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/t…

Rugby Union legend Toutai Kefu shares a heartfelt post following a violent home invasion

The former Wallaby confirms he is home from hospital in a heartfelt Facebook post and thanked the community for its support, following a brutal attack in his home on Monday. 

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Man dies in fall from Ipswich apartment while trying to escape from police abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/q…

Man dies in fall from Ipswich apartment while trying to escape from police

Police went to the Oaks apartment building on Wednesday morning to make inquiries and say the man fled from officers and fell from a balcony to his death.

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'Double donut day': Queensland records another day with no new community COVID cases abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/c…

'Double donut day': Queensland records another day with no new community COVID cases

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces zero new locally acquired cases in the state and no cases in hotel or home quarantine.

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Here are a few more: Jeff from Ingham preparing land to plant sugarcane tomorrow; Mills baking sourdough; Dawn in lockdown in Legume, a lovely village 3ks over the border; and Michelle carving porcelain at Tannum Sands! @abcbrisbane
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What are you looking at while listening? Here area few views from the Arvo listeners to @abcbrisbane Paul planting sugar cane in Cairns; Suneil and Maddy driving between Winton and Townsville; Jigsaws with Caroline from Clayfield; and Brett in Burleigh with a new 'friend'..
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Drunk man on Jetstar flight who vaped and grabbed fellow passenger fined $4,000 abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/m…

Drunk man on Hobart flight who vaped and grabbed fellow passenger fined $4,000

A Queensland passenger on a Jetstar plane to Hobart who had drunk so much he had "no recollection of even boarding the flight" is fined for offensive and disorderly conduct, but avoids a conviction.

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Carer payments cut off due to 'bureaucratic nonsense' after child turns 16 abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/d…
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Australia names two new faces for squad to face India, but will miss key bowlers abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/a…

Australia names two new faces for squad to face India, but will miss key bowlers

Some of Australia's best bowlers are missing from the upcoming series against India, but their omissions make way for new faces.

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Dozens of misconduct complaints against Greens councillor dismissed abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/c…
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Queensland records zero new community cases as restrictions set to ease abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/q…

Masks required indoors for another week in south east as Queensland records zero new community cases

Restrictions will ease from Friday across south-east Queensland, but masks will be required indoors for another week as the state records no new COVID-19 cases in the community.

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Teen committed to stand trial over killing of Alexandra Hills couple abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/q…

'Profoundly sorry': Teen committed to stand trial over killing of Alexandra Hills couple

A teenage boy accused of killing pregnant couple Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field by hitting them with an allegedly stolen car east of Brisbane is committed to stand trial for murder.

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