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Sea sickness puts fishermen in path of rare whale shark off K'gari

The two men did not know whale sharks could be found in waters off Queensland's south-east coast until the inquisitive creature glided up next to their boat.
Whale shark swimming by back of a boat

Rare whale shark sighting in waters off Queensland's K'gari (Fraser Island)

Two fishermen have an up close encounter with a whale shark, a species that is rarely spotted off Queensland's east coast.
Rare whale shark sighting in waters off Queensland's K'gari (Fraser Island)
Duration: 1 minute 7 seconds

Who gets to stay above the flood line in Brisbane? This question consumes Phoebe Paradise

Brisbane artist Phoebe Paradise turns the tension between Queenslander houses and their environment into works of gothic, sci-fi art. 
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Phoebe is seen in a polaroid smiling with her tongue out, overlaid on top of an image of her Queenslander installation.

Rare dolphin, only photographed six times, believed spotted in Australian waters

Researchers believe they have recorded one of the world's most unusually coloured dolphins for the first time in Australian waters.
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A speckled dolphin.

Pint-sized fisherman tells tales of angling adventures and the world's most painful incurable condition

Cooper Symlie is an angler at heart. Despite a rare condition that causes painful reactions to stimuli such as water and air, he's relentless in his pursuit of the catch of the day.
A boy sits and looks into the distance

Mum whose 3yo was 'foaming at the mouth' calls for better marine stinger warnings, wash stations, on K'Gari

A family holiday turned into a "crisis" when a jellyfish sting caused a severe allergic reaction for a three-year-old girl on K'Gari (Fraser Island), and emergency services faced complications that led to treatment delays.
a young girl with a shore behind her

Dingo bite and jellyfish stings on K'gari (Fraser Island) leave a number of adults and children in hospital

As visitor numbers surge on K'gari (Fraser Island) during holidays, so too does the number of interactions with dangerous creatures in the area, as authorities reiterate safety messages about wildlife.
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A very small jellyfish with four tentacles

Dingo bites young girl on the leg at K'gari (Fraser Island) in second attack for 2024

The primary school-aged girl is in Gympie Hospital with multiple lacerations after being bitten by a dingo on her leg, the second attack recorded on the heritage-listed island this year.
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A dingo sits on a sanddune

Dingo bites 7yo girl on K'gari, prompting school holiday safety warning

The dingo approached the child while her mother was taking photos of the animal, and bit her on the thigh when she ran.
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A dog-like animal on the beach with scrub and trees behind

ADF deployed to Queensland as threat of rainfall and flash flooding moves north

The wet weather is moving north to the Sunshine Coast, but the severe weather warning has been cancelled this afternoon.
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Heavy rain and road blocked with a 'road flooded' sign.

Teenager killed in water-tubing accident on Christmas Eve on Queensland's Fraser Coast

Police said the 14-year-old boy was water-tubing on the Mary River south of Maryborough when he fell into the water, and failed to resurface. 
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'Boob choir' spreads joy and awareness about breast cancer through song

Twila Whittingham always thought of music as medicine, so when doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast mid-last year, she knew she would need more than conventional treatment to cope.
A group of women in pink headbands and white shirts sing

'Boob choir' treats women impacted by breast cancer to music therapy

Twila Whittingham has always thought of music as medicine. So after doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast, she formed the Soul Sisters - a Hervey Bay 'boob choir' made up of women whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer.
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Duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds

Third Queenslander in a month dies waiting for medical help

An 84-year-old man fell in his Hervey Bay home at the weekend. Despite his situation being deemed an emergency, it was too late by the time paramedics arrived. The service has described the incident as "sad more than preventable".
A Queensland Ambulance Vehicle driving fast. GOOD GENERIC.

Grey nomad couple with nowhere to go call for council compassion on backyard camping

Maggie and Mal Butcher spent years on the road after selling their house. But while they love their camper, ill health has slowed them down and they now live in a friend's backyard — which means facing the ire of local council.
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An elderly couple stand in front of their motor home

Young girl 'unresponsive' after being run over by ute on popular Queensland island

A LifeFlight spokesperson says the rear and front wheels of a ute rolled over the girl at low speed on K'gari before her father performed CPR on her.
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EMergency service vehicles on beach

Grandparent support group for retirees raising their grandchildren

The grandparent's group allows the retirees to help each other navigate the unique challenge of raising a child in their seventies.
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Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds

Parenting grandparents navigate raising kids in the 21st century over a cuppa and hugs

While their friends caravan around Australia, these retirees are doing school drop-offs. It's not what they had planned for their golden years, but a grandparents' support group helps them, while they are in their 70s, navigate the challenges of raising a child.
A man and a woman hug

Schoolies group lucky to be alive after tree branch smashes through windscreen

A group of girls were returning to their accommodation along one of K'gari's sand tracks when a tree branch smashed the windscreen and speared through a passenger seat headrest.
Tree branch through headrest

Elderly woman airlifted to hospital in 'good spirits' after being impaled with garden stake

The 83-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with a 150cm garden stake "sticking out of her neck" after she tripped and fell while gardening.
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A LifeFlight helicopter on the tarmac of Brisbane Airport.

How a timber worker with a disability overcame her fear of career barriers to train colleagues

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.
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A woman in high visibility clothing works with tools.

'Not a great outlook' for Queenslanders as temperatures soar, bureau says

Searing heat consumes Queensland amid already parched conditions, but a cool change should bring respite to fire-ravaged communities before the mercury soars again.
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Sun setting over Indian Ocean 

Police say man's sex worker appointment linked to alleged murder of unit owner

Police say an elderly unit owner was trying to help his wife and another woman in distress when he was allegedly murdered by a man in Queensland's Wide Bay.
Police tape in front of shot blocks access to a back patio and screen door leading into an apartment.

From 150 to 40,000, humpbacks on Australia's east coast make 'miraculous' recovery

Experts believe the humpback whale population has reached record heights, after commercial whaling from the late 1800s to the 1960s pushed the animals to the "brink of extinction".
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Double humpback breach

Bum-breathing turtles and prehistoric fish live in this waterway. But after flooding last year, it's starting to dry up

Home to fish that have been around since the time of dinosaurs, Queensland's mighty Mary River is facing a worrying dry spell that some believe could lead to fish kills.
Turtle swimming with moss on head.