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A man has been taken to hospital after a near-drowning the Brisbane River at South Bank early this morning. The man was spotted struggling in the water about 5.00am before a police officer jumped in and dragged him to safety.

A coronial inquest in Brisbane has heard a teenager who died while installing home insulation received no training and was given no proper safety equipment.

Architects are calling for tighter rules after new estimates revealed up to 12,000 balconies and decks across Australia could be at risk of potentially deadly collapse. An ABC investigation has found there is no system for mandatory inspections of decks across Australia and rules vary from state to state. Queensland is yet to act on 13 recommendations to improve deck safety, which followed the death of seven-week-old Isabella Diefenbach in 2010. Her father Adam was nursing the baby girl when his foot went through a rotten verandah board and he lost hold of her. Isabella fell two metres to her death. The lawyer for the family says decks can be a "hidden trap because from the outside there are no significant visual indicators of the danger".

This week features conversations from the Outer Limits. Today: Eleanor Learmonth on groups who face hostile circumstances.

A man has died in a trench collapse at a Fortitude Valley worksite in Brisbane's inner-north. Queensland Fire and Rescue Service officers were able to pull the man out of the trench but ambulance officers could not revive him.

Children under 16 should not be allowed to ride quad bikes, says deputy coroner John Lock.

A dog attack north of Brisbane leaves a 50-year-old woman in hospital with serious injuries.

A stunt bike rider suffers facial injuries during a show at Warner Bros Movie World on the Gold Coast.

A man drowns off Moreton Island near Brisbane in an apparent free diving incident, Queensland police say.

The Movie World theme park says it is investigating a fault with its Green Lantern rollercoaster after 13 people had to be rescued from the ride on Queensland's Gold Coast.

An 85-year-old woman dies after being accidentally run over by her husband in a Brisbane shopping centre car park.

A 21-year-old man accidentally falls to his death at a party at a unit complex at Taringa in Brisbane's inner west.

A search is underway in the Brisbane River for a 44-year-old man reported missing at Yeronga after he was swept away while retrieving a toy boat.

Ben Lawson had to have a hip replaced and his home life has been impacted "immeasurably" after a Brisbane bus took a corner too quickly and toppled his wheelchair.

Brisbane restaurant owners inadvertently cause an explosion at their shop by overusing pest bombs.

A two-year-old girl remains critically ill after falling from a second-storey window of a unit in Brisbane.

Pop princess Taylor Swift pays tribute to Rachel Erlandsen, the HSC student who was tragically killed in a car accident on the Pacific Highway north of Nambucca last month.

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