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Woman seriously injured in dog attack north of Brisbane

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

Stunt bike rider injured during show at Movie World on the Gold Coast

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

Man drowns in suspected free diving incident off Moreton Island near Brisbane

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

Movie World launches investigation after 13 people rescued from rollercoaster on Queensland's Gold Coast

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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.

85yo woman dies after being accidentally run over by husband in Brisbane shopping centre car park

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

Man dies in accidental balcony fall at Taringa unit complex in Brisbane

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

Search underway for man swept away in Brisbane River while retrieving toy boat

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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.

Wheelchair safety on Queensland buses in question after two serious accidents

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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.

'Large volume' of pest bombs cause explosion at Brisbane restaurant, buckling front wall and blowing off rear door

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

Two-year-old girl still critical after window fall from Brisbane unit block

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

Taylor Swift dedicates song to Valla crash victim at Brisbane Shake It Off show

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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.

Man killed, son critical after crane falls at Gasworks, Brisbane

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A man is dead and his son is fighting for life after a crane collapsed at the bustling inner Brisbane precinct, Gasworks.

Ten children injured when concrete pontoon flips at boot camp north-west of Brisbane

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Ten children are "extremely lucky" to be alive after a concrete pontoon flipped and fell on top of them at a military-style boot camp at Samford, north-west of Brisbane.

10yo girl dies in Brisbane hospital after being pulled from a backyard pool on Sunshine Coast

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A 10-year-old girl who was pulled unconscious from a backyard pool on Queensland's Sunshine Coast last weekend dies in a Brisbane hospital.

14yo boy dies in hospital after accident on family's Goondiwindi farm

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A 14-year-old boy dies in hospital from injuries suffered in an accident on his family's farm at Goondiwindi on Queensland's southern border.

Vanuatu bus crash kills three, injures 12 Australian P&O cruise passengers

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Seriously injured Australian tourists will be airlifted to a Brisbane hospital after a head-on bus crash in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila injured 12 of their party and reportedly left three locals dead.

Boondall bus crash: Firefighters haunted by memories of deadly Gateway Motorway accident

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Two firefighters who attended the Boondall bus crash that killed 12 people and injured dozens say the memory of retrieving bodies is one that continues to haunt them.

Almost all Queensland bus drivers threatened or intimidated, union survey finds

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The Transport Workers Union is calling for tougher penalties for those attack bus drivers with a survey showing 97 per cent have been abused.

Dreamworld rapid ride deaths: Police concerned about theme park's plan to reopen, Premier says

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Police are concerned about Dreamworld's plan to reopen tomorrow as the theme park is still a crime scene, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Dreamworld: Brisbane woman describes 'very similar' experience on Thunder River Rapids ride prior to deaths

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A Brisbane woman says Dreamworld staff "pushed off" her concerns when her raft became stuck in the Thunder River Rapids ride which killed four people, telling her "all the empty rafts get stuck there".

Sunshine Coast teen fights for life after golf club, toad hunting incident

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A 13-year-old Sunshine Coast boy remains on life support after he was accidentally hit on the head with a golf club while hunting for cane toads on the weekend.

Gold Coast theme parks cleared in safety audit after Dreamworld deaths, Village Roadshow says

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Village Roadshow's theme parks, Warner Bros Movie World, Sea World and Wet'n'Wild get a clean bill of health by Queensland Government safety inspectors, the company's chief executive says.

Balcony collapse in Brisbane suburb of St Lucia leaves nine in hospital

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The Brisbane City Council is investigating the reason for a balcony collapse that injured nine people during a party in the Brisbane suburb of St Lucia overnight.

Motorcyclist dies after being 'catapulted' off Riverside Expressway into Brisbane River

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A man dies after falling into the Brisbane River when the motorbike he was riding hit a concrete barrier on the Riverside Expressway, police say.

Drowning deaths increase 9pc in Queensland, Royal Life Saving report finds

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A quarter of all drownings in Australia happened in Queensland in the 2016/17 financial year, with the state recording a 9 per cent increase compared to the same period 12 months earlier.

Brisbane teen Ben Shaw dies in hospital after weightlifting accident at Pine Rivers PCYC gym

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Tributes pour in for 15-year-old Ben Shaw, who died in hospital after being crushed while trying to lift about 100 kilograms at a Brisbane gym, as his family revealing his organs will be donated.

Three dead in skydiving accident at Mission Beach, south of Cairns

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Two instructors and a 54-year-old woman are dead after what is believed to be a mid-air collision between tandem and single skydivers at Mission Beach, with police saying it appeared their parachutes "failed to deploy correctly".

Nine dead on Queensland roads since Friday, several more injured

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An 81-year-old man and woman die in a three-vehicle car crash south of Brisbane the latest in a string of horror incidents on Queensland roads that have claimed the lives of nine people since Friday afternoon.

Man killed after falling into woodchipper at rural property at Gympie

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A 54-year-old man has died in "absolutely shocking" circumstances after falling into a woodchipper on a rural property at Gympie, north of Brisbane, police say.

Woodchipper death now being treated as suspicious

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Investigators return to conduct searches and seize several items, after police described the scene of the man's death as "horrific" when they attended in November last year.

Emma Carey taught herself to walk again now she is sharing her new appreciation for life

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Since she broke her back in a horrific skydiving accident, Emma Carey has taught herself to walk again and discovered a positive perspective on life she is determined to share with others.

High ropes company says schoolboy's critical neck injury had nothing to do with its equipment

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The company responsible for a high ropes course that left a 14-year-old Brisbane schoolboy with critical neck injuries maintains the incident had "nothing to do with the misuse or failure of any safety equipment".

Marist College accident: High-ropes adventure park changes statement on student injury

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The adventure park where a 14-year-old Brisbane schoolboy was critically injured now says it is "far too early to speculate" on how the accident occurred, after earlier releasing a statement saying safety equipment was not to blame.

Woodchipper death: Two men, woman charged with murder of Bruce Saunders near Gympie

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Two men and a woman are charged over the "absolutely shocking" death of a man in an industrial woodchipper, which was originally considered an accident.

M1 fatal crash: Woman dead after crash with car driving in wrong direction

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A 32-year-old Chinese national who was killed in a head on collision on the Pacific Motorway south of Brisbane this morning was in the rear passenger seat and wearing a seat belt.

Brisbane fatal crash: two head-on collisions caused by drivers on wrong side within 24 hours

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Two fatal head on collisions on "safe" Brisbane roads within 24 hours of each other are described as "tragic" and "horrendous" by police, as investigators focus on driver drug and alcohol consumption.

Ex-rugby union players want changes to school competitions after students injured

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Rugby union great Tim Horan and former schoolboy player Perry Cross call for changes to school competitions after several students are seriously injured in matches in Queensland.

Man accidently shoots two nails into his skull after slipping off ladder

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A Queensland man with two 30mm nails still embedded in his head is airlifted from Hervey Bay to the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital in a stable condition.

Four-year-old boy survives 'dry' snake bite on family's Sunshine Coast property

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A four-year-old boy is lucky to survive a brown snake bite on his family's property on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, with medical staff saying not enough venom was injected to cause harm.

'Godfather to climbing' Steve Turner remembered after fatal fall at Mt Barney

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Steve Turner, who fell 300 metres to his death at Mount Barney on the weekend, is remembered as "a Godfather to climbing and outdoors in south-east Queensland" and a mentor to fellow adventurers.

Pauline Hanson reacts to a racist note allegedly left on Indigenous woman's car in Brisbane

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Pauline Hanson condemns the behaviour of an apparent One Nation supporter after images of a racist note allegedly left on the windscreen of an Indigenous woman's car circulate on social media.

Parents of quadriplegic man say NDIS delay extended hospital stay by six months at '$1,500 per day'

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The parents of a quadriplegic man say the process of obtaining funding through the NDIS unnecessarily extended their son's stay in hospital by at least six months.

Police hunt driver after seven-vehicle crash in Brisbane's north sees two 'innocent lives' lost

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Police search for a BMW driver involved in a double-fatal crash in Brisbane's inner north, described by an inspector as "possibly the worst traffic accident" he has seen in more than 30 years.

Brisbane traffic chaos after Coronation Drive crash takes out traffic lights

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Roads reopen and bus services resume after a car smashes into a traffic light pole and street signs on one of Brisbane city's busiest thoroughfares.

Boy who survived pencil lodged in skull meets paramedics who saved him

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A Gold Coast mother relives the horror of finding her young son with a pencil lodged in the roof of his mouth as she is reunited with the paramedics who helped save his life.

Five feared dead after chopper goes down in bad weather off NSW coast

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The search for four men and a woman missing feared dead after a helicopter vanished from radar north of Newcastle will continue after earlier bad weather halted the operation.

Kookaburra Queen paddlewheel boat crashes on Brisbane River, sending passenger falling through deck floor

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One of Brisbane's iconic tourist boats crashes into an unknown object while carrying about 50 passengers, injuring three people and causing one person to fall through a floor and onto the lap of another passenger on the toilet below.

Man dead, woman seriously injured after 10-metre fall from zipline in Far North Queensland rainforest

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A man is dead and a woman seriously injured after falling more than 10 metres from a zipline in the Daintree rainforest in Far North Queensland, police say.

Water safety campaign launches to help save 'wholly preventable' child drownings, limit adult distractions

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Royal Life Saving Society Australia is warning parents to limit distractions and be vigilant with water safety, as new data shows one-year-olds are at the greatest risk of drowning compared to any other age group.

Daintree zip-line death haunts witness who was next in line

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Mardi Liebelt was next in line to take a flying fox through the rainforest canopy when the zip-line snapped, watching in horror as a 50-year-old South Australian man fall to his death and his wife writhed in pain.





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