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Destination unknown
Meet the Australian women logging on to a dating site that offers to connect them with wealthy men who want to pay for them to travel the world.
'Business as usual' for Townsville cattle exports as Elders exits industry
Australia’s second largest cattle port not expecting long-term ramifications from Elders abandoning live exports.
Shipwrecks, abandoned boats clean-up could cost Queenslanders $6m
Taxpayers could be left with a $6 million bill to clean up hundreds of abandoned boats along Queensland’s coastline.
Queensland scientists aim to secure future of bananas with new varieties
Queensland scientists are striving to develop new banana varieties to keep Australia’s most popular fruit on the menu for years to come.
April and Ian Bailey: More arrests expected in Deception Bay cold case
The daughter of a woman killed 12 years ago still holds hope her mother’s alleged murderers will be brought to justice, with police identifying three more suspects.
Border protection policies cost Australia $10b in three years, international aid groups find
The Federal Government has spent almost $10 billion on offshore processing, mandatory detention and other border protection policies since 2013, according to aid organisations Save the Children and Unicef.
Brisbane Writers Festival sparks debate on 'political correctness'
This year’s Brisbane Writers Festival has sparked another controversial conversation about ‘political correctness’. Festival organisers have tried to distance themselves from comments made in an internationally acclaimed author’s opening address. Lionel Shriver caused members of her audience, including other authors, to walk out after saying fiction is too constrained by cultural sensitivity.
Piata Farms has invested $1.1 million in polytunnels to trial growing strawberries in gutters above the ground.
More Queensland Rail passengers feel unsafe at night, survey finds
More than half of people surveyed on Australia’s metropolitan train services say they feel unsafe when travelling on Queensland Rail trains at night.