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The latest band of heroes battles southern fires

Waves of Mackay volunteer firefighters have headed south to fight blazes

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06th Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Mackay Rural Fire Service volunteers, from left, Anthony Brieffies, Ross Daley, Ricky Barnes, Thomas Brown, Shane Hopton and Nathan Gelhaar before they were deployed south to Canberra to help contain a significant blaze this week.

Fears homes lost in NSW/ACT bushfires

Extreme weather across NSW and Canberra is fuelling out-of-control bushfires, leading to six fires being upgraded to...

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01st Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Waste expert helps out a NSW bushfire affected Council

Ian’s disaster recovery experience to be shared with small Canberra community.

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30th Jan. 2020 11:01 AM

Ian Florence ready to provide a helping hand in bushfire recovery.

Toowoomba teen follows scientific dreams

TWENTY-twenty is looking bright for Toowoomba teen Lachlan Jones - here’s why.

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02nd Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

SCIENCE SUCCESS: Lachlan Jones is preparing to fly to Canberra for the Questacon Invention Convention, where he will create a device to aid Parkinson’s sufferers. .

Children found locked in 64C car

Police are after the person who left their two kids locked in a car on Canberra’s hottest day on record.

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24th Dec. 2019 5:12 AM

Two children were left alone in a car on Canberra’s hottest ever day.

Why cane growers hope for a better year ahead

‘We’ve had everything coming at us from bad weather to State Government issues’.

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30th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

National Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson and Canegrowers Mackay chairman Kevin Borg before the annual general meeting at Mackay Turf Club, Ooralea. Photo: Zizi Averill

Man on the run after woman shot in car

A woman has been rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds after a man got out of his own car and shot at her vehicle in...

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05th Nov. 2019 10:11 AM

ACT Police at the scene of a shooting in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Landry speaks out about PM v Canavan

Capricornia MP Michelle Landry distances herself from reports of verbal brawl between Canavan and PM

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29th Oct. 2019 3:10 PM

PASSIONATE ADVOCATE: Capricornia MP Michelle Landry has defended Resources Minister Matt Canavan after reports emerged of a verbal stoush between him and the Prime Minister.

Fast rail funding options set to be explored

An inquiry seeking the best options to finance faster rail has kicked off in Canberra.

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24th Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

FIGHTING: Fairfax MP Ted O'Brien and rail advocate Jeff Addison are pushing for fast rail on the Coast.

'Druggie Capital' set to ruin Australia

THE enemy within Australia is Canberra, our rotten druggie national capital. What a rotten example to the youth of the...

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14th Oct. 2019 5:10 AM

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