Queensland

EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Birdsville, Australia

An aerial view of the Big Red dune in the Simpson desert near Birdsville, Queensland, Australia. The tiny outback town, situated on the edge of the Simpson Desert, about 1,600km…

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Record-breaking cane toad found in Queensland

A cane toad so giant wildlife officers thought it was fake has been found in a north Australian rainforest. The "monster" specimen is six times bigger than the average toad,…

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Australia’s east coast battles rising COVID-19 cases

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia's east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against the COVID-19 Delta variant on Sunday, with millions under strict…

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Death toll rises in Australian bushfires, authorities alarmed at scale of fires

Australian authorities say a fourth person has died in a week of massive bushfires on the nation's east coast. The 58-year-old man's body was found in northern New South Wales…

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Australian bushfires turn deadly

Two people were found dead and at least 100 homes were destroyed as bushfires raged across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NWS RFS) said…

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Australian firefighters battling over 100 fires

Australian firefighters are battling more than 100 bush fires across two eastern states as authorities warned that parts of the country could expect a severe bush fire season this summer.…

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Australia’s fires in southern Queensland leave families homeless

At least 18 families are homeless after ferocious bushfires ravaged southern Queensland and the danger is not over yet, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. The Brisbane Times reports that fires fanned…

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Photo Story: Birdsville Races in Queensland

Scenes from the Birdsville Races in Birdsville, Queensland, Australia, 06 September 2019. Birdsville is situated on the edge of the Simpson Desert, 1,590 km west of Brisbane; its normal population…

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Photo Story: Rodeo in Queensland

David Mawhinney fails to control his steer during the steer wrestling event at the Mount Isa Mines Rodeo in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. This year's event marks 60 years of…

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Australia: Four children (aged 10 to 14) arrested after two-day joyride using their ‘stolen’ parents’ car

Four children who packed fishing rods into an SUV belonging to one of their parents and drove 620-miles on a madcap spree across the Australian outback were arrested by police on Sunday.…

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