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Wed 16 Aug 2017

WATCH: When one of the world's deadliest snakes strikes

VIDEO: This is what it looks like when one of the world's most deadly snakes attacks.

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16th Aug 2017 2:09 PM
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'It's their love!': How a girl sees same-sex marriage

A YOUNG Southern Downs girl has shared her simple message as campaigns on same-sex marriage across the country gain momentum.

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16th Aug 2017 8:23 AM
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Car rolls on Coast woman in driveway

A CAR has rolled on a woman in a Sunshine Coast driveway.

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16th Aug 2017 7:23 AM
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Tue 15 Aug 2017

Like! Internet lights up over gorgeous Gatton cop

A QUEENSLAND police officer is setting the internet alight and stealing hearts after he helped a reporter.

News
15th Aug 2017 10:48 AM

Caught dragging 20m of hose for craft bong project

A TRADIE was caught by officers dragging a length of hose down a Mackay street early in the morning on July 13.

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15th Aug 2017 9:07 AM
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Fire, electrocution hazard: Urgent safety recall for toaster

THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission has issued an urgent safety recall for a four-slice toaster identified as posing fire, electrocution hazards.

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15th Aug 2017 8:01 AM
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Swine dining: Croc shares pig with the ladies

A REPTILIAN Romeo has been spotted making romantic offerings to a harem of lady crocodiles in Kakadu – by sharing a whole pig.

Pets & Animals
15th Aug 2017 7:06 AM
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Liz Cantor gives Elon Musk serve about running over snake

LIZ Cantor yelled abuse at a driver she claims deliberately drove over a snake on the Gold Coast, not realising it was billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk.

Celebrity
15th Aug 2017 6:31 AM
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Eastern brown encounter heralds early start to snake season

A SUNSHINE Coast snake catcher has declared a start to the snake season, with the reptiles on the move almost a month early during an unseasonably warm winter.

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14th Aug 2017 4:55 PM
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Police search locates weapon in man's underpants

HE panicked when police decided to search his vehicle, so he took a knuckle duster from a black bag and shoved it in his underwear.

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15th Aug 2017 5:00 AM
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Mon 14 Aug 2017

Women should have more orgasms, says doctor

LAST week I went to the doctor. Nothing was particularly wrong with me, but lately I have been trying to take stock of my health.

News
14th Aug 2017 4:58 PM

Coast artist's niche, traditional 'hand carving' tattoo style

THE traditional Japanese style of Tebori tattooing is not the fastest way to get ink but it's Hori Kaz's preferred method.

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14th Aug 2017 4:00 PM
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Why chip packets are so noisy

ANYONE who has ever tried to eat chips in a cinema knows it’s almost impossible to do it quietly.

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14th Aug 2017 12:39 PM
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Gladstone man wins big in weekend lotto

Lotto winner is thrilled and says it will change his family's life.

News
14th Aug 2017 12:21 PM
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Why this woman is public enemy number 2

THE kleptomaniac who experts claim gets such a rush of adrenaline from shoplifting that she loses control of her bowels and defecates in the shop.

Offbeat
13th Aug 2017 7:45 AM

Sun 13 Aug 2017

'Living in a nightmare': failed community leaves families broke

A FAILED shared-living "Intentional Community" on the Northern Rivers serves as a warning to potential investors of alternative housing schemes.

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12th Aug 2017 8:27 AM
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'Abomination'? Cafe serves cooked breakfast in a jar

A CAFE has provoked outrage with its breakfast fry up served in a jar — but founder Jordan Wentzel has defended the controversial decision.

Food & Entertainment
13th Aug 2017 8:30 AM
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Sat 12 Aug 2017

VIDEO: Families' dreams destroyed in failed 'alternative community'

BATTLERS invested over $40,000 and are now living in caravan on the Northern Rivers.

News
12th Aug 2017 8:48 AM
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Lucky escape: Whale 'bellyflops' on teen off Coast beach

A SUNSHINE Coast teenager has had a closer than expected encounter with a whale off Double Island Point, near Rainbow Beach.

Offbeat
12th Aug 2017 9:43 AM
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'Daylight savings? Can't do it... my cows will fade!'

Here's what you said on Facebook.

Community
12th Aug 2017 5:00 AM
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