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More than 20 sculptures submerged off north Queensland coast for underwater dive attraction

ABC News: Top Stories - Thu, 2019-12-19 06:21

Year 6 student Takoda Johnson is pretty chuffed to be the inspiration for a sculpture at the Townsville Strand, which is part of the Southern Hemisphere's first Museum of Underwater Art.

Jeff Horn has defeated Michael Zerafa in an anticipated rematch that saw Horn earn a majority decision win

ABC News: Top Stories - Thu, 2019-12-19 06:16
Former world welterweight champion Jeff Horn has pulled off one of the best rounds in Australian boxing history to avenge his loss to Michael Zerafa from earlier in the year.

How cloud-surfing 3,000 feet in the air helped capture the perfect photo

ABC News: Top Stories - Thu, 2019-12-19 05:37

Like a surfer on a wave, Mike Zupanc balances high in the sky on a glider while taking photos of cloud formations that many of us can only ever imagine seeing.

Remote families turn to buying medication online as local prices soar

ABC News: Top Stories - Thu, 2019-12-19 05:24

Outback Australians are paying more for some common medications than people living in metropolitan areas, and that's driving families to boycott local chemists and buy online.

Drone law changes would save graziers thousands

ABC News: Top Stories - Thu, 2019-12-19 05:18

New drone technology could save graziers thousands of dollars a year but they want CASA to ease regulations first.

Jeff Horn takes title from Michael Zerafa in Brisbane bloodbath

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 22:29

Jeff Horn outlasts Michael Zerafa in a bloody Brisbane battle to take WBA and WBO regional middleweight titles via a majority decision.

NSW bushfires burn an area greater than Wales, the result of an exceptional spring

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 18:52

Bushfires this season have officially burnt the most land on modern record across eastern NSW, as new data reveals spring brought Australia's worst ever bushfire danger weather.

Perth set to be Australia's hottest capital city for Christmas Day as the heat returns

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 18:37

As much of Australia's eastern states sizzle in an intense heatwave which has seen the country post its hottest day on record, Perth is on track to be the warmest capital city on Christmas Day.

Local captures the bushfire near Peregian Springs

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 18:24
Home are evacuated as a bushfire burns near Peregian Springs.

This SA town is tipped to reach 49C, but it'll be business as usual for some locals

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 17:25

As heat records tumble throughout Australia, this country town in SA is preparing to hit a record 49 degrees Celsius. And while the area will be baking, there's no plan for the town's only bakery to stop work.

Fire on Sunshine Coast

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 16:17
The large bushfire was approaching Peregian Springs, Lake Weyba and Weyba Downs.

Miners without work a week before Christmas as Cook Colliery shut down by receivers

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 15:35

As central Queensland firm Bounty Mining enters voluntary administration, the miners union says hundreds of workers will be affected by the resulting shutdown of Cook Colliery in the Bowen Basin.

Man found knocked out on road after crash with $83k in cash, loaded gun and drugs, police say

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 15:24

A 25-year-old man found unconscious on the side of a road on the Sunshine Coast following a motorcycle crash is charged after police discover a loaded gun and more than $80,000 cash.

Firefighters battle a blaze threatening the roadside Christmas tree

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 14:50
Brad Geiszler and Curl Santacaterina work to save the roadside Christmas tree threatened by the Gregory River bushfire.

Firefighters save beloved Christmas tree threatened by bushfire

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 14:50

A roadside pine tree decorated for Christmas has survived the Queensland bushfire emergency and connected the tree-trimmers with the firefighters who saved it.

Defying the drought: First chickpeas of season ready to go

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 14:22

Despite the significant effects of drought on Australia's chickpea production, Queensland's first harvest of the season has been loaded onto a ship, ready for export.

New Zealand freezes imports from Queensland after exotic disease found in watermelons

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 13:53

Queensland melon exports to New Zealand have been put on ice after the detection of a cucurbit virus in a shipment of melons.

New Zealand freezes imports from Queensland after exotic disease found in watermelons

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 13:53

Queensland melon exports to New Zealand have been put on ice after the detection of a cucurbit virus in a shipment of melons.

Australia's heatwave registers new hottest day on record, BOM says

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 13:12

The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 40.9 degrees Celsius, breaking the mark of 40.3C set in January 2013.

Yesterday was Australia's hottest day ever – but it's a record unlikely to last long

ABC News: Top Stories - Wed, 2019-12-18 13:12

The average temperature across the country on Tuesday was 40.9 degrees Celsius, breaking the mark of 40.3C set in January 2013.

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