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Crawlable public articles from 19News.au.Woman Dies After Being Hit by Ute on Pacific Motorway Near Beenleigh
A woman has died after being struck by a Holden Rodeo on the northbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway near Beenleigh, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. According to the Queen...
Stranded School Students Rescued from National Park as Deluge Hits South-East Queensland
Mount Barney National Park after rising floodwaters cut off access during a school camp. Almost 50 students and teachers from North Lakes State College were rescued after becomi...
Toowoomba Firefighting Tankers Grounded by CASA Certification Delays
Specialised firefighting tanker aircraft based in Toowoomba have been unable to begin operations because of delays in obtaining certification from the Civil Aviation Safety Auth...
Brisbane CBD Building Evacuated After Suspected Gas Leak
A building in Brisbane’s central business district was evacuated on Wednesday morning after workers reported a strong smell of gas inside premises on George Street. The incident...
Police Investigate Whether Hooning Complaint Led to Serious Assault of Geraldton Father
Father-of-three Brodie Stokes remains in critical condition after alleged assault in Deepdale, Geraldton
Rockhampton Residents Encouraged to Wear Orange and Support SES Volunteers
Residents across the Rockhampton region are being encouraged to wear orange this Wednesday to celebrate Wear Orange Wednesday and recognise the outstanding work of Queensland St...
Port Pirie smelter seeks more taxpayer support as 800 jobs hang in the balance
help Australian processors compete with China. Nyrstar is seeking additional taxpayer funding to keep its lead and zinc smelter operating in Port Pirie, warning that hundreds of...
Young woman killed and three injured in crash near Coffs Harbour
leaving a 20-year-old woman dead and three other young locals injured. A 20-year-old woman from the Coffs Coast has died and three other people have been injured following a ser...
Australian Wine Glut Could Be Turned Into Biofuel, Industry Says
Wine makers are exploring whether millions of liters of surplus red wine can be converted into ethanol for cars, trucks and aircraft.
Housing supply crisis expected to worsen in 2026
Urban Development Institute of Australia says Australia’s housing shortage is expected to deepen as high construction costs, labour shortages and a lack of development-ready lan...
Man dies after shark attack at Horseshoe Reef off Rottnest Island
A 38-year-old man has died after being attacked by a four-metre shark while swimming at Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island. Witnesses pulled him onto a boat and transported him...
‘Rather take some action than none’: heart attack survivor critical of AED removals
Orange resident Steve Hamson, who survived a cardiac arrest in 2017 after being clinically dead for 43 minutes, has spoken out following the removal of multiple public AEDs acro...
Heavy police presence at Silvalite Wildlife Reserve in Wagga Wagga
prompting authorities to urge residents to avoid the area while the situation was managed. Emergency services and police established a significant presence at Silvalite Wildlife...
Brisbane surgeon continues practising as regulatory review proceeds after criminal charges.
Prominent Brisbane bariatric surgeon Dr Vahid Reza Adib has been permitted to continue practising medicine without restrictions while criminal proceedings and a regulatory revie...
Man found dead in park kidnapped hours before by machete-wielding intruders, police believe
Police say that an armed home invasion in Melbourne's north-east is linked to the discovery of a body in a Melbourne park early this morning.
Wyong SES headquarters destroyed in major fire, millions in equipment lost
The New South Wales State Emergency Service headquarters at Wyong on the NSW Central Coast has been destroyed in a major fire, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars' wort...
Two critical and eight injured after alleged teen driver triggers four-car crash near Hervey Bay
causing a major collision involving four vehicles. Two people remain in critical condition and eight others have been injured following a serious four-vehicle crash at Susan Riv...
Man attacked by large crocodile while sleeping at remote Kimberley beach
A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a large crocodile while sleeping on a beach near Hidden Creek, about 50 kilometres north of Broome in Western...
Dawn of honour
As the sun rose over Moonta on ANZAC Day, Uniting Church pastor Brenton Smith and RSL Moonta sub-branch president Don Skarstrom made final preparations for the town’s annual daw...