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NEWS ABOUT: Queensland

Queensland stories: 10 news summaries

 Aussie Swimmers 
 Warned of 20-Foot Shark 

'Monster shark' warning issued after 10-footer found chomped

Oct 28, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian authorities are warning people to stay out of the water around Stradbroke Island near Brisbane unless they want to risk meeting a great white shark big enough to bite another great white nearly in half. Experts who examined the remains of the other shark believe its rival must be... More »

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Australia • shark • Queensland • great white shark

(Newser) - No man is an island—but now is the time for him to own one. Australia’s ritzy Queensland island resorts are going for bargain prices, but between the recession, a slew of natural disasters, and a nasty oil spill, no one’s biting, reports the Telegraph. Dunk Island is... More »

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real estate • Australia • tourism • Queensland

Aussie Oil Spill 10 Times Worse Than Thought

Government blamed for slow response to disaster

Mar 14, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The oil spill that’s polluting beaches along the northeast coast of Australia is 10 times worse than originally thought, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Officials now say that about 253 tons of oil leaked from a Hong Kong ship on Wednesday, damaging dozens of beaches that span 37 miles... More »

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Australia • beach • oil spill • Queensland • marine life

 Perv Robs 
 Sex Shop, 
 Gets Down 
 With Dolls 

Burglar fornicates with dolls in alleyway

Jan 7, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian police are hunting for a pervert who has twice broken into a Queensland sex shop and had sex with blow-up dolls, the Cairns Post reports. Both times, the deviant smashed a hole in the wall to gain entry to Laneway Adult Shop, stole several sex dolls and copulated with... More »

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Australia • crime • sex • thief • Queensland • burglary • sex toys

 Man Charged
 in Wife's
 Honeymoon
 Dive Death 

Australian authorities decide bride's demise was no accident

Jun 20, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama man has been charged with murdering his wife on a diving trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the AP reports. The bride, a novice diver, drowned minutes after diving to a shipwreck with her husband. He was a qualified dive rescuer but rose to the surface rather than... More »

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Australia • murder • drowning • Queensland • coral reef • diving

 Aussies Ditch Dueling Law 

Laws on duels, piracy walk the plank as criminal code is updated

May 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's no longer a law against challenging somebody to a duel in Queensland, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. As part of an effort to get old laws off the books, the Australian state is also scrapping laws against piracy on the high seas, and mayors will no longer have to... More »

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Australia • law • piracy • Queensland • guns

Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

Children were abducted to 'assimilate' them

Jan 31, 08 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 100,000 Aborigine children were abducted from their parents and placed in  Australian orphanages and foster homes in a century-long campaign to assimilate them into European culture. Now new Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd will apologize for the abductions, carried out between 1869 and 1969, reports the Times... More »

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Australia • Aborigines • Queensland • Kevin Rudd • New South Wales • stolen generations • Gamilaroi • Rabbit Proof Fence

Floods Swamp Eastern Australia

Thousands stranded after storms batter coast

Jan 8, 08 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands on the east coast of Australia have been isolated by flooding from heavy rains, the BBC reports. Thunderstorms and overflowing rivers have battered the northeast parts of New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, and the southern parts of Queensland; both have been declared natural disaster zones.... More »

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Australia • flood • Queensland • natural disaster • New South Wales • disaster zones

Camel Kills Owner in Apparent Mating Attempt

60-year-old woman had love for exotic animals

Aug 20, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pet camel killed its Australian owner—purportedly after trying to mate with her. The camel, 10 months old but already weighing in at about 330 pounds, knocked the 60-year-old woman to the ground and lay on top of her. “I’d say it’s probably been playing, or... More »

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pets • Australia • Queensland • sexual behavior • Brisbane • camel

Ouch! Player Sports Tooth in Forehead

Rugby opponent's chopper gets under Australian's skin

Jul 18, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian rugby player visited his doctor last week, but his ailment was a job for a dentist—someone else's dentist. Nearly 4 months after colliding with an opponent during a game, Ben Czislowski learned that he had a tooth lodged under the skin of his forehead. He says he's... More »

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sports • Australia • tooth • rugby • Wynnum Manly Seagulls • Tweed Heads • Queensland • Ben Czislowksi • Matt Austin • Shane Millard

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