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A bushfire on Fraser Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site off the coast of Queensland, has burned across half the island and may irreversibly damage its unique ecosystem. Extinguishment has been ruled unlikely.
2020-12-1

The Northern Territory, Queensland, and Tasmania announce that their borders with South Australia are indefinitely closed, as the state's second wave reaches 17 cases.
2020-11-16

A Category 4 severe tropical cyclone travels over the Whitsunday Islands and crosses the coast of Queensland, Australia, near the town of Airlie Beach.
2017-03-28

A pregnant Australian woman in the state of Queensland tests positive for the Zika virus.
2016-02-10

Scott Driscoll, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of Queensland, has been committed to stand trial on fraud charges.
2015-05-18

The Queensland Labor Party led by Annastacia Palaszczuk will be in a position to form a minority government after the polls are declared in the Queensland state election.
2015-02-13

Tropical Cyclone Sandra forms in the Coral Sea off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland.
2013-03-8

Tropical Cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, and causes widespread flooding.
2013-01-25

Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
2012-02-4

Dr. Jayant Patel is convicted at the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia of three charges of manslaughter committed while working at the Bundaberg Base Hospital.
2010-06-29