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At least 10 people are killed by thunderstorms and strong winds in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and Victoria.
2023-12-27

Brisbane enters a three-day lockdown after a reported outbreak of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant, with some minor lockdown measures extending to the rest of Queensland.
2021-03-29

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 bodies of three people killed by bushfires in Australia are found – two near Glen Innes, and one at Johns River – as fires that have destroyed at least 150 houses continue to burn in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
2019-11-9

Consequences of heavy rain from Cyclone Debbie kill at least three people and force 20,000 others to leave their homes in New South Wales and Queensland.
2017-04-1

An accident on board the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, leaves four people dead.
2016-10-25

Queensland police arrest an Australian mother for murder in the stabbing deaths of eight children.
2014-12-20

Scientists discover three new species of marsupial Antechinus in Queensland, Australia.
2013-11-1

Heavy rain caused by former Tropical Cyclone Oswald continues to cause significant flooding in the Australian state of Queensland with the capital Brisbane amongst those affected.
2013-01-27

Melbourne, Australia experiences flooding after a once-in-a-century thunderstorm of marble-sized hailstones which tears the roof from a railway station and leads to the postponement of sports fixtures. A state of emergency is declared in Queensland.
2010-03-7