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  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Owen Jacques

    A Queensland woman has been fined for riding with her pooch on her motorbike in a harness she bought online. Officers from Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol stopped the motorbike rider and her furry friend at Alexandra Headland last Saturday to question the 35-year-old Maroochydore woman. She said she bought the harness, that allowed her dog to travel between her arms as she rode, online. "Yeah, no, I didn't know [it was illegal]," she said.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Owen Jacques |Lottie Twyford

    A man has been charged after allegedly secretly filming about 40 people, including children as young as nine, inside their homes on Queensland's Sunshine Coast over several years. Alex Francis Hammond, 32, was refused bail in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Thursday after police alleged he posed a "chronic risk of harm to the community".

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Owen Jacques

    Fast food chain Hungry Jack's has been fined $150,240 because its toys did not include warnings about the button batteries inside. A Noosa mum whose daughter died after ingesting a button battery says they are as dangerous as a "loaded gun". Hungry Jack's says it will introduce a compliance program to ensure it does not again breach Australian consumer law.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Owen Jacques

    It's been a hellish summer for Queenslanders, with many parts of the state slammed with extreme weather. But, even after a season of unprecedented disasters, voters in some of the hardest hit regions say climate action isn't their top priority this federal election. Analysts say there's a similar sentiment outside the major cities in other states too.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Owen Jacques

    It's been a hellish summer for Queenslanders with barely a region left unscathed by extreme weather. But, even after a season of unprecedented disasters in Queensland, climate action is not top of mind for many voters in some of the hardest-hit regions.

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