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Less than 24 hours after the bot was launched, internet users were already attempting to ‘jailbreak’ the programFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCharlie, the AI war veteran chatbot, was programmed to educate people about the first world war, mateship and life in the trenches in time for Anzac Day.But...

The 36-year-old Cairns man was shot dead by police while stopped on the Bruce Highway near Colosseum on Monday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police believe a man they shot and killed in a standoff outside Gladstone yesterday had stolen three vehicles before pointing a stolen loaded rifle...

Green light created impression both bike and bus had right of way when 20-year-old Max Patrick McDowall was killed, coroner’s court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA forensic crash investigator was “alarmed” at the design of the intersection where a 20-year-old cyclist died, because its traffic lights gave both...

An unidentified man is dead after the police shooting at Colosseum on Monday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man has died after being shot by Queensland police at a rest area south of Gladstone.Police said the man was fatally shot at Colosseum on Monday, 20km south of Miriam...

Large quantity of illicit psilocybin allegedly discovered at Marsden home as investigations continue into separate and unrelated deaths suspected to be mushroom-relatedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police have laid charges over an allegedly commercial-scale psilocybin production operation south of Brisbane, as separate and unrelated investigations continue into high-profile...

Body of 16-year-old boy discovered with injuries ‘consistent with a crocodile attack’ as wildlife officers search for animalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has died after a suspected crocodile attack off an island in the Torres Strait, police have confirmed.Thursday Island water police launched a search and rescue...

Disappointment and frustration as parliamentary inquiry into youth justice reform ‘degenerates into a squabble’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s only independent state MP, Sandy Bolton, had high hopes last October when she was made chair of a parliamentary committee tasked with coming up with solutions on youth crime.It was...

‘We must do all we can to become more sustainable’, says shadow environment ministerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s Liberal National party has backed one of the most ambitious emission reduction targets in Australia – much to the disappointment of some of their federal counterparts.While the federal opposition is...

Premier Steven Miles says experts advise all classrooms at Rochedale state school ‘are safe for staff and students to return’Parents are terrified their children are still being exposed to asbestos at a primary school, alleging a patch-up job has not made the classrooms safe.They fear children may have been exposed to asbestos for months or even years at a Queensland school. Continue reading...

The 54-year-old faces 19 charges relating to alleged incidents on the Sunshine Coast between December and AprilGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFormer Australian Test cricketer Michael Slater will remain behind bars after being refused bail in a Sunshine Coast court.Slater is facing 19 charges relating to alleged offences perpetrated on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on various dates between...

Former Test cricketer and commentator remanded in custody after a court mention in Maroochydore on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former Australian Test cricketer Michael Slater has been remanded in police custody after being charged with more than a dozen offences.Slater, 54, had his case mentioned in Maroochydore...

Police say 40-year-old was an itinerant who moved to NSW last month and had a history of mental illnessJoel Cauchi named as Bondi Westfield attacker who stabbed shoppersAustralia stabbing live updates: seven dead in Sydney attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centreQueensland man Joel Cauchi has been named as the man who killed five women and one man at the Bondi Junction shopping centre...

Walker Corporation had proposed 3,000 apartments, marina and shops for the site, which is a critical habitat for the endangered eastern curlew • Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?• To the moon and back with the eastern curlewThe environment and water minister, Tanya Plibersek, has announced she will reject an apartment and...

Hardest hit areas were Illawarra, Nepean and Hawkesbury and premier says 29 homes were completely inundatedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastResidents in flood-ravaged parts of New South Wales are returning to their properties after some areas were evacuated over the weekend and several homes were destroyed.The NSW SES received...

Drivers have been urged to reconsiders their travel plans ahead of a forecast delugeBoM weather radar: track the path of the storms and latest updates and warnings for NSW and QueenslandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHeavy rainfall will drench parts of Queensland and New South Wales this weekend, with...

Man, 71, found near vehicle in Logan as NSW and Qld residents warned to prepare for up to 200mm of rain, thunderstorms, flash flooding – and black skiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man has been found dead near his vehicle in Queensland flood waters as storms bring heavy...

Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held Australia’s first multi-day festival clinic last weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe organisers of Queensland’s first festival pill-testing service say many drugs sold as MDMA turned out to be other substances including one recently dubbed “Canberra ketamine”.The Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival, near Warwick, held the first multi-day festival clinic ever...

Police announce manslaughter charge after initially believing man, 21, had died as a result of crash at Booie, near KingaroyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man’s death on a Queensland property was initially treated as a car crash fatality by police – who have now charged another man with...

Five people rescued while dozens remained stranded at campsite in northern Queensland. This blog is now closedSupport for Labor drops in WA as Coalition gains ground among the youngVoters in Western Australia are shifting away from Labor towards the Coalition, as the opposition gains ground among young people. Continue reading...

Two men, aged 38 and 65, leapt into water after child fell into deep end on Sunday nightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA father and grandfather have died trying to save a two-year-old child who fell into a Gold Coast pool on Sunday.The toddler was reportedly playing beside the...

Steven Miles urges authorities to enable magpie to be reunited with ‘devastated’ Gold Coast carers and its ‘best friend’, their Staffy dog PeggyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s premier has thrown his support for a campaign to return an Instagram-famous magpie to its former carers and its dog best friend, after it was seized by the environment...

Concerns raised after former Cherish Life vice-president Alan Baker elected chair of party’s Griffith divisional councilGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA prominent anti-abortion campaigner has won control of a Brisbane division of the Liberal National party, prompting alarm among moderates that “fringe infiltrators” were attempting to increase their influence as polls point to a state election win.Alan...

David Crisafulli’s stance means the multi-billion dollar Victoria Park plan recommended by Graham Quirk on Monday is deadFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s 2032 Olympics will not be held in a brand-new stadium, with both major parties now ruling out the Victoria Park and Gabba rebuild options.The opposition leader,...

Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTop End communities are bracing for the crossing of severe Tropical Cyclone Megan, with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and...