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A teenager was stabbed at a school in Orange today.

The billion-dollar Sydney hospital that’s performing worse than ever

Wait times at Westmead have doubled in a decade as more than one in 10 patients spend almost 22 hours in the emergency department.

  • Rachel Rasker

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A man has died after collapsing minutes after he robbed a store in Brisbane’s north.

Man dies minutes after robbing store in Brisbane’s north

The man collapsed near a Mitchelton shopping centre shortly after police were called but before they arrived.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Emergency doctors are ‘begging for beds’ and planning to quit

Patients are not receiving the best care because “we don’t have the space”, the emergency doctors’ college warns.

  • Rachel Rasker
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned with Disaster Relief Australia in Queensland during the 2022 election.

Australia’s top disaster relief agency shuts down following internal revolt

Disaster Relief Australia is now also embroiled in a dispute with the AFL over a $300,000 donation.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
A 12-year-old boy was hit by a car while riding his bike in Aspley on Thursday.

Boy, 12, in hospital after bike hit by car

The boy suffered serous injuries, and was treated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed in critical condition to Queensland Children’s Hospital.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A tyre store at Kingston has burned down.

Streets locked down, man in hospital after industrial blaze

A Brisbane tyre store was engulfed in flames, forcing police to cordon off surrounding roads, while paramedics took one person to hospital.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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A section of George Street in Brisbane’s CBD has been evacuated due to a suspected gas leak.

Brisbane CBD building evacuated over suspected gas leak

Fire crews swept the building while police maintained an exclusion zone that extended into one lane of George Street.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Police were called to Bunnings Newstead about 8.35am.

Bunnings Newstead evacuated following bomb threat

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with making a bomb threat after police swept the store, and closed roads and other businesses.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
South-east Queensland has been battered by record-breaking rain in recent days.

Rainfall breaks 20-year record as systems collide

Conditions are forecast to be cooler – and drier – within days, after the region was battered by rain.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Mount Barney National Park sits inland from the Gold Coast, about 120 kilometres south-west of Brisbane.

School group of almost 50 rescued from mountain overnight

The students and teachers were cut off by floodwaters while on a school camp for outdoor coursework.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt