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The shy platypus lives in burrows, feeds  when it’s dark and dives into the water at the sight of people.

Game on in the fight to ban Queensland platypus ‘death traps’

Momentum is building for a truly national ban on a popular yabby trap which drowns any air-breathing animal that can fit inside it, including the vulnerable platypus.

  • Andrew Stafford

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, with her four-year-old niece Emma, and Robert and Terri Irwin at Australia Zoo on Saturday, October 17. Credit: Supplied.

Labor pledges $74m for tourism sector, LNP puts Qld companies first

The announcements come after the LNP U-turned on its decision to place Labor last on its how-to-vote cards.

  • Lydia Lynch and Toby Crockford
The end of the Sunshine Coast pursuit on Thursday morning.

'I'm getting cut up mate': Lantana thorns thwart trio's escape from stolen car

It came after the vehicle was allegedly driven on a road under construction and travelled on its rims after hitting a spike strip.

  • Toby Crockford
Malanda Police on Patrol on the Old Cairns Track Road, Queensland. Photo by Sgt Darren Scanlan
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Woman charged with manslaughter after man's fatal fall

The 63-year-old man was found about midday on Tuesday at the Maleny home and was declared dead at hospital.

  • Toby Crockford
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The Tamarind

Perched on a ridge next to Gardner's Falls in Maleny, it's difficult to rival the splendid views of ...

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Terraces of Maleny

A picturesque drive through verdant hills sets the scene for this mountaintop eatery which boasts ...