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ABC Local News: Far North Qld
A Queensland academic says turf wars between doctors and nurse practioners are hampering the delivery of quality healthcare.
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The Queensland Government says it will put extra resources into dealing with a dengue fever outbreak in north Queensland if required.
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A taxi company in far north Queensland has been ordered to pay damages to a Torres Strait Islander after one of its drivers racially insulted him.
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A 16yo boy has been swept to his death off a flooded causeway in far north Queensland.
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Researchers say northern Australia is under more threat from infectious diseases than ever before.
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The prospect of a cyclone developing in Qld over the next few days has firmed.
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business-economics-and-finance, industry, disasters-and-accidents, floods, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, weather, cyclone, rainfall, rail-transport, road-transport, australia, qld, boulia-4829, brisbane-4000, burketown-4830, camooweal-4828, charters-towers-4820, cloncurry-4824, julia-creek-4823, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, pormpuraaw-4871, townsville-4810, winton-4735
A 23-year-old man who sexually assaulted a nurse on a remote Torres Strait island has been convicted of breaching his bail.
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Cairns councillor Rob Pyne is using the internet to bypass the traditional media and talk directly with his constituents.
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The site of a shipwreck on a reef south-east of Cairns will be protected now that it has been confirmed as the remains of an historic colonial schooner.
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The Mayor of Cape York Aboriginal community Kowanyama, Thomas Hudson, says alcohol abuse is still a problem despite its only tavern closing about a month ago.
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