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Lifestyle Kingaroy is anticipating a huge influx of tourists and bacon-loving locals for the inaugural Baconfest this weekend.

News The 50-year-old's blood pressure hit a terrifying 198 over 116

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News CREWS are en route to a grass fire burning in Ballogie.

Travel BACK from overseas and with a bad case of post-holiday blues, it was the kind of email I wanted to be real. These were the warning signs it wasn’t.

News A "CHALLENGING" bushfire is still being controlled, and firefighters have warned that conditions could change quickly today.

Breaking A TRUCK has rolled at the top of the Toowoomba Range causing chaos for peak hour motorists.

News A Neo-Nazi hate group has again placed stickers containing a Nazi swastika around Toowoomba landmarks.

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News WATCH and Act levels have been enacted for three "angry" fires across the Northern Rivers this afternoon.

Politics MALCOLM Turnbull has dumped the carbon emissions reduction target from his National Energy Guarantee (NEG) policy as his party threatens to revolt.

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News A DIESEL fire has ripped through parts of the Maryborough Sugar Factory overnight.

News THE victim of a farming accident involving a forklift was a boy not a man as first thought, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman has confirmed.

Breaking Queensland records 1000 fires in first 19 days of this fire season

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Crime "We will prosecute trespassers ... to protect property owners and industry as they have enough on their hands with the current drought conditions."

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Crime A POLICE officer on a motorcycle had a lucky escape yesterday after a motorist allegedly deliberately swerved into his path at Harlaxton.

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Celebrity Local larrikin has an uncanny likeness to the Aussie icon

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