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Business owners struggle for signal after Telstra shuts off 3G network

Greg Ross is familiar with the view from outside his Queensland home because it is the only place he can receive a call. 
A man sits on a bench outside his house on the phone
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Wide BayTopic: Mobile Phonesby Lucy Loram and Johanna Marie

Teenage boy sentenced to youth detention for triple-fatal stolen car crash

The now-14-year-old pleaded guilty to causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed two women and a teenage girl on Queensland's Fraser Coast.
Glass on ground with Maryborough town sign in background

Published: Source: ABC Sunshine CoastTopic: Crimeby Kirra Grimes

Queensland pumped hydro project delayed by years as cost blows out by $4.2b

The Borumba Pumped Hydro project will now cost $18.4 billion and won't be ready until 2033 at the earliest.
A lake surrounded by hills.

Published: Source: ABC Sunshine CoastTopic: Hydro Energyby Josh Dye and Jennifer Nichols

A Queensland coastal town becomes the scene of Australia's largest-ever cocaine bust

From an unassuming boat moored in the Hervey Bay boat harbour, police were unloading 2.34 tonnes of cocaine — Australia's largest cocaine seizure. But why Hervey Bay?
Close-up of the cocaine bricks.
Duration: 2 minutes

Published: Source: ABC Wide BayTopic: Drug Offencesby Lucy Loram and James Taylor

Comanchero bikie leader charged over bungled attempt to bring 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Australia

Police have made the largest cocaine seizure in Australian history following an investigation into a transnational organised crime syndicate accused of conspiring to import more than two tonnes of the drug into Australia.
Close-up of the cocaine bricks.
Duration: 58 seconds

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Drugsby Jessica Black, Claudia Williams and Grace Whiteside

Increased police patrols coming after another Bruce Highway fatality overnight

A man has died in a collision with a wide-load transport vehicle near Gin Gin overnight — the sixth road fatality in the Bundaberg region in the past five weeks.
Police cars at the scene of a road accident at night
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Wide BayTopic: Road Accidents and Incidentsby Nikki Sorbello

Living in a donga after retirement village unit roof collapse, 84yo calls for clarification of responsibilities

A woman who had to move out of her retirement unit for more than three months after the roof collapsed has called for better transparency and explanation to older freeholders about their obligations in villages.
An elderly woman in a green top holding a fluffy white dog, standing in her kitchen

Published: Source: ABC Wide BayTopic: Aged Careby Nikki Sorbello

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Queensland businesses struggle to get Telstra signal

People living in regional Queensland are experiencing poor mobile phone coverage since Telstra shut its 3G network down. 
Poor reception. Man sitting on a bench outside a house looking at a mobile phone.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds

Source: ABC News

Gin Gin Highway Fatality

Bundaberg Police Inspector Grant Marcus talks about the Bruce Highway fatality at Gin Gin. The sixth on the region's roads in five weeks.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds

Source: ABC News

Landholders "excited" for wind farm in cattle country

Seven landholders in Queensland's North Burnett have signed up to lease property to the Stony Creek Wind Farm, but some are unconvinced the project will benefit the nearby town of Biggenden.
Duration: 2 minutes

Source: ABC Wide Bay

Borumba Pumped Hydro environment concerns

Steve Burgess from the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee is deeply concerned by the current design for the Borumba Pumped Hydro proposal.
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds

Source: ABC Sunshine Coast

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