A group of volunteers are transforming paint cans into phone chargers, old TVs into 3D printers, and laptop batteries into electric bikes — helping the environment and their own self-esteem in the process.
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Want to live rent-free? Pull up stumps and live in a truck like Chrissie
Living rent-free in the big city. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well it’s not, if you’re willing to swap your house or apartment for life in the back of a truck just like Chrissie Junge’s doing.
Sentence 'a sham' for wife killer who had charge downgraded, victim's father says
Paul Wallis says the life of his daughter June is worth more than the 10-year sentence handed to her husband Nathan Greenfield after he strangled her but had a murder charge downgraded due to the state of his mental health.
Farm hand 'sick of losing cattle' fined $10k for shooting 'iconic' 100yo croc
A station hand who admitted to killing a 5.2-metre crocodile is fined after telling the court the animal was eating calves on a central Queensland property and he was sick of it.
'The equivalent of 40,000 new homes': Power demand soars as south-east Queensland swelters
Demand for power reaches a record high this week as south-east Queenslanders crank up air conditioners to beat this week’s unrelenting heat and humidity.
Would you sign a love contract for an office relationship?
When love blossoms by the water cooler, what can you do to make sure an office romance does not end your career?
Fraser Coast Mayor Chris Loft sacked by Local Government Minister
Councillor Chris Loft is dismissed as the Fraser Coast Mayor amid “serial breaches”, Queensland Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says.
Man charged with assault of 16yo boy shot by police granted bail
A man involved in a domestic dispute with a 16-year-old boy shot by police on Wednesday appears in court charged with assault, but tells reporters he is “the luckiest man alive”.
Big waves have surfers 'frothing' on Queensland's southern coastline
Surfers are “frothing” about big waves being whipped up along Queensland’s southern coastline, as the Bureau of Meteorology issues a hazardous surf warning for the state’s Fraser, Sunshine and Gold coasts.
'That little boy will never be my child but I am connected to him'
The call Jennifer McLeod had both hoped for and dreaded finally came. She thanked the fertility clinic, then hung up the phone and cried.