Gold Coast wedding videographer James McDonald Connell has been fined for accepting payments for services he did not deliver

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/wedding-videographer-james-connell-in-court/104709266
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Office of Fair Trading catches up with Gold Coast wedding videographer after numerous complaints

A Gold Coast man who accepted thousands of dollars for wedding videos he never provided is fined, leaving couples wondering how the years-long saga could have been avoided.

ABC News

The real Regional Queenslanders that say electric vehicles are worth it

Love stories like these. It’s real. It’s genuine. It’s not politicians making up facts based on their assumptions from an ivory tower.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/regional-rural-queensland-electric-vehicle-uptake/103914408
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Regional Queenslanders say electric vehicles worth it for fuel savings but challenges remain

Despite the large distances travelled, more country Australians are buying and driving electric vehicles. So what's it really like?

ABC News
Not quite sure how you can justify legal ‘termination of employment’ of a Good Samaritan:
‘Misconduct’ would need to be on the severely serious end of the spectrum.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/exclusive-queensland-crime-bus-driver-fired-after-saving-passenger-alleged-attack/ac290116-38fc-42ae-af53-2eec87ae700a
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Queensland bus driver fired after saving young passenger from alleged attack

<p>Three days after the incident, he got a call from his boss at Transdev, who told him he was being fired. </p>

9News
Thousands of baby cane toads infiltrate Gold Coast following wet, humid weather conditions

Wet and humid conditions lead to an explosion in cane toad populations with invasive species experts concerned for pets and native wildlife. 

ABC News
If Miles-led Queensland Govt can this off, including significant funding, it has a real potential of turning the tide back to Labor’s favour.
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/15/steven-miles-new-queeensland-premier-qld-day-one-policies-emissions-reduction-target
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Steven Miles to set more ambitious emissions reduction targets on day one as Queensland premier

Leader will refocus climate debate on job creation in rural areas to remove tension between resource-rich regions and urban south-east, sources say

The Guardian