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📩In today's email: See the comment section.1. One Big Thing: Townsville commemorates 80 years since Victory in the Pacif...
15/08/2025

📩In today's email: See the comment section.
1. One Big Thing: Townsville commemorates 80 years since Victory in the Pacific
2. Townsville launched: Lifesaving Universal Aftercare Program
3. Historic HMAS Townsville: Now on display at historic Ross Creek
4. Trending: VP80 Commemorative Service
5. Around the web (Snippets): Amazon expands same-day delivery service, Easy Concrete launched in Townsville, Reddit accuses AI firms of data scraping and more
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👀Have a look: Link in comment section1. One Big Thing: Great Barrier Reef records worst annual decline in coral cover in...
13/08/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Great Barrier Reef records worst annual decline in coral cover in its 39-year monitoring history
2. CareFlight brings: Trauma training to Townsville
3. Democracy in a Box rolled out: At Hermit Park State School
4. Trending: eScooter beer delivery..
5. Around the web (Snippets): Self-reported drink driving in Queensland spikes, Cockatoo dance battle, Grow Early Childhood Centre under investigation and heaps more
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ICYMI: https://townsvilletimes.substack.com/p/qantas-data-leak-hits-6m-customers1. One Big Thing: Report uncovers NDIS s...
07/07/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Report uncovers NDIS shortfalls in North Queensland
2. Qantas data breach sparks Privacy concerns
3. Humpbacks return to: North QLD waters
4. Trending: Winter rain sparks concern for locals
5. Around the web (Snippets): Chloe Forster joins WNBL Fire, Tassie to host nation’s largest AI Factory, child monitoring spyware app warning and heaps more
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Dog deaths at Rowes Bay | Tassie to host world-first AI zone | Townsville rebuild plan approved | Amazon Prime Day deals and more

🔗Have a look:https://townsvilletimes.substack.com/p/chamber-music-festival-announces1. One Big Thing: Chamber Music Fest...
20/06/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Chamber Music Festival announces move to Cairns in 2026
2. Klein’s calls fuel: Maroons to Perth victory
3. Trending: This artefact from the 70s/80s - anyone recognise it?
4. Around the web (Snippets): Agribusiness sector is in a state of flux, Louvre shuts down in classic French fashion, Cairns teen kidnap case update and more
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QLD wins Game 2 | Meta's insane $100m staff signing bonus | AI agents take Townsville by storm and more

Early voting kicks off Tuesday! ✅ Find your nearest centre now: www.aec.gov.au
21/04/2025

Early voting kicks off Tuesday! ✅ Find your nearest centre now: www.aec.gov.au

Need to vote early for the election? Good news – hundreds of early voting centres will open their doors from Tuesday during the two-week early period.

Head to our website to find your nearest location.
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26/03/2025
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🔗Have a look: https://shorturl.at/icqxL1. One Big Thing: Severe rainfall closes Ross River and other locations2. Nashvil...
20/03/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Severe rainfall closes Ross River and other locations
2. Nashville Dreams: Start at Gympie Music Muster
3. Run Army returns: To Townsville to support Queensland Police Legacy
4. Trending: Heavy rainfall - Preparations needed ⛈️☔
5. Around The Web (Snippets): Industry and Defence leaders gathered in Townsville, delivery driver wins $79M after Starbucks coffee burn and more!
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📨 Check this out: LINK IN OUR BIO1. One Big Thing: Relief Rolls In for Townsville2. Cowboys Leagues Club: Kick goals off...
14/03/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Relief Rolls In for Townsville
2. Cowboys Leagues Club: Kick goals off the field
3. Lifeblood appeal for: Blood donors in Townsville
4. Trending: Townsville: Tough place to live or unfairly judged?
5. Around The Web (Snippets): Microsoft shutting down Skype in May, Google DeepMind unveils new controlling robots and heaps more
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📨 Check this out: https://shorturl.at/lqfcL1. One Big Thing: Clubs chip in $75k support to Ingham community2. North QLD:...
28/02/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Clubs chip in $75k support to Ingham community
2. North QLD: Newly discovered frogs
3. Butt in to help out: Ci******es may well help us
4. Trending: Townsville Pet Resort
5. Around The Web (Snippets): Cigarette butts may well help us, The Cook Islands controversial China deal for the Pacific, 2025 QLD Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership winner and more.
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Read More: https://shorturl.at/4Wn8Q1. One Big Thing: Freight on track for the East Coast2. Townsville ready to scoop up...
27/02/2025

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1. One Big Thing: Freight on track for the East Coast
2. Townsville ready to scoop up: More Ice Cream Awards
3. O Week kicks off at: James Cook University
4. Trending: Crime sentences
5. Around The Web (Snippets): The most hacked phone pins, Crisafulli confirms new perinatal mental health beds for Tonwsville, GhostGPT - AI to worry about and heaps more
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