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Local Faces A Northern Beaches family has stumbled upon an incredible find of an eight-armed starfish. But besides the extra arms, there’s something else peculiar about the...

News ‘A Byron music festival back into Byron itself’: New two-day event hopes to inject hope and dollars into live music scene.

Offbeat Some caused diplomatic incidents. Others were just plain funny - Prince Philip had no concept of a filter and people either loved or loathed him for it.

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Crime Two elderly neighbours came to blows in a luxury Main Beach tower after a row over social distancing laws. SEE THE VIDEO

Offbeat A breakfast television program has made an awkward typo while revealing the details of style icon Carla Zampatti’s funeral.

Offbeat A woman with the longest nails in the world, measuring 395cm on one hand alone, has cut them off after nearly 30 years.

Offbeat Australia’s top-10 lottery hot spots have been revealed, and it’s people in a small coastal town in Western Australia who are cashing in.

News A Gympie man camping at Inskip has captured the moment the ground disappeared as a new sinkhole opened up at a busy part of the point

News Wide Bay MP fires back at criticism of ministerial intervention for grant funding amid revelations one third of approvals made despite not being recommended.

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Business Rainbow Beach teenager’s recovery from serious injuries suffered when he was hit by a car in 2017 continues to exceed expectations

Opinion OPINION: Creating one of Australia’s most successful meat export business is only part of Pat Nolan’s story according to Gympie Mayor Glen Hartwig

Offbeat Shocking footage shows a woman reading a book while driving at high-speed on a major road with children in the car on Good Friday morning.

Crime Mark Hanson turned to drugs after his career abruptly ended when he was stabbed in the kidney

Crime The 35-year-old’s criminal record was spotless until he turned to drugs as way of coping after his father’s suicide in 2015.

Offbeat Forget Isaac Smith or the longstanding rivalry between Hawthorn and Geelong, because a rogue pigeon stole the limelight at the MCG.

Offbeat A returning Aussie stuck in hotel quarantine made his room into a Wild West film set, complete with a horse, six-shooters and a cowboy nemesis.

Home & Decorating A woman searching for a new rental online spotted a very creepy detail in the ad for an available property.

Horses A winner has been declared after an extraordinary investigation into a photo finish that is still dividing the racing world.

Offbeat Doctors have been left baffled by what appears to be the first baby born with three penises.

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Crime Two men who faced Gympie court this week were part of a group running the ‘sophisticated’ marijuana production across two houses, sheds and shipping containers