Jacqui Street
Jacqui Street has reported for ABC News on radio, television and online for more than 10 years, covering politics, courts and general news.
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What regional Queensland needs to survive and thrive
Regional Queensland is fighting to survive and thrive, under pressure from population growth, water shortages, and communication blackspots. So how is that affecting our towns and cities?
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Man and teen charged after homeless man allegedly stabbed outside Noosa pub
A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man are charged with numerous offences after a homeless man was wounded in the upper body.
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Polystyrene 'white spill' from floods causing an 'environmental catastrophe' on beaches
Brisbane River's polystyrene pontoons, torn from their moorings in the floods, are breaking up along 300 kilometres of beaches, threatening nesting turtles and raising fears that other marine animals will mistake the white pieces for food.
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Australian designer of COVID breath-test frustrated government isn't making purchase orders
Non-intrusive coronavirus breath tests could be made in Australia and available in months but a developer says the government needs to buy them first.
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Fears for more industry collapses in 2022 as big builders go bust
The Master Builders Associations warn more firms could follow BA Murphy, Privium and Tasmanian Constructions as rising costs take a heavy toll.
Community with no homeless shelter buys a bus instead
Queensland's first sleep bus has arrived to offer emergency beds to homeless people on the Sunshine Coast, as support agencies struggle to help an avalanche of people caught up in the housing crisis.
'No-one will be giving up': Search expands for Krystal Cain, 14, as floodwaters recede
The family of Krystal Cain say they are "holding onto hope" as police continue their search for the teenager who was swept into floodwaters in the Gympie region on Saturday morning.
Ferocious fire rips through popular Sunshine Coast cafe, leaving it in ruins
A Eumundi cafe popular with those who visit the area's famous local markets has been destroyed by fire.
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'Like nothing we've encountered before': Nurses stretched as shortages hit regional testing, vaccination clinics
The surge of COVID-19 cases causes a shortage of nurses in Queensland and it's about to get worse as managers scramble to recruit more vaccination and testing staff.
Toilet paper wars are back as panic buyers, supply chain woes deplete stores again
Some blame COVID panic buying, others the supply chain. Either way, Queensland supermarket shelves are empty again.
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Police charge Sunshine Coast man after head-stomping brawl in Noosa
The local appears in court on New Year's Day, charged over a violent mass fight in Hasting St this week.
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The toilet paper situation all over again? Pharmacists call for calm amid rapid testing shortages
The pressure is easing on PCR testing queues, but the strain has shifted to rapid antigen test supplies say regional Queensland pharmacists.
Head stomping among trouble as groups of up to 100 teens rampage through tourist town
Upmarket tourist hotspot Noosa is reeling after an outbreak of violence including a "sickening" street brawl in which an unconscious man was brutally attacked.
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Police say unvaxxed Queenslanders won't 'grandstand' over bans, but venue owners say tensions are rising
The police union says extra officers will not be needed to enforce rules banning unvaxxed people from hospitality venues, because most "are keen to do the right thing".
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Queensland man vanishes off Sunshine Coast beach, police divers face treacherous conditions
By Jacqui Street and staff
Two swimmers run into trouble at Shelly Beach at Caloundra, with only one of them rescued. Police divers are hampered in their search by what they describe as "washing machine" conditions.
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Doctors were ready to let Tristan 'cark it' after a terrible accident. He just graduated from high school
A Queensland mother says she never imagined what her son would achieve when she ignored doctors' advice to turn off his life support four years ago.
'In 100 years, this is the biggest single fall': Heavy rain causes flooding, smashes records in Queensland
Parts of Queensland receive a month's worth of rain but the wet weather is set to ease over the weekend.
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Sunshine Coast man caught filming women in toilet using hidden phone
A Sunshine Coast man has admitted to planting his phone to record members of his church group using the toilet at his house.
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A tiny solution to a big problem
Homeless people caught in Queensland's housing crisis will soon be moving into brand new digs as part of an ambitious plan.
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All aboard the unique surf school that's changing the lives of children escaping violence
SalTy Souls Legacy teaches struggling kids to surf for free and gives them what they need to keep hitting the waves.
School formal driver guilty of dangerous driving for ploughing into diners after burnout
Wisam El Haouli was filmed doing a burnout in a Torana before crashing into a Sunshine Coast restaurant strip on his way to delivering teenagers to a school formal.
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Driver charged with attempted murder after cyclists hit in alleged road rage incidents
A man faces six charges after cars and two cyclists were hit in four alleged road rage incidents on the Sunshine Coast, that left the cyclists with serious injuries.
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'Bike path rapist' admits to another attack on Queensland beach
A chance sighting on a TV show led a victim to get her rape case reopened, and the attacker pleading guilty 15 years later.
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Hundreds mourn after unexplained death of Sunshine Coast's 'nicest' boy
Kurtis Scott had no known medical conditions when paramedics were called to his home as he was struggling to breathe.
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Private school teacher charged with child exploitation offences
Police charge a Sunshine Coast man after spending nine months combing through his electronic devices.
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