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Dec 2023
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Why record floods took Cairns by surpris...

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The damage bill from the Northern Queensland floods is expected to run into the billions, so how did a low level cyclone cause so much devastation?

There’s growing concern about the use of “deep fake” images produced by A.I. are being used on social media. So can anything be done to stamp it out?

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