BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The state government of Queensland, Australia, has unveiled plans for an advocacy service that could include extolling the positive side of prostitution.

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- An official in the Australian state of Queensland has denied drunkenly removing his shirt in "stripper fashion" at a 2007 Christmas party.

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A 3-year-old girl has been injured on Australia's Fraser Island after being attacked by a wild dingo, officials say.

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A career criminal with a history of at least 60 arrests stole a car within hours of release from prison, an Australian appeals court was told Friday.

SOUTHPORT , Australia, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- An Australian couple has admitted prostituting their daughter, forcing her to service clients starting at age 12.

BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Passengers checking in at the Qantas counter at one Australian airport showed their anger by booing staffers who assisted an elderly heart attack victim.

BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- An Australian woman who slaughtered a goat in a mock satanic ritual in a Brisbane church has been ordered to apologize.

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Brisbane, New Zealand, has been named the best water-saving community in the world.

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