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  2. 2024 in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Cyclone Kirrily crosses the North Queensland coast at Townsville as a Category 3 system before weakening. [64] 27 January – Queensland state Labor MP Jim Madden resigns from parliament to vie for a position as a local councillor with Ipswich City Council in the 2024 Queensland local elections on 16 March. [65]

  3. Troy Thompson (politician) - Wikipedia

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    Troy Joseph Thompson (formerly Birnbrauer; born c. 1973) is an Australian politician who currently serves as the mayor of Townsville, a local government area in Queensland, Australia. He was elected at the 2024 Townsville City Council election, defeating long-standing incumbent Jenny Hill.

  4. Townsville - Wikipedia

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    Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, [1] it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of the Sunshine Coast). It is unofficially considered the capital of North Queensland.

  5. Cyclone Kirrily - Wikipedia

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    Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was a long-lived and strong tropical cyclone that affected East Australia and the Northern Territory during January and February 2024. The third named storm and severe tropical cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season, Kirrily developed from a tropical low that formed within the Coral Sea.

  6. Media in Townsville - Wikipedia

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    The North Queensland Register is based in Townsville. However, it services the Queensland rural community from Rockhampton North. Owned by Rural Press Limited, it has a distribution of about 5,000. [citation needed] Northern Services Courier is an independent newspaper for Australian Defence Force personnel stationed in Townsville.

  7. Townsville 500 - Wikipedia

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    The event was known as the Townsville 400, based on a 400 kilometre format, in ten of the first eleven years of the event. In 2021, the event returned to the 500 kilometre format first used in 2014, while in both 2020 and 2021, two Townsville events were held under the Townsville SuperSprint banner due to calendar changes and shorter races ...

  8. Townsville Bulletin - Wikipedia

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    The Townsville Bulletin is a daily newspaper published in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, formerly known as the Townsville Daily Bulletin. It is the only daily paper that serves the northern Queensland region.

  9. 2019 Townsville flood - Wikipedia

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    The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]