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A freight train has derailed spilling tonnes of zinc concentrate on the tracks in north Queensland. The train was carrying the load to a foundry at Townsville when it derailed at Mingela about 8.15am (AEST) on Sunday.   The Department of Community Safety (DCS) says the locomot...

A company has been fined $60,000 over an oil spill in the Brisbane River earlier this year. The GL Lan Xiu, which was carrying 2000 head of livestock, was refuelling at Hamilton in Brisbane in January when the oil spill occurred.   It took less than five minutes for about 4.5 ...

Two people have been taken to hospital and an industrial area has been evacuated after a major chemical spill in Brisbane's south.   The spill of an unspecified chemical happened in a warehouse on Stradbroke Street at Heathwood about 10.15am (AEST) on Wednesday, the Department...

A train operator failed to carry out full safety checks before a dramatic derailment and toxic spill in the Northern Territory, an investigation has found. The 20-carriage freight train 7AD1 derailed as it tried to cross the Edith River, 42km northwest of Katherine during the early hours of D...