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Sharnie Moran and her 18 months old daughter Charlotte look on as thick smoke rises from bushfires near Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour, Tuesday, November 12, 2019. There are more than 50 fires burning around the state, with about half of those uncontained. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)

A house destroyed by bushfire is seen in Rappville, NSW, Thursday, October 10, 2019. Several properties were lost when an out-of-control bushfire swept through the northern NSW village. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Houses are surrounded by floodwaters at Depot Hill in Rockhampton, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Floodwaters resulting from ex-cyclone Debbie are expected inundate parts of Rockhampton with the Fitzroy River expected to reach 9 metres at midday on Thursday. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Senior Constable Brett Forte's wife Susan and son Brodie touch the casket after his funeral service in Toowoomba, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Senior Constable Forte was killed on May 29 near Gatton, when gunman Ryan Maddison opened fire on officers before he was eventually shot dead after an overnight siege. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

US President Barack Obama greets fans in the crowd after his address at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. President Obama is attending the G20 world leaders summit taking place in Brisbane November 15-16. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 26, 2021. Protesters take part in an Invasion Day march through central Brisbane. As the nation marks this day as Australia Day, indigenous groups and their supporters reffer to it as Invasion Day or Survival Day. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Aboriginal women perform a traditional dance at a cultural event near Uluru, also known as Ayres Rock, in the Northern Territory, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Tomorrow, October 26th marks 30 years since Aboriginal traditional owners won back Uluru and Kata Tjuta from the federal government. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

A mourner holds up a portrait of former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Michael Somare during a memorial mass for him at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane, Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

A supporter stands in solidarity with protesting asylum seekers who are being held in detention at an inner city motel in Brisbane, Friday, May 8, 2020. The men claim they are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as they cannot maintain adequate social distancing due to the living conditions inside their detention centre. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Returning overseas passenger Darcy Lord, who is from the Gold Coast, hold his 3 months old son Reef while in quarantine at the Novotel hotel in Brisbane, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Passengers returning from overseas must quarantine in hotels in the city in which they land for fourteen days, at their expense, in attempts to fight off the coronavirus and its effects on the economy. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Bradley Mitchell inspects the damage to his uncle's boat after it smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Cyclone Debbie has hit Queensland's far north coast yesterday as a category 4 cyclone, causing wide spread damage. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Locals shelter behind a sea wall as large waves generated by cyclone Oma crash onto it at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast, Sunday, February 24, 2019. Huge swells and high tides are pummelling south-east Queensland beaches as Cyclone Oma sits off the Queensland coast. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

History enthusiasts, many of them descendants of soldiers who fought in the Australian Light Horse Brigade, take part in a reenactment of the battle of Beersheba, about 30 kilometres south of Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel, Sunday, October 29, 2017. October 31st marks the 100th anniversary for the battle of Beersheba in which the Australian Light Horse Regiment played a significant role in capturing the town for the British Empire. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

84 year-old Emile Smets, a combat medic who did five tours of Vietnam, salutes as he watches the Anzac Day parade in central Brisbane.