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Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Monday, October 20. Today we can expect a sunny day and a maximum of 28 degrees.

Here are this morning’s local headlines:

Queensland Health is scrambling to identify how at least five people were poisoned in Brisbane’s south, with tests confirming they were hospitalised after ingesting rat bait.

Australia’s next multibillion-dollar export industry could be based on an unexpected mishmash of sugarcane, wood chips, algae, used cooking oil, animal by-products and construction and demolition debris – and a Queensland company is leading the way by establishing a biofuels facility.

Brisbane Pilates instructor Keisha Love posted a TikTok gauging interest in free classes. Now, hundreds of people get behind the initiative in New Farm Park.

Thousands of homes were left without power across south-east Queensland on Saturday afternoon and evening after thunderstorms – including five-centimetre hail – wreaked havoc across parts of the region.

The Bureau of Meteorology reported five-centimetre hailstones in some areas.

The Bureau of Meteorology reported five-centimetre hailstones in some areas.Credit: Nine News

Marnus Labuschagne has set about securing a Test recall with another century, and if all goes well, Matt Renshaw could be joining him.

Broadway great Bernadette Peters is set to perform in Brisbane, showcasing Stephen Sondheim songs and other classic show tunes in a one-off performance for the Melt festival. Culture reporter Nick Dent spoke to the star about her favourite songs, her popularity with LGBTQIA+ audiences and working with Kermit the Frog.

And decades of research is showing the woody trunks and branches that make up Queensland’s tropical rainforests have switched from net carbon absorbers to a carbon source.

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