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The body of a woman, in her 50s, has been found inside a Sydney home with injuries so horrific that senior police officers described it as one of the worst crime scenes they had seen in years.
Energy Minister Mick de Brenni has refused to take responsibility for the Callide Power Plant explosion, sensationally accusing CS Energy bosses of lying to him about maintenance and safety at the facility.
Port Lincoln father Troy Smith will likely avoid prison after being allegedly caught with more than 3g of meth inside his Bali hotel room, with prosecutors recommending he serve his sentence in a rehab facility.Chilling GoPro footage has emerged of a teen charged with terror offences armed with knives and tactical equipment before allegedly walking into a Labor MP’s office.
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Julian Assange will today start his new life as a free man with his wife and two young sons in Australia.
The cost of dying is set to skyrocket in Victoria, with the Allan government considering introducing what has been panned as a “death tax by stealth”.
CS Energy issued warnings that maintenance was being neglected at its plants just two years before a major explosion tore through Callide Power Station.
A wealthy Adelaide college has raked in more than a quarter of a billion dollars in recent years.
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The widow of slain camper Russell Hill says she feared Greg Lynn would walk free, saying “an innocent person doesn’t get rid of the bodies”.
Vape legalisation advocates say the Coalition could raise $510 million a year in tax revenue under its plan to regulate the sale of nicotine products through retailers like supermarkets or convenience stores.
A minibus carrying farm workers is believed to have been trying to overtake another car when it crashed into a tree in Victoria’s northwest.
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will not face a fourth trial after he successfully appealed his convictions over the alleged rape of a woman in 2018.
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Vapes will be made available at pharmacies without a prescription after the Albanese government struck a deal with the Greens that will soften a proposed retail ban on e-cigarettes.
The boss of Australia’s anti-doping agency has warned that the AFL – and Australian sport more widely – is at a “crossroad” as a damning report identified “key issues” around players buying cocaine, ice and ecstasy from criminals.
The notorious Bicycle Bandit who plundered 11 banks in a terrifying crime spree has received one of the longest sentences in SA history – but a judge acknowledged the “air of artificiality” about his penalty, given that he’s about to die.
New data has revealed Queensland patients waited up to 14 hours in the state’s emergency departments as choked hospitals struggled to cope with soaring demand.
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A young girl who witnessed her mother’s alleged shooting murder is struggling to process the terrible tragedy, according to those close to the Mackay family.
The Bicycle Bandit’s sentencing has been expedited after he expressed an intent to access his voluntary assisted dying kit – but one of his victims, who also has terminal cancer, says he deserves neither empathy nor sympathy.
With a little help after years of trying, purple Wiggle John Pearce is to become a father for the first time.
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An eight-year-old boy took an illegal replica assault rifle to a Sydney school, forcing a class into lockdown and sparking a police investigation into how it ended up in the boy’s hands.
Elite private schools are exempting poorly performing students from national NAPALN tests in a bid to improve their overall scores, a scathing academic report has revealed.
Queensland’s political leaders are bitterly divided over the state’s nuclear future, with all levels of government at odds over the safety and economic viability of the controversial energy plan.
Cameras to catch Adelaide drivers distracted by mobile phones have been switched on, with hefty fines for those caught breaking the law.
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Dozens of rounds of live ammunition, police uniforms and bulletproof vests are in the hands of criminals after being stolen from cop cars during the Wakeley riot two months ago.
Queensland homeowners missing mortgage repayments are at their highest level since the early pandemic, with hundreds of families at risk as $223m worth of home loans go into the red.
An offshore wind farm proposed for NSW’s south coast has divided the tight-knit Illawarra community.
Millionaire John Singleton has lavished Erin Molan with a share in a $700,000 prize filly he’s named after her.
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Former premiership-winning South Australian greyhound trainer Tony Rasmussen has been banned for life and fined a record $220,000 after being found guilty of a string of welfare and integrity charges.
The Reserve Bank is set to pave the way for an upcoming interest rate rise when it concludes its board meeting on Tuesday afternoon amid a robust jobs market and concerns that fresh stimulus will heighten already elevated levels of inflation.
The notorious, terminally ill “Bicycle Bandit” who terrorised the state for a decade will spend what remains of his life in jail, after a court rejected his final plea for mercy.
An extra $720 million has been injected into the Queensland economy since the end of trade blocks imposed by the Chinese Government on Australian products like beef, barley and cotton.
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Opposition Leader John Pesutto has taken another swipe at the Allan government for failing to condemn union heavyweight John Setka’s savage attack on the AFL.
Taxpayers were slugged more than $100,000 for an Australian delegation to attend the funeral of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has boldly declared Brisbane’s Olympic and Paralympic Games “mess” would be fixed within 100 days of an LNP government surging to power, salvaging Queensland’s reputation on the world stage.
A teenager allegedly tried to steal a police car after a violent failed carjacking but was tasered and capsicum-sprayed, a court has heard.
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A menacing attack by John Setka on AFL umpiring boss Stephen McBurney that included his image on a spoof “Wanted: Dead or Alive” poster has been slammed by anti-violence campaigners and the state opposition.
Youth offenders have injured 137 people in six years by crashing cars they have stolen in aggravated burglaries.
A NSW Police officer faked a breath test when he caught the son of his senior colleague drink driving on a country road in the state’s southwest.
Hundreds of people rallied at Tyndale Christian School in Salisbury East on Wednesday night, in opposition to proposed changes to discrimination laws for faith-based schools.
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CFMEU boss John Setka has demanded the AFL sack its umpire boss, former building watchdog Stephen McBurney, or face delays on its league-related projects nationwide.
In NSW, Disruption to Sydney’s light rail network for 24-hours on Wednesday could soon extend to the city’s trains and buses, the sector’s union has warned.
Taxes on Queenslanders will help plug the state’s revenue hole as the golden era of coal royalties comes to an end.
Two former Adelaide coaches have questioned the team’s mentality on the back of a string of narrow defeats that has left its season in free fall.
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A former Labor minister has sided with families of Covid victims who feel outraged that Daniel Andrews was given the nation’s highest King’s Birthday honour – as polling shows 95 per cent of people don’t think he deserves it.
Premier Steven Miles says today’s state budget will be the “best ever” despite it containing the second-largest deficit in a decade to help fund a major pre-election cash splash.
South Australia’s richest private schools have prime real estate holdings estimated to be worth more than $12bn, with one located on a vast holding near the CBD valued at nearly $3bn.
A 12-year-old repeat offender with a record of more than 80 charges is back at home after being caught breaking and entering just three days after he had been freed on bail by the NSW Supreme Court.
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Nine chairman Peter Costello has been captured on video pushing a journalist to the ground at Canberra Airport, after the former federal treasurer refused to answer the reporter’s questions relating to the rolling harassment scandal at the under-siege media company.
Four years on from the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay, the couple’s loved ones sat metres away from the man accused of murdering them.
The price tag of the Miles government’s centrepiece “Big Build” has ballooned to $107bn over the next four years – almost the same cost, per minute, of the Apollo Project that landed men on the moon.
Port Adelaide has brushed off scepticism about its early-season form, believing it has set a really good platform to attack the second half of the campaign as it chases a flag.
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An encampment of rough sleepers has sprung up outside the Reserve Bank’s Martin Place offices as hundreds of people sleep on the street in the City of Sydney every night.
Taxpayers are forking out $2 million a year to look after a intellectually disabled boy, but his care is still failing so catastrophically he has been the subject of more than 500 critical incidents in less than two years.
A court has heard two Queensland owned electricity generators allegedly manipulated the price bracket of their wholesale power packages to create massive artificial spikes in energy market prices for their own profit.
Alleged Bicycle Bandit, armed robber and terminal cancer patient Kym Allen Parsons has been approved for voluntary assisted dying and has the means to end his life, eight months before his trial.
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Devastated cruise passengers have reacted furiously to the closure of the iconic P&O Australia brand after a 92-year history and the loss of Aussie jobs.
Victoria Police is being forced to fund daily operations with more than $100m saved from hundreds of staff vacancies.
This is Queensland’s tactical blueprint for Selwyn Cobbo to shock the Blues.
Adelaide has won planning approval for its move to Thebarton Oval, as the Crows’ long search for a new home reaches its conclusion.
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Foreign citizens including New Zealanders and permanent residents from the UK, US, Canada and Pacific island nations will be able to join the Australian Defence Force in a move to tackle the nation’s military recruitment crisis.
QLD Treasurer Cameron Dick has left the door open for tax changes on business and industry in next week’s state budget, but reiterated a “promise” that everyday Queenslanders will not suffer.
Supermum Jess Stenson says her two young children helped her deal with the drama surrounding an appeal over her marathon selection for the Paris Olympics.
Dramatic footage of Sydney hitman Hamad Assad being killed has been obtained by DTTV, nearly eight years after the man known as “The Executioner” was himself executed.
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A teenage boy who made the call for emergency services to help an unresponsive young girl in Adelaide who later died has recalled the incident in harrowing detail.
Queensland monthly building approvals have dropped to 25 per cent below their 10-year average, with struggling families turning to measures such as “instant” homes to cope with the housing crisis.
Councils and the construction industry have slammed the NSW Government’s new housing targets as “numbers on a piece of paper”, raising fears a building industry on its knees will be unable to hit the state’s goals.
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Investigators have uncovered a phone while searching a dam for the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.
Killer bus driver Brett Button was behaving oddly in the hours leading up to the Hunter crash which left 10 dead and 25 injured, boasting to wedding guests he could perform “donuts” and telling them “this bit’s going to be fun” as he took the Greta roundabout 25km/h faster than recommended.
Brisbane 2032 chief executive Cindy Hook has urged concerned Queenslanders to “speak up” and demand an Olympic Games stadium a growing city needs.
An “inexperienced, immature” driver whose “reckless and dangerous” choices caused the death of a beloved friend, daughter and granddaughter will spend at least two years behind bars.
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There was still no sign of a mother and baby more than 24 hours after a human placenta and umbilical cord were found on a Sydney riverbank as officials plead for the woman to take herself and her newborn to hospital.
Heat sensors have been installed in the homes of teachers in a remote Queensland community – and the government has now also urged them to sleep with duress alarms.
A rogue food delivery rider who clocked up 240 demerit points since the start of the year is allegedly still on the road driving dangerously – and authorities are struggling to stop him.West Adelaide footballer Sam May has been dubbed a ‘miracle man’ after making a remarkable recovery from serious injuries from a fall at a Port Lincoln hotel last month.
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Facebook has become a thriving marketplace for black market merchants hawking everything from counterfeit cash, cloned credit cards and illegal firearms.
A sexual harassment scandal has engulfed one of the country’s biggest retailers, implicating its CEO, and forcing the resignation of a senior executive.
QLD Premier Steven Miles’ sensational call to slash immigration amid unprecedented growth has been questioned, with documents revealing that the state’s population is on par with what was predicted when Labor came to power nine years ago.
Students have moved into the new, $98m expansion of an Adelaide CBD school after construction delays meant they had to learn elsewhere on campus for the start of the year.
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Black market merchants peddling methamphetamine, ice and heroin are using Facebook posts promoting illegal vapes to funnel customers to websites and Telegram chats selling hard drugs.
A new diabetes drug thought to be “better than Ozempic” will be trialled in Melbourne in a move researchers hope can help end global shortages.
An Adelaide man has shared how a “fantastic holiday” with his wife came to a horrific end when their Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence, sending them into freefall and leaving his wife with a serious spinal injury.
Multimillion-dollar sobering-up centres are sitting largely empty, with just 417 people checking in over their first five months of operation.
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SA Premier Peter Malinauskas’s push to ban children under 14 from social media has been bolstered by the US’s top doctor, who urged government action to tackle “a medical emergency among young people”.
Aviation experts have begun an investigation into how a Singapore Airlines flight dropped more than a kilometre in less than a minute, leaving one man dead and other passengers “doing somersaults” as the plane plunged.
One of Channel 9’s on-air stars has revealed her former boss Darren Wick sexually harassed her in public, groping her and breathing heavily down her neck.
Shocking allegations of gender selection within QLD’s embattled fertility industry are being investigated by the health ombudsman.
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Anthony Albanese has declared he will not go to the polls until he has broken the back of the cost-of-living crisis, saying he is committed to going the distance in his first term of government.
A staggering 70 per cent of Queensland’s public hospital staff have been assaulted or witnessed violence at work a damning new survey has revealed, with warnings patients are also at risk.
The cost of building a new home in Victoria went up about $25,000 overnight earlier this month.
Adelaide commuters purchasing single trips to travel short distances on public transport are paying the highest fares in the country.
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More than 60,000 of 80,000 failed asylum seekers still in the country have been allowed to remain here with full work and study rights.
Patient prescriptions and private GP and healthcare provider information was among the data leaked in the major medical breach involving MediSecure.
Victoria Police has rejected a recommendation to introduce nine-hour shifts for frontline cops in a move that pits Chief Commissioner Shane Patton against the Allan government.
AFL Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines has been cleared by his cardiologist to train and play against North Melbourne this week, after he was subbed out of Port Adelaide’s thrilling win over Hawthorn with heart palpitations.
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Almost 320,000 Australians have been unemployed for between two years and a decade despite living through the biggest jobs booms in Australia’s history.
The University of Melbourne has warned pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a major building on campus that it will send in police to break up their encampment because its “patience is now at an end”.
A frightened mother from regional SA says her child’s school was forced into lockdown after a seven-year-old boy with a history of behavioural issues produced a knife and threatened to kill classmates.
The Queensland government’s alternative plan for the Gabba could cost $1.1bn and cut its capacity by 4000 seats.
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The daughter of missing camper Carol Clay has told a jury she was concerned her mother’s affair with Russell Hill would become public after their disappearance.
Apartments could become more affordable in Brisbane under Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s plan to remove outdated minimum carparking requirements for new developments in high-density areas.
Australia’s peak soccer body is refusing to say how it plans to vote if a motion to expel Israel from the World Cup goes ahead in Bangkok later this week.
A tenant in one of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s investment properties has been given an eviction notice but is pleading with the leader of the country not to kick him out.
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Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice, with the federal government announcing a wide-ranging probe into online platforms’ potential harm to Australians.
Confronting footage has emerged of pro-Palestinian students at Queensland’s largest university admitting they would be terrorists if involved in the overseas conflict.
Troubled former North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas is again being investigated by police for allegedly harassing a former partner.
A Port Lincoln father allegedly caught with methamphetamine in Bali was sent an unsolicited package, purportedly holding lubricant but actually containing drugs, while in the Indonesian party capital.
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A repeat domestic violence offender with an apprehended violence order banning him going near his former girlfriend ambushed her outside a Sydney gym and stabbed her in the throat with a kitchen knife.
Jewish students and staff at Queensland’s top university fear for their safety after a suspected antisemitic attack on the office of a Jewish academic.
The governnment will pump an extra $3.25 billion into the North East Link – the biggest single investment it has made in Victoria since being elected.
Twenty scholarships will soon be available for students wanting to work in artificial intelligence research at Lot Fourteen, with significant investment aimed at boosting SA as a global competitor in the sector.
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Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has formally entered not guilty pleas to three charges of murder and five of attempted murder as her case will be fast-tracked for trial to the Supreme Court.
Premier Steven Miles’ $1000 election sweetener, spruiked as helping Queenslanders with their power bills, could be cashed out and spent on anything in a $2.5bn billing loophole.
Medical experts are sounding the alarm as a predicted epidemic of cancer in under 50s threatens to overwhelm the country’s GPs and blow out hospital wait times.
Sydney’s iconic Darling Harbour has been given a multimillion-dollar facelift, with a new playground, sound shell and a bamboo forest at the Chinese Garden of Friendship to be officially opened to the public Wednesday.
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Under-18s will be banned from buying knives, raising the age limit from 16 while NSW Police will get new powers to search people for blades in response to the alleged stabbing of an Assyrian bishop in Wakeley and the Bondi Junction massacre.
A new $400 bonus for an estimated 700,000 Victorian students will be unveiled as the key cost of living measure in today’s state budget.
The state government has spent more than $111m buying properties and doing technical studies for a renewable energy project that has no business case, is not backed by the Opposition and is vehemently opposed by locals.
A third of primary school students and almost half of high schoolers have sought, or are planning to start, treatment for mental health concerns.
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Parents will be able to see social media through the eyes of their teenage children using a new tool exposing how young people can be surrounded by misogynistic content that promotes harmful attitudes toward women.
Staff shortages, lenient consequences for poor behaviour and the false perception educators get 12 weeks off a year are some of the systematic issues driving disrespect in the classroom.
Queenslanders won’t pay “a single cent” for electricity from July, with Premier Steven Miles doubling the state’s power rebate to $1000 in a major $2.5bn pre-election cash splash.
South Australian mums and dads are less likely to yell at their kids or feel guilty about how much time they spend together than parents elsewhere in the country.
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Coward-punch killer Kieran Loveridge, whose unprovoked attack on a young man on a Kings Cross street 12 years ago shocked Sydney, is now out of jail and on a crusade to educate young men about the dangers of alcohol and violence, saying if anyone knows the horror consequences, it’s him.
The union for prison officers has accused the Victorian government of recklessly endangering their lives amid what it brands an “epidemic of assaults”.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has buckled to pressure and will remove the detention as a last resort clause amid poor electoral prospects and mounting criticism the government is soft on crime.
AstraZeneca has acknowledged that its Covid-19 vaccine can cause a rare and potentially deadly blood-clotting condition, according to court documents.
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Child experts are calling for a national blanket ban on mobile phones in schools as they warn kids are struggling with basic skills in the classroom like reading for long periods of time, critical thinking and recognising emotions on faces.
The father of accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith says he fears his son is being “scapegoated” to cover up rampant illicit drug use in the AFL.
CFMEU workers on Brisbane’s $6.2bn Cross River Rail project are expected to walk off the job on Tuesday following unmet demands for huge pay rises that would mean an entry-level construction worker earning $240,000.
Rory Sloane thought he might be able to pull just one more “out of the hat” and yet again come back from a serious injury.
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Anzac Day - unspoiled by commericalism or activism - is fast becoming our nation’s seminal day.
Labor is on track for a savage electoral defeat as voters desert QLD Premier Steven Miles and the LNP extends its two-party lead just six months before the state election.
Victorian homeowners could be forced to fork out thousands of dollars to upgrade old appliances with energy efficient models as the statewide crackdown on fossil fuels intensifies.
Virgin Australia has suspended direct flights from Adelaide to Bali due to the delayed delivery of new Boeing MAX aircraft.
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War heroes and army veterans have slammed a group of pro-Palestine protesters who are set to rally at several city locations on Anzac Day.
Police swooped on what they claim was a teen terror cell in Sydney’s southwest yesterday, arresting seven youths allegedly linked to the Wakeley church stabber.
Queensland teachers are being stabbed with pencils and having desks thrown at them by students, as compensation payouts top half a billion dollars over the past decade.
And an Adelaide Inquest has heard a woman who died while being ramped told a paramedic she couldn’t breathe shortly before going into cardiac arrest.
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Elon Musk could afford to personally pay the fine for his social media platform X’s refusal to remove footage of a violent stabbing attack in Sydney for centuries, as the billionaire is accused of putting his “ego” ahead of “common decency”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted the government “needs to do more” to grapple with the growing domestic violence crisis in Australia.
The West Adelaide Football Club has shed new light on the moments leading up to the discovery of a seriously injured footballer Sam May at a Port Lincoln hotel on the weekend.
Crown Resorts has finally been given the all clear to hold a casino license at Sydney’s Barangaroo by NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC), ending years of uncertainty over a vision outlined more than a decade ago by James Packer
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Five young Victorian children – including two known to child protection – died from malnutrition and neglect in just 17 months during the pandemic.
A NSW woman has allegedly been murdered by her ex-partner just over a fortnight after he was granted bail after being accused of raping her three times.
Queensland’s youth crime epidemic has been laid bare as a new report reveals the number of young criminals jumped 5.2 per cent to more than 11,000 offenders, with 11 of those charged with murder.
A West Adelaide footballer is in a serious condition in Royal Adelaide Hospital after an incident at a Port Lincoln hotel on Sunday morning.
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Pro-Palestine activists are turning up at University of Melbourne classrooms and photographing students after asking for a show of hands to indicate who agrees with their views on the Israel-Gaza war.
A teenager has been charged after allegedly attacking an Assyrian Christian bishop during a livestreamed service at a church in Sydney’s southwest after days in hospital.
Police say the Australian boss of a transnational organised crime syndicate was living in Brisbane’s suburbia as he masterminded a series of huge drug shipments including a “botched” 900kg cocaine import where bricks of the drugs washed ashore.
Owners of short-term accommodation, such as Airbnb and Stayz properties, will be slugged hundreds more in rates, under a proposal by Adelaide City Council.
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Brittany Higgins will keep the $2.4m compensation payment she received from the government despite Justice Michael Lee finding the basis for her claim, that there had been a political cover up of her assault, was “untrue.”
The family of schoolboy accused of the Sydney church stabbing say the teen was “religious but not a radical” and he is “extremely remorseful”.
Ongoing protest action that continues to plague Victoria has forced at least 10,000 Victoria Police officers off the beat with more than 560 protests staged in Melbourne’s CBD in the past six months alone.
A federal inquiry has failed to find any evidence of the QLD government having completed any real work in preparation for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to key senators leading the probe.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted that a brave Frenchman who faced off with a rampaging knifeman, who stabbed six people to death in Bondi Junction, on Saturday may jump the queue to become an Australian citizen.
Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci has been threatened with jail time after refusing to answer questions about the supermarket chain’s profitability in a two hour-long standoff with furious senators.
More than half of Queenslanders have witnessed an accident on the Bruce Highway and a whopping one in three people are dissatisfied or extremely dissatisfied with the nation’s longest route.
Embattled former player agent Ricky Nixon is facing a slew of fresh criminal charges as he stares down the threat of imminent bankruptcy.
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After one aborted, then abandoned, criminal trial and two successful out of court settlements Bruce Lehrmann was on Monday found to have raped Brittany Higgins.
The Victorian government is pushing for a “substantial increase” for workers on minimum and award wages, well ahead of the “economically responsible” lift other states want amid warnings too big a rise may drive up inflation.
A new housing “super portfolio” has been created to focus on fixing the South Australia’s housing crisis – and several other key portfolio responsibilities have been switched – as part of Premier Peter Malinauskas’ first cabinet reshuffle.
Queensland Education Minister Di Farmer has bowed to pressure from the teachers’ unions and home education bodies, announcing homeschooling reforms and proposed changes to student suspensions and expulsions are officially on hold.
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Drug dealing would be virtually impossible for criminals without social media and apps like Meta-owned WhatsApp, with a new study finding 70 per cent of Australians use them to buy illicit substances.
NSW households face paying at least $20 a year extra on their electricity bills after a blowout in the already massive cost of a new privately owned transmission line to the troubled Snowy Hydro 2.0 project.
A young man who was brutally stabbed to death in a suspected drug deal gone wrong in an industrial street was “polite” and “well mannered” when he sought information from residents less than 12 hours before his unsolved murder.
More than half of Queensland’s most hardcore youth offenders are roaming free on the streets – but the minister says more young criminals are locked up than ever.
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In a devastating on-air moment, a Channel Seven veteran has announced the tragic death of Sunrise reporter Nathan Templeton.
A $1 billion money laundering and tax evasion syndicate has been busted by the Australian Federal Police, who claim 1200 business were cashing in on the scheme.
Security footage has captured the moments after a 21-year-old Adelaide man was stabbed to death in a “senseless” attack in a quiet industrial street, with police now launching a major murder probe.
Queensland’s construction sector has the lowest rate of female participation of any industry, with insiders saying “toxic masculinity” is locking women out of the sector.
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The state government is looking at charging foreigners more to buy property in NSW, with Treasurer Daniel Mookhey declaring money from overseas investors should be directed to help “build new homes”.
A large group of Hells Angels bikies charged over a joy ride have appeared in court, prompting a heavy police presence in Adelaide’s CBD.
Double time when it rains, a full month of rostered days off each year, and an extra $1000 a week when working away from home are just some of the sweetheart conditions the Queensland government has struck with the construction unions under its controversial Best Practice Industry Conditions policy.
Melbourne’s world class major sporting events are encouraging workers to take sickies.
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The man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, who was found dead in a burnt-out car near Ballarat, posted a tribute after her death saying he would “forever love you” and allegedly messaged friends claiming she had taken her own life.
The owner of an e-scooter that allegedly set fire to a hotel room, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage, had taped over the room’s smoke alarm because her vaping had been setting it off too much.
Queensland’s critical housing shortage is being exacerbated by the Miles’ government centrepiece $92bn Big Build pipeline.
Sydney petrol prices have hit their highest levels this year just in time for the school holidays, with economists warning further increases could fuel inflation and impact the potential for interest rate cuts.
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Students were shown pictures of adults who had undergone transgender transformation surgery, and incest and bestiality were discussed in an unsupervised sex-ed session in an Adelaide school.
Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach says that Bruce Lehrmann was reimbursed by the network for drugs and prostitutes during a night out which prompted him to tell his boss the former political staffer was on the “warpath”.
Indian community leaders and Life Saving Victoria say the state government must urgently invest in multilingual water safety education and swimming lessons to “help save lives” after a series of tragic drownings.
The peak medical body has set in motion crisis talks with surgeons to find solutions to exploding elective surgery lists in regional Queensland.
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Australia’s next Governor-General will be a female corporate high-flyer with a long history of advocacy on gender, climate and Indigenous issues.
A Queensland pumped hydroelectricity project slated to cut through the world’s platypus capital and furiously opposed by locals could balloon to $18bn – the state’s most expensive project ever.
Bosses at the Seven Network are holding crisis talks on the future of Spotlight as allegations of payments for drugs and prostitutes engulf the current affairs program.
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has declared this year’s Gather Round sequel will be better than the original as the AFL’s festival of football returns to Adelaide today.
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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has been reopened at the 11th hour after sensational new evidence was presented to the Federal Court.
Parents in Sydney’s booming northwest are being forced to make 90 minute round trips to pick up their children from their catchment primary school after the state failed to deliver any of its promises for education in the area.
An expert says the three people who died after ingesting beef wellington allegedly laced with poisonous fungi may have spent their last moments writhing in pain as the toxins from the death cap mushrooms worked through their bodies.
Organised groups stealing bulk quantities of items to sell on the black market at discounted prices or to exchange for drugs are behind a rise in retail thefts in South Australia.
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A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash during a police chase in Sydney’s inner west yesterday afternoon.
A Caboolture mother claims Queensland Health failed her toddler, who is now brain-damaged and fighting for life in intensive care after contracting the usually harmless hand, foot and mouth disease.
The Victorian Premier’s office is fighting to keep hundreds of documents from Daniel Andrews’ time in office secret in a legal case with ramifications for government transparency.
Adelaide City Council member Jing Li helped enrol 500 new voters in the hotly contested 2020 local government election, according to Freedom of Information documents.
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Ex-Victoria Police chief commissioner Kel Glare says he is disgusted by footy’s secret “off the books” drug testing regime and called for the resignation of all AFL chiefs who had knowledge of its existence.
The man accused of killing a real estate agent and seriously injuring her co-worker in a random daylight stabbing attack will have his case fast-tracked to South Australia’s highest court.
The number of tobacco stores in local areas could be limited under a new Victorian scheme that would require sellers to obtain licences.
Millions of Australians are moving into share houses, skipping insurance and driving run-down cars to survive the shocking cost of living crisis.
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About 100 current AFL players have been granted secret immunity from the AFL’s three-strike drugs policy. More than 90,000 new homes are stuck in the planning system, as young people are forced to flee NSW because they can’t find a place to live. South Australia's average wages have suffered cuts of more than seven per cent in past three years. A turbulent 12 months has wiped $384m off the value of Qantas’s brand.
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An IT worker at a Sydney high school has allegedy been busted with child abuse material after hacking the school’s computers in order to steal his colleagues’ credit card details.
A former Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally admitted to conducting “off the books” illicit drug tests – allegedly authorised by the AFL – to help players evade detection on match days.
A bridge collapsed in the US last night after it was struck by a cargo ship, sparking fears of a “mass casualty event” as rescuers desperately searched for people who were on the huge structure when it crashed into a river.
Three people have been confirmed dead after a freak wave capsized a fishing vessel near Spilsby Island, South Australia.
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A Facebook whistleblower has warned about unregulated access to Meta platforms by Aussie kids. The family of a woman raped and killed by Jonathon Bakewell has called for an urgent inquiry as the killer is released again. Australian schools are facing a chronic shortage of qualified maths teachers. A legal fight over a cancelled Australian Grand Prix concert by Robbie Williams is set for a court showdown within weeks.
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Accused triple murderer mushroom cook Erin Patterson has been forced into a protected unit at a women’s maximum security prison alongside pedophile rapist school principal Malka Leifer, as fears mount for the mother of two’s safety.
Video footage of protesters chanting anti-Israeli slogans with loudspeakers at a publicly-funded night markets in Sydney’s southwest have been forwarded to the NSW Police’s Engagement and Hate Crime Unit.
Significant native forest home to endangered koalas would be bulldozed to make way for the QLD government’s controversial Olympic athletics stadium.
The debilitating condition endometriosis which affects up to one in seven women will be investigated by an SA parliament committee.
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Millions in compensation will be paid to the Indigenous owners of a disused bowling club due to the Western Harbour Tunnel being built underneath it – while thousands of neighbouring property owners won’t receive a cent.
A court has heard that a man accused of repeatedly raping his daughter while she was a pre-teen is the son of a veteran Sydney police officer.
Iconic Australian vacuuming company Godfreys will be closed for good, after no viable offers to buy the struggling business were made.
Pandas are set to remain a star attraction at Adelaide Zoo after a breakthrough during top-level talks between Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
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The Reserve Bank has abandoned talk of more rate hikes, as it `kept the official cash rate steady at a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.
Harrowing new details have emerged of allegations convicted wife killer Brian Earl Johnston repeatedly raped Kelly Wilkinson just weeks before her murder in Queensland.
Electricity prices for South Australian customers will start to fall from July.
Straight from her Las Vegas residency, Kylie Minogue has touched down in Sydney for a well earnt break.
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Population growth fuelled by soaring migration is set to cut the amount of GST revenue coming to NSW by $80 per person next financial year, heaping pressure on the state government to fund hospitals, schools and roads with a decreasing share of Commonwealth cash.
A beloved special forces soldier described by his squad mates as a loyal friend with an “infectious sense of humour” has been farewelled in a heartfelt ceremony.
In Victoria, organised crime figures who use their profits to lash out on yachts, penthouse living and sex workers will pay the price under new Allan Government laws.
And Adelaide’s most famous madam, Stormy Summers, has died, three days short of her 78th birthday.
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Baby Boomers are happily spending during the cost-of-living crisis, while younger generations tighten their purse strings. Regional townships in NSW have been rebranded by the Bureau of Statistics, causing an uproar over the GST carve up. David Speirs has denied a threat to quit as SA Liberal leader if former cabinet minister Anne Ruston lost the top Senate ticket spot. The Victorian government is being urged to set up special tax havens across Melbourne and regional areas to solve the housing crisis.
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Australia’s migration intake hit record numbers in January despite the Albanese government’s plan to slow the surge. A union boss is pushing for manslaughter charges to be brought against the owner of the Ballarat Gold Mine. A Chinese tourist has been found guilty of manslaughter over a botched boob job during which a Sydney beauty clinic manager died of an anaesthetic overdose. Plans to transform South Australia into a plant protein powerhouse have collapsed.
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All workers would have the right to request to work from home under a union push to provide more flexibility. Kelly Wilkinson’s devastated loved ones called her killer Brian Earl Johnston “pure evil” as he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday. Violent incidents at regional NSW schools have increased to their highest level in five years. One of South Australia’s most senior firefighters has called in police over a fake email scam.
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More than eight in 10 voters think that nicotine vapes should be sold in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. China issues an interim recommendation to abolish crippling tariffs on bottled wine. Malaysia looks poised to swoop on the 2026 Commonwealth Games.Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli have gone head-to-head for the first time ahead of the October 26 election. The Matildas have sold out their 13th straight home game – in record time.
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The son of an ex-AFL player had been under scrutiny over the murder of Samantha Murphy for more than a fortnight before police made their move.
Former Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has told of his “heartbreak” at the death of his son who died after a parachute mishap during a 14,000ft training jump in Sydney’s west.
Not one of the 111 frontline domestic violence workers promised to Queensland by the Albanese government are on the ground more than two years after it was spruiked as an election commitment.
An Adelaide vet clinic has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, with two men still on the run.
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All community footballers could be forced to wear helmets in the near future, with a head protection trial being launched this season.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revealed it is going to look at whether Compare the Market should have to change its name because so many of the insurance products it compares are sold by its parent company.
The South Australian international education sector has bounced back and even grown since a Covid slump when border closures prevented students from coming to the state.
A prominent Sydney architect, who couldn’t resist the lure of her neighbour’s beautiful hydrangeas, has been convicted of being a flower thief.
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Hours after Sam Kerr revelled in scoring a historic FA Cup hat trick, the soccer superstar became entangled in an argument over a taxi fare that allegedly led to her “racially aggravated” abuse of a London police officer.
More than 30 drivers fleeing bushfires were caught speeding after a camera was left operating in an emergency zone in Victoria’s west.
Kids as young as 10 are getting away with violent crimes across regional NSW because courts rule they do not know right from wrong, even after bragging that “police will never catch me”.
Approval has been granted for South Australia’s first institutional build-to-rent project, which will bring 240 new units to the western suburbs in a boon for the fledgling market.
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The fight to replace former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook got underway last night. A tent city’s emerged in QLD Premier Steven Miles’ electorate. Shocking footage of thugs armed with military rifles documents the escalation in Melbourne’s gangland violence. Tens of thousands of Adelaide homes are in the pipeline but the necessary infrastructure will come at an enormous cost.
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Mobile phone tower data identifying the movements of people in the area Samantha Murphy disappeared is expected to be key to the probe.
New documents have revealed at least a dozen of the Queensland’s government’s signature major health projects have been delayed by up to 2½ years or been hit with cost blowouts.
A regional South Australian council has voted to replace its Acknowledgement of Country speech at the start of meetings with a more “inclusive” statement that doesn’t mention Aboriginal people, while also scrapping its prayer.
Meta’s announcement that it will not renew its commercial agreements with Australian media will have a devastating impact on all Aussies, News Corp Australasia’s executive chairman Michael Miller says.
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Brisbane house prices have soared by more than 60 per cent since the pandemic began – almost double the growth in Sydney – and the median price is now just over $200,000 less than Australia’s most expensive real estate market.
Victorians punters will no longer be able to place bets on some of the rising stars of Aussie sport, with tough new gambling restrictions introduced on sports betting.
A popular birthing unit in northern Sydney has been scrapped by the Minns government, in a move labelled by local families as a “disgrace”.
And in South Australia, Smoking and vaping in popular outdoor public spaces including jetties, parts of beaches and outside shops will be banned from today, with new fines to help enforce the law.
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ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has revealed the NRL’s $420 million war chest to drive expansion as he plots the next offshore project to match the code’s Vegas venture - a second team in New Zealand.
It’s been revealed Gold Coast cop Arron Ottaway, who was stood down for defying an order to stop chasing a car containing allegedly armed teen offenders, was told by his superior to abandon the chase because overtime was not approved.
Victoria Police have successfully fought to suppress key details of the kidnappers and torturers in a shocking alleged hate crime.
Prince William pulled out of a church service at the last minute due to a “personal matter” as the Palace confirmed Princess Catherine is “doing well”.
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Queensland public servants who were stood down or sacked after refusing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine mandates could be back to work and seek compensation following a landmark legal win by a group of police officers and paramedics.
Victorian firefighters and communities are bracing for “one of the most dangerous fire days” in recent years, with the mercury set to soar into the mid-40s in some parts of the state today.
SA Police are continuing to hunt a person who opened fire on a female disability care worker and a man in an underground carpark in Wayville as they arrived for work on Monday.
A tiny critically endangered dragon lizard has stalled tens of homes being built in Melbourne’s west, with property developers paying more than $1m.
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The Albanese government has been urged to intervene to stop a Palestinian activist who took part in a series of aeroplane hijackings in 1969 and 1970 from speaking at a Perth conference on “ecosocialism” in June.
A man and a woman have been shot at in an underground carpark in Adelaide’s inner south, sparking a police hunt for the suspect.
A drug boss has allegedly assaulted a maximum-security prison officer.
Vapes are wrecking the teeth and jaws of young people in a similar way to illicit drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine.
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The “bodies in the barrels” serial murders accomplice will be able to eat at cafes, shop, travel on public transport and access Centrelink now he has parole – but will be tracked at all times.
Spin king Shane Warne has been credited with giving the gift of life in the wake of his shock fatal heart attack.
A father has admitted shooting a defenceless man in his shed and burying his body – but insists his crime was manslaughter, not murder.
Queensland real estate agents should have to undergo yearly training to keep their licence on safety and legal responsibilities under the state’s new code of conduct, says head of the industry’s peak body.
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Queensland’s more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged.
Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman’s white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night.
More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state’s top priority police inquiry.
Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach.
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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll will walk away with about $216,000 in lieu of serving out the remaining four months of her contract after she was forced to sensationally resign early as the state’s top cop to “clear the air” after mounting pressure over Queensland’s youth crime crisis.
A mother and her little boy were stabbed to death inside a martial arts studio in Sydney’s west shortly before her estranged husband was killed in what police suspect was a bitter love triangle.
Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking in a dramatic escalation of his failed drugs test probe.
A man has been jailed for over five years after a night of drinking led him to commit multiple home invasions across Adelaide.
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Sydney’s gang war is on track to eclipse the infamous Melbourne conflict involving Carl Williams and the Morans, according to one of the men behind the original Underbelly TV series.
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula ratepayers who don’t install new solar power would be forced to fund a generous discount for households that make the switch under a new council proposal.
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has revealed ahead of a meeting today with Minister Mark Ryan to discuss her future that she “may not” continue on as the state’s top cop.
South Australian first-homebuyers purchasing a home-and-land package are, from today, eligible for a home loan with a deposit of just 2 per cent.
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The Coalition claims people smugglers are “testing” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, following the arrival of more than 40 asylum-seekers in remote Western Australia. A young SA man is fighting for life after he was struck by a car while changing a tyre on the side of the Port River Expressway. The sole survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch has broken his silence the day after his 45th wedding anniversary. More than half of all regional Queenslanders feel unsafe in their homes. The cost of building townhouses and apartments in NSW has soared in a single year.
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At least 40 guards will be deployed to protect NRL players in Las Vegas, with players warned over “sex” traps and extortion scams. Linesmen crucial to reconnecting electricity have been accused of downing tools as thousands of Victorian homes are left without power. South Australian criminals are flouting home detention conditions amid claims authorities are failing to properly respond to overnight alerts. A motorist with custom number plates seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel now claims he’s lost them after being ordered to turn them in. Almost 1500 excited Taylor Swift fans monitored the superstar’s journey to Australia with plane tracking technology.
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Dozens of people have fallen ill at a popular Adelaide sporting arena, sparking a major public health emergency and a safety review.
More young offenders could be fitted with GPS trackers and police given expanded powers to randomly search people for knives, as the Queensland government scrambles to crack down on youth crime.
A new study has found pregnant women are too reliant on multivitamins instead of eating a balanced diet in their second trimesters, a new study has found.
It is official – the NFL has landed in the heart of Sydney.
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Bosses who unreasonably contact their staff after hours face fines and jail time after the Greens snuck criminal penalties into a new “right to disconnect”, leaving Labor scrambling to fix its own law.
Melbourne’s Catholic Church has lost a major legal fight to block the parents, siblings, friends and families of abuse victims from suing for damages.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has asked the government to revisit the trial of GPS trackers for teen criminals on bail, saying only 33 devices had been issued, with five now in use.
Police are targeting “gang” ringleaders luring vulnerable children into committing crime in exchange for cash, drugs and alcohol and fuelling a youth crime spike across Adelaide, it can be revealed.
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Crucial crossbenchers are urging the Albanese government to stop a yearly hike to student debt set to hit almost three million Australians amid a crushing cost of living crisis.
A complaint regarding a “hateful” customised licence plate seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks was not acted upon – despite being made last month.
Brisbane’s controversial $2.7bn Gabba rebuild is dead, with powerbroker John Coates declaring the project is damaging the Olympic brand and “just doesn’t stack up”.
The owner of one of 10 small businesses raided by thieves during an overnight crime spree says she might “never feel safe again” after her bakery was broken into.
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Doctors across NSW could be forced to jack up their fees by $12 in six months time to combat a state government “tax grab” which could also result in the closure of many GP clinics.
King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will force Prince Harry into a potentially tense reunion with his father, stepmother and brother, with the rogue royal expected to fly to London immediately.
Two vile predators are now behind bars after an intoxicated 15-year-old was repeatedly raped at an Adelaide party.
Queensland will aim to halve the number of children in residential care within five years, after a wide-ranging review sparked by The Courier-Mail found evidence of systemic issues across the sector.
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The Albanese government will reap billions of dollars from extra tax on fuel, beer and spirits, including a 1.8 per cent hike this week, while sparing Tesla owners and wine drinkers.
Tobacconists across Sydney peddling black market vapes have been swept up in the largest raid blitz so far, with more than 30,000 illegal vapes at a street value of $1.1 million seized over five days last week.
Victorian doctors will have to increase patient fees by a whopping 30 per cent to combat a state government “tax grab”.
Thousands of employees at one of South Australia’s biggest companies are now working nine-day fortnights without reduced pay – and have become more productive than ever.
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Distilleries and brewers are warning of a hit to Australia’s hospitality sector and local tourism unless the federal government freezes the twice-yearly tax hike on beer and spirits.
It comes after The Daily Telegraph revealed the Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA) was sitting on $500 million in unspent grants and had only managed to start work on a visitors’ centre that has been dismissed as a “shed with a fancy pergola’’.
Victorian GPs in training can apply for $40,000 in incentives from today, putting the South Australian government under pressure to match it or risk a brain drain of young doctors.
It is an unusually busy time in the medical room at West Lakes with more Crows players suffering injuries.
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Margot Robbie has spoken out one week after being overlooked for a nomination at the 2024 Oscars.
Risk of being unable to field a team if players are benched for three weeks under new concussion protocols, a Victorian Nationals MP has warned.
The number of babies dying within a month of birth has almost doubled since 2018, the year the state’s biggest ever review into maternity services was launched by then health minister Steven Miles.
Gaming group SkyCity Entertainment says it faces up to $73m in penalties and legal costs after admitting to serious breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
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One of the biggest changes to Australian recreational sport in history is being urged by the country’s peak sporting institute in the fight against concussion and long term brain injuries.
Education Minister Prue Car has slammed her federal counterparts, accusing the Albanese government of trying to “short-change” NSW school kids.
South Australian public hospitals had five catastrophic “sentinel” events resulting in serious injury or death in 2021-22, the latest Productivity Commission figures show.
Bystanders chased down a man who was seen to stab a woman in the head during a daylight attack on a busy eastern suburbs street yesterday.
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Godfreys Group, the iconic retailer of vacuums that has been selling cleaners for almost 100 years, has collapsed into administration, with cost of living pressures and the challenging economic environment sucking out its profitability and causing its demise.
Extra prevention measures protecting swimmers from sharks will not be installed around Sydney Harbour despite Monday’s brutal bull shark attack with the Minns government and local council passing the buck over who is responsible.
Queensland communities are and facing a mammoth clean-up after torrential downpours of up to 350mm inundated homes and forced residents to swim for their lives.
King Charles has left a London hospital, three days after treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Australia will remain loyal to its top six for next month’s tour of New Zealand despite the worrying form slump that has resulted in No.3 Marnus Labuschagne’s Test average dropping by 10 in little over a year.
Sydney tradies have offered scathing feedback on the industry’s next generation of workers, describing them as “lazy” and “not willing to put in the hard yards”.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift has a wild week of crisscrossing the globe coming up after her boyfriend Travis Kelce qualified for the Super Bowl.
A large group of disgruntled homeowners are pleading for state government help after their new-build townhouses in Modbury have been unfinished and abandoned.
A new technical college in Adelaide’s west has opened and is fully enrolled for its first day, but only after the government changed eligibility to drive up numbers and splashed $1.2m on an advertising blitz.
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The Federal Government is facing calls to match its fee-free TAFE commitment. A flood watch has been issued for Southeast QLD. The Victorian Government has ignored the parliamentary inquiry recommendation to outlaw recreational duck hunting. NSW caseworkers are failing to visit up to 76 per cent of young people reported as vulnerable. South Australia has overtaken Victoria as the best-performing economy in the nation by CommSec.
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Two medical researchers helping to cure melanoma have both been recognised as the 2024 Australian of the Year. North Queenslanders could face three-day power outages and life-threatening flash flooding with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily making landfall. Infectious disease experts have queried official Covid advice sent to Victorian public schools this week. In South Australia, fewer teenage boys are pursuing teaching degrees.
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Anthony Albanese will almost halve the tax cut going to some Australians in order to deliver savings to low and middle income earners. Former South Australian premier Steven Marshall retire from state parliament. A young boy is fighting for life after being kicked in the head by a horse in Centennial Park. In Victoria, three people are dead. in a drowning tragedy at Phillip Island. A 400mm deluge is expected for parts of Queensland, along with wind gusts of 165km/h, when Tropical Cyclone Kirrily crosses the coast.
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Anthony Albanese is poised to abandon his promise to leave Stage 3 tax cuts alone. Laws to indefinitely lock up or permanently monitor repeat child sex offenders in South Australia would be the toughest in the country. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is forecast to start lashing the Queensland coast this afternoon. Rugby league players like Reece Walsh and Latrell Mitchell could potentially face visa hurdles ahead of the NRL’s Las Vegas premiership-opener.
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More than 25,000 properties across Queensland’s southeast were without power overnight - as storms hit the region after a scorching day. Undercover cop Mick Drury claims Roger Rogerson
and other senior police attempted to set him up to be killed after two previously failed attempts. Victoria Police officers clashed with pro-Palestine protesters at the Port of Melbourne on Monday. Up to 5000 new homes would be built within 10km of Adelaide’s CBD under a plan by the construction industry.
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Cricket Australia will walk a delicate tightrope this week when it gently acknowledges the polarities of emotion around Australia Day during the Gabba Test.
A multi-millionaire conman has been found dead in a Sydney hotel, on the same day he was due to be sentenced for a Ponzi scheme which has left up to $24 million unaccounted for.
A South Australian man missing since being caught in a rip has been hailed an “absolute hero” after he risked his life to save his and his best mate’s children.
Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is predicted to make landfall along the Queensland coast as severe category three system in just two days time.
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Australian basketball star Josh Giddey is reportedly set to avoid criminal charges over his alleged relationship with a minor.
Runaway Brittany Higgins has shared the first update from her new life in France.
In a Wuhan-esque study, Chinese scientists are experimenting with a mutant Covid strain that is 100 per cent lethal to “humanised” mice.
The first luxury hotel in Adelaide’s northern suburbs is set to open its doors this year as the developers announce a premium rebrand.
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The driver who allegedly caused the crash that killed an Adelaide family is an Italian honeymooner and part-time international travel blogger whose new wife was also injured on impact.
Former NRL star Sonny Bill Williams has been cautioned by Channel Nine management over a series of controversial personal social media posts he made claiming horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against Israelis were “proven to be untrue”.
A popular Australian YouTuber has decided to leave the country over a government ban on vapes, launching a fundraiser to help cover the cost of the move.
The morning after a victorious night at the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump was back in a New York courtroom for the selection of a jury that must decide how much he owes a woman who accused him of rape.
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The Albanese government rejected a request to fast-track a nationwide review of supermarket conduct, it can be revealed despite the Prime Minister vowing to do “whatever is necessary” to bring down the price of essentials.
Queensland’s domestic violence scourge is now a state of emergency, as shocking new data shows increases in almost every offence in just a year, and more than 20 people killed, allegedly by a partner or relative.
An 83-year-old man has died and an 81-year-old woman has been rushed to hospital after a fire at a retirement village in Adelaide on Monday night.
Donald Trump has claimed a convincing victory in the Republican Party’s first contest to nominate its presidential candidate, kickstarting his bid to reclaim the White House this year.
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Victorian developers face delays of up to 18 months due to Indigenous cultural heritage requirements that are creating another roadblock to the government’s ambitious plan to build 80,000 homes a year.
New shocking videos of violence between South Australian schoolchildren have emerged on social media – including a boy waving a knife in the face of another child as he performs what appears to be a TikTok-style dance.
An Adelaide man accused of the daylight rape of a 12-year-old girl on a train and following her off the train has appeared in court for the first time – and asked his identity be suppressed
An arrest warrant has been issued for controversial football identity Ricky Nixon.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered a fresh warning to supermarket giants, telling them the current voluntary grocery code of conduct could become mandated if they do not do the right thing.
Aldi has joined Woolworths in its decision to axe Australia Day merchandise this year.
Deadly skin cancer diagnoses are expected to rise by up to 69 per cent in Victoria over the next decade, with experts urging the community to stop underestimating the sun’s deadly UV rays.
Hundreds of young Queenslanders are languishing in desperately needed hospital beds across the state as a lack of federal NDIS funding prevents them leaving.
Parts of South Australia are being warned to brace for searing weather as an extreme heatwave arrives after a cool, wet summer.
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Interest rates could be slashed as early as June, as smaller petrol and food price hikes helped slow inflation to its lowest growth in almost two years.
Iconic Australian supermarket brand Woolworths has been condemned for ditching its ties to Australia Day after announcing it would no longer sell any merchandise related to the public holiday.
Melbourne footballer Joel Smith is facing a suspension of two years – and possibly longer – for taking cocaine.
Hundreds of Queenslanders are in hospital with Covid-19 as the wave that began in October has unexpectedly persisted, leading to a double whammy of two subvariants crossing paths.
In Adelaide, the mother of a teenage boy shot in the leg in his suburban home has told of how the horror ordeal unfolded.
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Labor has been accused of an “outrageous cover up” after refusing to reveal if more convicted criminals have been released from immigration detention over the summer.
A Sydney council has been slammed for spending thousands of dollars removing a wooden bench from a north shore naturestrip after the seat sparked a two-year battle between warring neighbours.
The Victorian government has quietly dumped a promise to put electronic monitoring devices on dangerous young thugs, insisting the measure is now not needed because there are fewer youth offenders.
More than 50,000 offences were committed every month in Queensland last year – the highest rate this century – with assaults, break-ins and car thefts among the crimes on the rise.
A man was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition after he was bitten by a shark at Elliston on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police have been called to schools across NSW almost 20,000 times in the past year, including for serious sexual incidents and violence involving pistols and swords.
Almost 100 Queensland state schools have been damaged amid the state’s dual disasters, with authorities now racing to repair facilities in time for the first day of school in two weeks.
Rents for Adelaide houses are about $60 a week higher than they were a year ago – making them more expensive than those in Melbourne and Hobart.
Looks like The Golden Globes might be going hostless next year, after last minute replacement host Jo Koy was slammed for his performance.
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More than eight products a month have been recalled over button battery issues since new standards became mandatory. Queensland’s Corrective Services Minister is yet to be briefed on a major review of the parole board. Hundreds of pages of documents shed new light on the relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and the rich and powerful.
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Twelve Australians made a miraculous escape from a Japan Airlines jet that burst into flames. Four sightseers in NSW have been rushed to hospital after they were struck by lightning in the Blue Mountains. A Victorian councillor whose home was raided by corruption investigators as part of a sports rorts inquiry will face court on drug charges. A major inquiry’s underway after an intimate image of a woman exposing herself while under arrest at an Adelaide police station. A record number of asylum seekers are arriving by plane, with many seeking refuge from conflict-free nations.
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An Australian has died while fighting with the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. A new report into the Sea World helicopter crash has revealed the pilot who died in the disaster had traces of cocaine in his system. Nearly 300 people were killed on Victorian roads in 2023.More than $3.5m has been paid out to settle civil claims against SA Police for misconduct. David Warner’s taken to Instagram with a desperate plea for the return of his backpack and his two baggy green caps.
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Usman Khawaja will be allowed to wear a dove sticker in the BBL should he line up again for the Heat. Wet conditions continue across Queensland with access to the Pacific Motorway cut in two places. Investigations are underway following an apartment blaze in Sydney’s northwest. Rollout of the SA’s first mobile phone detection cameras will target drivers on the South Road corridor. Victorian authorities report a surge in scalpers trying to rip off Taylor Swift fans.
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A Seaford boy has been killed in a shark attack at a popular tourist location on the Yorke Peninsula in SA on Thursday.
In Victoria, a man and a woman are expected to be charged after allegedly breaking into accused triple murderer Erin Patterson’s Leongatha property on Christmas Eve.
Almost one year on from the devastating Sea World chopper crash on the gold coast that claimed the lives of four people, Winnie de Silva said she would forever be haunted by memories of the mid-air disaster.
Million dollar views of Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks don’t have to cost you a dime. However you will need to rise and shine, with more than one million people expected to gather in the parks and streets.
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Authorities believe speed and alcohol were factors in the motorcycle crash that killed rugby league player Troy Dargan in the Cook Islands.
Households are set to be slugged almost $2400 upfront and businesses up to $31,000 to connect to the gas network from 2025, as part of a growing push to wean Victoria off the popular fuel source.
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas is attacking the “disgraceful” scheduling of Adelaide’s annual cricket Test – starting on a Wednesday in mid-January against the lowly West Indies
So-called healthy zero-alcohol drinks could be a dangerous gateway to the real thing for children and teens, according to Flinders University researchers.
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Golf ball-sized hail battered parts of NSW’s Central Coast yesterday, with severe storms threatening Sydney, the Gold Coast and parts of Victoria in a third consecutive day of wild Christmas weather.
There was high drama on a gloomy harbour at the start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart, with the official start of the 78th race kicking off with a near-collision.
To Victoria now where an area 24 times the size of Docklands will be put under state control to allow high-rise development as part of the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop project.
Thunderbirds legend Emily Beaton is flying high in her new role as summer weekend weather presenter for 7NEWS Adelaide
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Children aged between 10 and 13 wanting flashy items – and notoriety – are behind a worrying spike in robberies and thefts, police say.
Politicians from across Australia’s major parties have been accused of recklessly spending taxpayer dollars on chauffeur-driven cars with some MPs clocking $20,000 in just three months.
Australian Open tennis action will blast into life almost a full week early in Melbourne with fans for the first time able to snap up bargain tickets to see the world’s best tennis stars go head-to-head in charity matches.
The full scale of major road and rail project cost blowouts will be revealed to Queenslanders twice a year, in a dramatic repudiation of former transport minister Mark Bailey’s penchant for hiding billions of dollars in overruns.
A man accused of a horror stabbing attack on two women he did not know, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, has flagged a potential mental health defence to the charges in his first court appearance.
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Queensland remains Australia’s favourite holiday playground, with new data showing the Sunshine State is the country’s tourism capital for the third year in a row.
A traumatised mother and father hid their frightened children in a wardrobe as their southwest Sydney home was invaded by three masked men with a gun.
His life was a rags-to-riches western suburbs tale that turned Franco Cozzo into a household name with his catchcrys imitated across Victoria.
A federal government scheme established to keep a lid on North Queensland insurance premiums has spectacularly failed its first test in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
It was a bittersweet moment for Nicole Kidman as she premiered her latest screen effort in Sydney.
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One of Australia’s most notorious terrorists Abdul Nacer Benbrika was cleared to be released from jail yesterday despite still needing to undergo deradicalisation and being considered a potentially “moderate” risk of committing a terrorist act.
A lip-reading expert claims Brittany Higgins was “plied” with alcohol and Bruce Lehrmann encouraged her to “drink that all now” at a Canberra bar on the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted, a court has heard.
The owner of Atet – the controversial floating club in Docklands – is suing the City of Melbourne over the alleged wrongful termination of its licence and is seeking damages to recoup millions of dollars in losses.
Queensland police could be granted new powers to randomly breath-test scooter riders and cyclists under a new crackdown aimed at curbing bad behaviour.
Dozens of South Australian country towns will offer new GPs a $10,000 welcome under a new pay deal with the state government.
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Solidarity among Queenslanders has been on full display in Queensland’s record-breaking flood, with residents mobilising in choppers, tinnies and jet skis to rescue neighbours and strangers, and townsfolk sheltering at the pub.
It’s been revealed one of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders stole vehicles valued at $1m in a four-week crime spree during which he was caught and released on bail three times.
A fifth man has been charged over the murder of bikie boss Alen Moradian, who was shot in broad daylight in Sydney earlier this year, as CCTV emerges of two men fleeing the scene carrying a firearm.
And Adelaide’s fickle and hectic weather will continue into the Christmas holidays bringing in both sunny and rainy days.
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The federal government says it is not fighting to keep notorious terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika locked up in prison because he is not a significant enough danger to warrant it.
Jimmy Barnes is making a brave recovery after undergoing serious heart surgery.
A toddler died in front of horrified family members after being struck by a car on a busy road in Melbourne’s southeast on Sunday.
Former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s obsession with the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been rejected by Steven Miles, who will axe three portfolios and not name a dedicated minister for the role.
Christmas travellers are bracing for more turbulence as one of the nation’s leading carriers was forced to apologise to customers amid escalating delays and cancellations.
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Kathleen Folbigg is set to seek a record compensation payout from the NSW government. Disaster recovery funding has been made available for North Queenslanders and regional councils. Victorians could soon be forced to switch to electric cooktops. Two new budget vehicles have scored zero-star safety ratings. King Charles will lead a megastar line-up honouring Barry Humphries at a state memorial today in Sydney.
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Cyclone Jasper’s expected to bring a storm tide along the north Queensland coast this morning as the weather system weakens while moving inland. The duo charged with the murder of South Australian pediatrician Michael Yung have been identified as a young Adelaide couple. The NSW government has announced a wages deal for paramedics. A Royal Commission into domestic, sexual and family violence will probe how to better protect women and children in South Australia. The federal government has shunned additional cost-of-living relief measures to improve the Budget bottom line.
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Cyclone Jasper has intensified to a Category 2 and is expected to make landfall this afternoon. A young boy and a man have perished in a light plane crash northwest of Grafton in northern NSW. Victoria Police are expected to arrest a man wanted interstate weeks after the High Court ruled he could not be kept in immigration detention indefinitely. SA Police are investigating whether a series of crimes are linked to a prominent doctor being attacked in his home. Barbie has topped the newly revamped Golden Globes film nominations.
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Builders and construction industry leaders have expressed “shock” and “disappointment” over the Albanese government’s migration changes. Shock shift in who MPs believe should become Queensland’s next Premier. A court has heard the driver of a BMW that ploughed into the beer garden of a rural Victorian pub last month received nine alarms to treat his low blood sugar. NSW Police are investigating if a man’s been the target of two firebombings in three months. One of South Australia’s most eminent doctors is fighting for life after being attacked during a home invasion.
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Brittany Higgins’ former boyfriend says she told him in a phone call the morning after her alleged rape that “we brought the party back to Parliament House”, the Federal Court was told yesterday.
Sweltering heat and dry conditions predicted for this summer could see Victoria’s most bushfire prone areas spend more than $140bn in rebuilding costs.
A second top private school in South Australia will charge parents tuition fees of more than $30,000 for its senior students next year.
Police have not hired any of the 114 new specialist domestic violence officers budgeted for, a year on from a damning inquiry which recommended they increase the number of cops in their vulnerable persons unit.
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FBI agents have arrested a man in the US in connection to the Wieambilla police shooting, alleging he incited violence and sent “Christian end of days ideology” to extremists before the tragedy.
A hotel on one of North Adelaide’s best-known strips was quietly used to house “high risk” immigrant detainees for more than 18 months before one smashed a window and escaped – sending a nearby private school into lockdown.
Victoria’s public service has been sabotaged by a culture of fear and secrecy under Daniel Andrews, an alarming Ombudsman report has found.
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been hit with a $100m class action from current and former employees alleging they were forced to work before and after their rostered shifts for free.
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The areas of Sydney that will be targeted for higher density housing and deliver tens of thousands of new homes can finally be revealed, after the Department of Planning accidentally published the full housing blueprint online.
An elderly man who suffered a catastrophic fall in his Hervey Bay home has died after an ambulance failed to show up in time to help him despite multiple frantic calls
South Australian Police say a joint operation with federal authorities responsible for monitoring former immigration detainees is “working well”
King Charles and Queen Camilla’s long awaited visit to Australia will take place in late October next year.
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The Australian Open Golf in Sydney attracted almost 60,000 people over the weekend and showcased the city to the world – but there are fears a lack of funding means it will be moved to Melbourne next year.
Seafood Industry Australia CEO Veronica Papacosta said “strong availability” and limited supply chain issues unlike previous years would keep festive price hikes at bay, including for the nation’s beloved Christmas favourite, prawns.
Upgrading the RNA Showgrounds to give the Brisbane Lions and Queensland Cricket a home during the Gabba rebuild isn’t the state government’s responsibility, Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has sensationally declared.
In Adelaide, a physical altercation had broken out at a northern suburbs wedding, spilling onto a residential street, before a car reversed into the crowd, CCTV footage reveals.
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An emotional Anthony Albanese yesterday announced his good friend, Labor MP Peta Murphy, had died after a lengthy battle with cancer, aged 50.
Destination NSW was dealt a $125m budget blow in Labor’s September budget, further fuelling fears that Sydney could be set to lose major events such as the Australian Open golf tournament.
After more than three months of deadlocked negotiations and two rounds of strike action, the SA teacher’s union is set to agree to the state government’s latest pay offer.
Gold Logie nominated actor Mark Coles Smith was told to “mind your own business” after disturbing a group of offenders carrying out an arson attack on a Collingwood convenience store.
Queensland is bracing for its first cyclone of the season as the Bureau of Meteorology keeps a close eye on a tropical low that is expected to develop into a category 3 tropical cyclone by Thursday.
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Labor is under pressure to justify the release of 142 immigration detainees after a High Court ruling on one test case involving a convicted child sex offender, as the Coalition argues there was no need to let so many people out.
Athletics Australia has lambasted Daniel Andrews for dumping the Commonwealth Games, saying it will cause “immeasurable harm”.
A tourism industry leader is calling on the government to help Adelaide leapfrog Melbourne as southern Australia’s premier cruise ship home port or risk losing a significant portion of the $215m cruising made for the South Australian economy last year.
A boutique 20,000-seat stadium will be constructed at Brisbane’s inner-city RNA Showgrounds under a state government plan to host AFL and cricket fixtures while the Gabba is redeveloped to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Lobster lovers may have to shell out $150 a kilo this Christmas as wild weather off Victoria and Tasmania triggers possible shortages.
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Hands visibly shaking, a tearful Brittany Higgins held up a diagram showing the exact location of the couch in Parliament House where she was allegedly raped.
Dumped radio host Lauren Phillips has questioned whether a Sydney-based show will work in her beloved Melbourne hometown.
Playford has become the second council this month to stop reading out an Acknowledgment of Country following a lengthy “culture wars” debate between councillors.
One of Australia’s top international music exports has slipped quietly into Sydney undetected.
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Brittany Higgins will give “graphic and distressing” evidence about allegations she was sexually assaulted in Parliament House by Bruce Lehrmann, a court has heard.
Unions and developers have joined forces to push for urgent reforms that would give nurses, ambos and other essential workers a fighting chance of being able to afford to live in Sydney.
Australia’s largest cruise operator will pull several of its ships from Melbourne in protest against the Victorian government’s decision to increase its ports tax from next year.
Shocking footage, that will be vital at the inquest into Queensland’s deadliest police massacre, details the moment Good Samaritan Alan Dare arrives to help his neighbours only to be fatally shot by a camouflaged gunman lying in wait seconds later, his devastated widow has revealed.
A three-month-old baby girl was taken to hospital after being showered with glass when a wall at a neighbouring construction site collapsed in the wake of the wild storm in Adelaide overnight on Monday.
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Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to taking cocaine on the night he learned he was the subject of sexual assault allegations, telling a court he “spiralled” after watching Brittany Higgins’ The Project interview.
Training for venue bouncers is “not fit for purpose” and needs to be urgently overhauled as part of a broader move to turbocharge Sydney’s night-time economy.
A released immigration detainee who refused a mandatory electronic tracker was uncontactable to police and at large in the community as Labor refused to reveal any details about the case.
The worst of the storm missed Adelaide, but Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Jamestown, Melrose, Peterborough and Olary were affected.
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Police and border agents monitoring convicted criminals released from immigration detention will get $255m to bolster tracking efforts and prosecute any individuals who breach sweeping emergency laws.
Over 80 climate activists were arrested in the waters off the Port of Newcastle last night for overstaying their welcome just days after the NSW Police Minister was accused of encouraging the group to go ahead with the protest action.
The growing demand for affordable housing in Queensland has pushed a not-for-profit organisation to sell two of its inner-city properties so it can try and buy multiple new homes for those in need further out of town.
Abusive parents who attack educators online will be banned from South Australian schools for the first time, while aggressive families face longer sin bin penalties, under an official crackdown on surging bad behaviour.
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Colleagues of an Adelaide mother allegedly murdered by her estranged husband inside their family home have revealed heartbreaking details about her final weeks as a fundraiser is set up in her honour.
Melbourne hospitals workers faced an onslaught of abuse last financial year – equivalent to more than one attack every hour – as staff warn aggression from patients and their families has spiked in recent years.
An ex-Adelaide woman accused of twice attempting to kill her former partner – then plotting to kill him and his mother after those attempts failed – has arrived back in Australia after being extradited from a Pacific island.
A Victorian Labor MP has warned the “body positivity movement” is normalising weight gain, leading to a surge in overweight women with “cascading” health problems.
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Hamas will release dozens of hostages from Gaza in an agreed prisoner swap and ceasefire deal with Israel – but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the war will go on.
The woman seated alongside alleged killer teenager driver Dhirren Singh Randhawa has told police the son of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens “ran across the road, into the path” of the vehicle moments before the fatal impact.
US band The Brian Jonestown Massacre cancelled a Victorian show on Wednesday after their Melbourne gig degenerated into abuse and fist fights on stage.
Australia’s richest person has called on the federal government to give the nation a “Christmas bonus” in the form of a petrol excise tax cut to deal with spiralling costs.
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Violent men who are charged by police for choking women will be regarded as serious violent offenders and could be forcibly detained even after their sentence has been served under new laws to be introduced today.
The teenage driver accused of killing Charlie Stevens has been banned from contacting the four eyewitnesses to the alleged hit and run crash – whose conflicting accounts underpin the case against him.
Tens of thousands of Queensland public servants are set to receive a one-off cash boost in time for Christmas in a generous wage deal set to cost the state government $350m a year.
New schools for booming Western Sydney suburbs risk being overcrowded from the day they open, with existing primary schools already enrolling more kids than the maximum capacity of the proposed high schools nearby.
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The parents of murdered water polo coach Lilie James will seek to sue St Andrew’s Cathedral School for gross negligence and a breach in its duty of care to her as an employee.
Prince Edward has arrived in Sydney on a four-day visit during which he is expected to officially open a mock Scottish castle in the grounds of prestigious The Scots College at Bellevue Hill.
Two thirds of aged care homes received at least one complaint in the past year, with inadequate pain management being one of the top concerns.
Court documents have revealed the driver charged with killing the son of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens did a U-turn, sped up and was on the wrong side of the road at the moment of impact.
It’s been revealed Victorians out on bail are being charged with more than 500 jailable crimes a week.
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The only mass public transport to and from Brisbane Airport during the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the Airtrain, due to an exclusive deal with operators.
The rapidly-worsening drought has spurred the NSW Government into rolling out a $250 million package of low-interest loans in a bid to help battered farmers weather a forecast dry summer.
A judge has released a Sydney man accused by police of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, her daughter and her mother in separate incidents.
Australian opener David Warner is set to withdraw from the money-spinning T20 series against India and return home immediately after the World Cup final due to burnout.
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Taxpayers will fork out about $180,000 a month to electronically track 84 convicted criminals released from immigration detention as Labor scrambles to ensure community safety.
An Israeli supporter has been charged and a group of flag-waving Palestinian teens dealt with as youth offenders after a concerning clash on the streets of North Bondi.
Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey has again been exposed hiding billions of dollars in project blowouts just months after he almost lost his job for trying to hide a major overrun.
School swimming lessons are back on in South Australia, after the Education Department reversed a snap ban prompted by a spate of shark attacks.
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NRL boss Andrew Abdo has revealed plans for an NFL-style Combine to lure American athletes to rugby league as part of the code’s historic 2024 season kick-off in Las Vegas.
NSW Premier Chris Minns is today being urged to be “as bold as Bradfield” in his vision for the future of Sydney.
MP’s have been warned Victoria’s ailing state school system has suicidal principals, depressed teachers, entitled parents and violent, narcissistic students.
Hundreds of patients needing lifesaving medical treatment within minutes have been wrongly turning up to the Queensland government’s satellite hospitals – fuelling fears that labelling the medical centres “hospitals” could be putting people at risk.
A ban on Adelaide public school swimming lessons in the ocean after a spate of shark attacks could quickly be overturned.
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Former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and chairman Richard Goyder are expected to be top of the list of people the senate aviation inquiry will decide it wants to summon when it meets for the first time on Thursday.
Taxpayers are paying councils tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of having their garbage bins collected once a fortnight as weekly pick-ups are being scrapped.
Victorians are being warned to be on high alert of bushfire risks with warmer and drier conditions predicted, but the state won’t face the same catastrophic scenes experienced in Hawaii, Canada and Greece.
Corruption investigations into politicians and public servants will be kept secret from Queenslanders unless laws are urgently changed in light of a landmark High Court decision, the state’s powerful watchdog has warned.
South Australian taxpayers will likely shell out at least $70m for a late swoop on one of Adelaide’s premier pieces of land for housing in a move amid a developer backlash.
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Australia has warned there will be “consequences” for any country that aids Russia in its illegal war against Ukraine – ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
A woman claims one of Australia’s most reviled gang rapists harassed her for months with messages of sexual fantasies and emails saying “I want you all to myself” which she took to police, but they refused to protect her.
Victorian businesses will be slugged almost $18bn extra over the next decade as a result of the government’s changes to WorkCover premiums.
Queensland’s major hospitals hit breaking point and couldn’t adequately service patient needs at least 156 times in a three-month period, bombshell new data has revealed for the first time.
A 19-year-old father has faced court after police allegedly found him and a 13-year-old with firearms at the weekend.
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An extra billion dollars to build public and community homes has won Labor desperately needed support for its signature housing fund, but the end of a bitter nine-month political stoush will bring little relief to renters at the coalface of Australia’s housing crisis.
Sydney’s bus network is facing fresh scrutiny amid an alarming number of services being cancelled and bus drivers calling in sick, with an average of 134 trips being abandoned on one network each day.
Damning videos show top doctors alerted the state government in the lead-up to the 2022 election that serious emergency department failings were driving a rise in child deaths in hospitals.
Nearly 40 per cent of investors surveyed by a peak industry body have sold their Queensland rental properties in the past year – more than anywhere else in the country.
More than 4500 illegal vapes have been seized and 12 Adelaide businesses fined during a blitz on unlawful nicotine sales.
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Partner of detained journalist Cheng Lei says Anthony Albanese’s China visit is the perfect opportunity for Beijing to set her free. Slain gangland figure Gavin Preston had been at war over stolen trucks with a feared Melbourne underworld gang. About 1000 unqualified university students will have taught in Queensland classrooms by the end of the year. Police in NSW are threatening to stop attending emergency calls relating to mental health incidents. A furious Adelaide Hills resident has hijacked a press conference to confront the Premier over a plan she says will cost lives.
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Tinder and other online dating apps are driving a spike in requests for paternity tests. Fourteen siblings have been rescued from a Sydney “house of horrors”. Warning for Queenslanders over scammers using social media platforms to stalk and rob them. Police fear the shooting death of Melbourne underworld figure Gavin Preston could set off a wave of revenge attacks. South Australian teachers could soon have the right to ignore calls and emails from their boss or parents outside work hours.
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Australian troops will patrol the South China Sea alongside the Philippines, as the two nations step up their partnership with a new agreement. One person has died and five people injured after a driver collided with pedestrians and two vehicles in the Melbourne CBD. More than 280 teenagers have been nabbed in the last 18 months for breaking into Sydney homes and stealing high-powered cars. More than 700 people have now been screened as part of the SA government’s efforts to fight a tuberculosis outbreak in the APY Lands. QLD Motorists wrongly suspended from driving due to a major traffic camera system flaw will know early next week how they can get their licences back.
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The Qantas frequent flyer program will now become part of the senate aviation inquiry looking into the blocking of flights by Qatar Airways. South Australian police have found skeletal remains they suspect are those of murder victim Robert Atkins. Anthony Albanese will visit President Xi Jinping this year to make a personal appeal for the release of Australians detained in China. A baby girl has died just hours after being sent home from a Queensland hospital.
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Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his successor Vanessa Hudson will be called before a senate inquiry probing the government’s Qatar Airways decision. Police build intelligence as another tobacconist is firebombed in Melbourne. An investigation into one of Queensland’s biggest child safety failures was called off by Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath on the eve of the last state election. Covert recordings continued to be heard in the court case against William Tyrrel’s foster mother. SA launches brazen campaign to poach Victorian businesses.
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Australia’s trade with Southeast Asia would grow to more than half a trillion dollars by 2040 under a new strategy by the federal government. A court has heard William Tyrrell’s foster parents were caught on secret police recordings smacking another child with a wooden spoon. Cricket is set to be included in the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. The Reserve Bank holds rates steady for the third consecutive month. Tom Jonas’s retirement at the end of Port Adelaide’s season sparks debate over his captaincy successor.
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International airfares out of Australia continued to climb in the first eight-months of the year. Melbourne train commuters may face major disruption across the network with the rail union threatening strike action. South Australia’s average cost to build a new house set a record in July. Around $1.5bn earmarked for projects across regional NSW was used to pay for infrastructure projects in Sydney. The Reserve Bank is predicted to hold interest rates today.
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Australia is set to bid for the basketball world cup in the wake of last month’s record breaking FIFA Women’s soccer World Cup.
An elite child-rescuing police team is investigating three new cases every week, warning that exploitation has “exploded” in the past decade and perpetrators are “literally anyone and everyone walking among us”.
Acting Queensland Premier Steven Miles has still not spoken with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk more than a week after she jetted off on a surprise holiday to Italy, saying it would take only “an emergency” for him to contact her.
Four of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders have stolen a total of 90 cars, mostly taken in their combined 170 home burglaries.
Taylor Swift fans have been left frustrated after her official Australian tour ticket resale was delayed, but thousands of new seats will become available before the end of the year.
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Yes campaigners will declare,“You’re The Voice” in a new ad campaign partnering with singer John Farnham to promote the referendum for an Indigenous Voice.
In NSW, a sickening video taken of two young victims lying dead, or dying, after the crash has been widely shared on social media.
The $10bn Melbourne Airport Rail Link project is set to be mothballed for years following a review of federally funded infrastructure projects.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has warned of a looming political dogfight with China over the loyalty of Pacific island nations if the state government turns its back on his bold bid to resurrect the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The mother of a young Adelaide Hills footballer who died after an on-field collision will take legal action against the state’s peak football body over its handling of concussions in the lead up to her son’s death.
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Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been awarded a swag of extraordinary bonuses of up to $10 million, the same day the consumer watchdog revealed it will target a $250m payout over allegations the airline lied to customers about cancelled flights.
Union officials will be able to enter workplaces without notice and inspect payroll records when they suspect wage underpayments under proposed changes to the nation’s IR laws to be unveiled next week.
Parents have unloaded on the culture at a Queensland state high school they say is at “breaking point”, plagued with bathroom brawls and students being bullied and bashed for “street cred”.
Four people have been killed and another seriously injured in a horror collision on a “notorious” stretch of road in Victoria’s north.
An Adelaide Footy League club has been hit with the biggest fine in SA sporting history for breaches of salary cap.
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Qantas is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly selling tickets for thousands of cancelled “ghost” flights and hoarding takeoff and landing slots to drive up airfares.
Transport for NSW has for the first time confirmed that WestConnex will be sped up to 90km/h but the plans will require the motorway to be completely closed for safety checks.
A Gold Coast city councillor allegedly googled “If you kill someone in self-defence will you go to jail?” two days before he choked and killed his abusive and controlling stepdad.
A key member of the Victorian Liberal Party’s leadership team has resigned.
Nutbush will come to Adelaide’s city limits when smash stage production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical opens at the Festival Theatre in April next year.
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Australians will head to the polls on October 14 to decide if they want an Indigenous Voice enshrined in the constitution, as the Yes and No campaigns launch a six-week final push to the referendum.
Inflation rose by its smallest margin in more than a year following a fall in the cost of food and petrol, raising hopes the Reserve Bank will leave interest rates on hold for a third straight month.
The victims of crime advocates who marched on state parliament have still not had a response to their requests from anyone in the Palaszczuk Government a full week on, as the Premier declared from Europe there were simply no issues in Queensland.
In NRL, it’s been revealed the player who walked away from the Bulldogs over a training ground punishment was barely 10 minutes late for training.
Almost 320 South Australian schools will close or be forced to alter classes because of Friday’s planned teacher strike.
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The Reserve Bank is under fire for spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on food and booze while the nation grappled with a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Victoria’s total debt is predicted to hit a shocking $226bn by 2026-27, putting the state’s credit rating at greater risk.
Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his top executives have been forced to admit the airline owes at least $150 million more in flight credits to customers than previously estimated.
Three days of tense negotiations between the SA teachers union and the government are set to commence on Tuesday ahead of a planned strike.
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Three US Marines died and five more suffered serious injuries when a military aircraft carrying 23 people crashed in the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory coast. yesterday.
Random urine tests to screen the state’s trains workforce for drugs or alcohol will be axed in a backroom agreement between the rail union and the state government.
The AFL Grand Final Parade will return to city streets in a significant shift from last year’s Yarra River ceremony.
The respected mind Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk turns to for major legal reviews has pleaded with her to “abandon the madness” in youth justice and keep children out of watch houses.
Work will begin immediately to expand preschool and Out of School Hours Care in South Australia in line with the recommendations of the state’s royal commission into early childhood education.
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Of the 17 critical targets identified as part of Closing the Gap only four are being met, while the rates of Indigenous suicide, children in out-of-home care and adults in jail are going backwards.
The women who once quietly lived off the ill-gotten gains of their gangland men are now playing an active role in high-level crimes that are leading to bloodshed on the streets.
The Victorian Liberal Party has claimed an emphatic victory in the critical Warrandyte by-election with the party on track to record a near 20 per cent swing.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has flown to Europe for a two-week vacation amid threats and speculation over the future of her leadership.
South Australia could “run out of land” within 30 years unless drastic changes are made to meet housing demands, a landmark report has found.
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Glaring straight ahead, Donald Trump’s fury is unmistakable in his history-making mugshot, taken after he was charged and released from Fulton County Jail.
Zookeeper Jen Brown won’t hear a bad word said about the two male lions who mauled her and left her fighting for life.
Police will investigate whether former Crown staff and big punters banned from the venue were part of an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal casino.
Masked crusaders Kiss are set to be confirmed as special guest performers at the AFL Grand Final after two high profile cancellations left the league high and dry.
South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal, Simon Birmingham, is conceding a systemic failure to elect enough women as he produces a framework to revive the party’s flagging fortunes.
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Revelations that the Australian Electoral Commission will allow a tick to be recorded as a Yes vote in the upcoming Voice referendum – but a cross won’t be recorded as a No vote have been slammed as “unfair” and “favouritism”.
Rules requiring masks in NSW hospitals are set to be scrapped as early as next week, with the Minns government looking to end one of the last-remaining Covid measures for good.
Footy fans will be able to dine at a high-class Italian restaurant or pub, play mini golf and book a private function overlooking the oval any day of the week under a major revamp of Marvel Stadium.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has not met with her government’s own human rights commissioner for nearly five years, with the extraordinary cold shoulder revealed as laws stripping children of their rights were rammed through parliament.
A key person of interest in the investigation into the abduction of two girls at Adelaide Oval has been unmasked on the eve of 50 years on from their disappearance.
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The majority of parents give the wrong – and at times harmful – care to their sick child, with more than 80 per cent wrongly believing they should lower a high temperature.
Students in Western Sydney deserve to be on par with those on the north shore, federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared, as his supremo Mark Scott said more traditional direct teaching techniques were needed to close the gap.
The capacity of Victorian meth labs is surging as organised crime gangs disguise the structure of drug-manufacturing chemicals to sneak huge shipments into Australia.
A Gold Coast city councillor on Wednesday night was assisting police with their inquiries into the death of his mother’s de facto partner.
A South Australian great-grandmother who lays claim to the title of Australia’s oldest living person is set to turn 111 this week.
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The date of the Voice referendum is expected to be October 14 — and will be officially announced next week in the must-win state of South Australia.
Laws requiring cruise ship passengers in NSW to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be axed, with Premier Chris Minns yesterday declaring: “We need to move on and get life back to normal.’’
Premier Daniel Andrews has identified the MCG as a flagship stadium for a 2034 men’s World Cup hosted in Australia – a scenario which would likely force the AFL off the ground for at least two months.
Construction giant Multiplex’s legal battle with Star Entertainment over delays in the Brisbane Queen’s Wharf project includes a claim for almost $1m in lost production for giving workers a holiday to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
A former electorate officer has accused South Australian independent federal MP Rebekha Sharkie of bullying.
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Jailed cocaine kingpin and horse racing tycoon Damion Flower is under investigation by the corporate watchdog after it was revealed he stands to profit up to $1 million a year from champion sire Snitzel from behind bars.
Late-stage dementia patients will be able to vote in the upcoming Voice referendum unless their families and doctors have taken the step to have them struck off the electoral roll.
Queenslanders will be left in the dark about why Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s office covered up a $2.4bn cost blowout, with a narrow investigation only finding his office did not “direct” a public servant to do so.
A man has been charged with assaulting North Melbourne champion Jack Ziebell outside a South Yarra bar early on Sunday.
A trendy restaurant in Adelaide’s East is now full of black soot and debris, after a fire swept through the venue, owned by the brother of a former Love Island contestant.
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Australia’s navy is set to be armed with more than 200 Tomahawk missiles amid concerns over China’s growing military presence in the region. Ovarian cancer discovery is set to prevent women from unnecessarily having their ovaries removed and losing their fertility. Fed-up QLD Labor MPs will today demand answers from the Premier over the train manufacturing scandal. NSW Government will defy coastal council requests to scrap shark nets along their beaches. The AFL has apologised to a furious Adelaide and stood down the goal umpire at the centre of its video review storm.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent $4 million chartering RAAF jets around Australia and abroad since taking on the top job. Cover-up allegations filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria as part of a class action against Monash IVF Group that revolves around the destruction of embryos. The tiny Queensland town of Glenden has been saved in a stunning intervention by the State Government. Besieged property developer Jean Nassif has been given a slapdown from the NSW Fair Trading Minister.South Australia’s hospital emergency departments are jam-packed with people seeking treatment for minor ailments.
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The Matildas’ FIFA Women’s World Cup performance is expected to spark a surge in grassroots soccer participation across Australia. On-the-run developer Jean Nassif has launched a scathing attack from Lebanon at authorities seeking his arrest. South Australian teachers will consider strike action next month if the state government doesn’t improve its offer. QLD businesses will be lured to the bush under a new $80m state government investment. Victorian housing construction is forecast to plunge in 2024.
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Sam Kerr’s legendary goal couldn’t save the Matildas as Australia’s historic World Cup run was ended by England. States will compete for a share of $3bn offered by Anthony Albanese for building more homes. The family of a mother stabbed to death in Sydney’s west is begging to know why police downgraded a welfare check on her alleged killer. Victorian schoolchildren as young as 12 are conducting clandestine vape deals during lunch breaks. A lone goat who gazes upon busy highway traffic has attracted the fanfare of travellers from all around South Australia.
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An historic national agreement has been made by the federal, state and territory governments to stamp out domestic and family violence. Factional allies of Victorian minister Lily D’Ambrosio say she’s the victim of an internal ALP war. Small regional towns across NSW are facing an influx of temporary workers moving in to build wind and solar farms, creating concerns about where they’ll live. South Australians will not get a public holiday if the Matildas win the World Cup. Townsville is the only regional area in Queensland meeting or exceeding the national average for digital access.
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A passenger claiming he had a “bomb” in his bag on-board a Malaysia Airlines flight sparked nationwide airport chaos late on Monday. A drug dealer’s deathbed confession to the murder of Allan Ames in 2009 isn’t enough to grant the convicted killer a new trial. The Victorian woman who cooked a deadly beef Wellington lunch that killed three people has claimed she bought some of the mushrooms at an Asian grocery store. Victorian MPs would be subjected to random drug testing under a proposal to be put to parliament. The next generation of Matildas players would have dedicated female facilities at their local sporting clubs under a $250 million investment made by a future Coalition government led by Peter Dutton.
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AUSTRALIAN teacher education is a decade behind other countries, pumping out graduates unprepared for teaching and who cannot control students, a new report says.
COMPLAINTS about electricity price increases have skyrocketed by 66 per cent, the NSW Energy Ombudsman has revealed – and more people are being hit with unexpected bill shock after installing new smart meters.
UP to 40 emergency workers are allegedly being attacked every week as the police union warns assailants targeting officers are using loopholes to escape jail time.
BRISBANE football fans are set to have more places to watch the Matildas’ semi-final against England, after talks between the council, state government and FIFA.
THE SA government is being urged to open up Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night to allow thousands of fans to cheer on the Matildas in their World Cup semi-final against England.
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Australia remains in contention to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup on home soil, with the Matildas beating France 7-6 in a pulsating penalty shootout in front of almost 50,000 passionate fans at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night to claim a semi-final berth.
The family of a man whose aggressive brain tumour has returned four years after surgery say those who have robbed him of his choice to have Charlie Teo operate have “blood on their hands”.
Serial road pests are being let off the hook because of a fines loophole senior legal figures have warned is open to being routinely abused.
A group of accused ATM fraudsters linked to an international crime syndicate stealing money from Australian bank users has been arrested, with police catching two in the act on a busy Brisbane street.
Young criminals embroiled in Adelaide’s gang war involving people of African heritage are being investigated on allegations of tax fraud, authorities have revealed.
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A female student had a seizure and was rushed to hospital after using a vape while a male student who also used a vape at another school collapsed and “struggled to breathe”.
Hundreds of Brisbane homeowners were left stunned by mystery letters from Brisbane City Council warning their houses could be purchased and turned into parklands at a time the state grapples with a housing crisis.
The parents of a Gippsland footballer who took his own life last week say his mental health started to deteriorate after suffering a concussion in his teenage years.
A new cash bonus of $20,000 will be offered in 2024 to entice first-year teachers to the SA bush.
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Matildas superstar Sam Kerr will become the first female footballer in history to crash through the $500 million barrier after being dubbed a “female Cristiano Ronaldo.”
Drought-resistant crops, super soils and feed for cattle that can help farms stay “ahead of the curve” when the next big dry strikes will be funded under a $38 million investment unveiled at the Bush Summit.
E-scooters will be fitted with cameras that shout at riders who flout the law as part of a new trial to crack down on people illegally travelling on footpaths or tandem riding.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered a high-level review into Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s trains manufacturing costs blowout cover-up.
Cost of living pressures have forced a family of five from Findon to spend less money on food each week than the amount allocated for some of SA’s worst criminals in prison.
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Weight-loss drug Wegovy has been found to also slash heart attacks and strokes by 20 per cent in a large-scale trial that could help speed up its approval for subsidy in Australia.
The husband of the woman who cooked a deadly mushroom lunch that claimed the lives of three people alleges she had tried to poison him in the past.
A man’s body dressed in black shorts and blue sneakers found in a lake at one of Sydney’s most prestigious golf clubs had been in the water for days before it was discovered.
Queensland Health officials have been forced to clarify that mobile phone torch lights are not be used to examine pregnant women.
A popular Adelaide media personality has revealed he is related to an infamous murderer nicknamed the Poison Ivy Killer.
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The Matildas’ stunning victory in the Women’s World Cup has moved the dial forever in female sport with audience figures smashing those for the NRL and AFL grand finals as it became the most watched TV event in 2023.
Australians have paid $3bn in rental increases since July last year — with another almost $5bn in collective rent hikes expected in the next year alone.
The ex-husband of the woman who cooked a deadly mushroom lunch that claimed three lives battled a mystery gut illness.
The Palaszczuk government will walk away from a pledge to fully implement all recommendations in the Coaldrake Review, declaring opening a clearing house for complaints and corruption concerns is “unviable”.
An audacious plan to import what would have been Australia’s largest cocaine haul at the time was run by a global organised crime syndicate with its apex in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, a court has heard.
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A massive wave of girls will take up soccer over the next four years as the giant legacy of this FIFA Women’s World Cup and the rise of the Matildas becomes clear.
A human tsunami is set to pour over the Great Dividing Range into the state’s booming bush towns.
Victorian firefighters have been offered a whopping 12 per cent pay increase over four years and thousands of dollars in cash bonuses under a new wage deal.
Police will review their previous callouts to a house where a father and his five boys were killed in a fire, as homicide investigators join a team of detectives examining their deaths.
A man has denied he was at an Outer Harbor dock site the same time as a man who fell to his death from shipping containers, a court has heard.
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The bodies of a father and his five young boys were last night being uncovered from a devastating fire in Queensland that destroyed one home and badly damaged two others.
The mystery surrounding Sam Kerr’s calf injury deepens, with helicopter footage obtained by News Corp showing the superstar striker still sitting out the majority of training.
The ACT’s embattled Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has quit over damning allegations of misconduct in the rape trial that rocked the nation.
Police were last night probing whether foul play was behind a fatal mushroom poisoning which left three people dead and a fourth fighting for life in Victoria’s South Gippsland region.
Tens of thousands of TAFE SA students would have greater course choice and study at potential new campuses as part of a new regional push to revolutionise vocation training and help solve the skills crisis.
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The Yes case for the Voice is “almost unsalvageable”, with a new poll finding it is now behind with a majority of voters in every state and territory.
Brisbane is bracing for one of its worst bushfire seasons yet, with council and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ramping up their efforts to prepare the region amid the looming threat of El Nino.
Two sisters are dead and their husbands are in hospital after being poisoned by wild mushrooms at a private lunch in Victoria.
Court documents reveal Sports presenter Warren Tredrea was being paid more than $216,000 a year for under five hours’ work a day, leading his boss to consider the AFL great was “compensated too highly for his work”.
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It can be revealed three key suspects, who control a combined seven NDIS businesses, collectively own seven properties worth more than $8.3m that are now at risk of further action by the federal government’s Fusion Taskforce.
Essendon great Matthew Lloyd was stood down briefly by Haileybury College after attending a boozy bash with underage students celebrating a milestone win.
Former Port Adelaide player Jay Schulz suffered more than 20 concussions during his time at the club and played again the following week.
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The mother of a little girl allegedly raped by a childcare worker accused of 1600 child sex offences over 15 years has detailed how he would describe her daughter’s “great day” after inflicting terrible abuse on her.
Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has filed suit for defamation against Brittany Higgins over social media posts made in July and is understood to be seeking an injunction against the former staffer preventing any similar statements being made in the future.
The Queensland government will fund the meningococcal B vaccine in a landmark move being hailed by survivors of the deadly disease as “fantastic” and “long overdue”.
Daniel Andrews and his deputy Jacinta Allan are likely to dodge giving evidence at two probes into the Commonwealth Games fiasco.
Adelaide’s population will grow to two million people by 2051, according to latest official forecasts, in a stark contrast to controversial calls to hit that number within seven years.
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Scientists have developed a breakthrough drug that kills all solid cancer tumours while leaving other cells unharmed. Dumped NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp failed to disclose his wife and in-laws owned dozens of properties in the Hunter. Pressure is mounting on the SA government to fund completion of a road left unfinished by failed homebuilder Felmeri Group. Paramatta Eels members have purchased the third largest portion of NRL grand final tickets of any club, despite the high chance of not making the final. Cats superstar Jeremy Cameron was the victim of a headbutt attack in a Geelong pub on Saturday night.
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One of Australia’s worst accused child-sex offenders allegedly raped and abused 91 girls in childcare centres for 15 years without detection. Australian comedian Jim Jefferies reveals his nephew was among the four men feared dead after an army helicopter crash. Seven youths have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla. The head of a Sydney maximum security prison has been suspended amid allegations he sexually harassed a female prison officer. Nearly 300 former students from 180 Victorian schools are pursuing historic child abuse claims.
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The Defence Minister faces pressure to produce safety documents relating to the military helicopter involved in the fatal crash. Sydney developers and businesses could be taxed more to recover costs of the Metro West project. Victoria Police will investigate whether the desecration of Meshlin Marrogi’s grave was a strike at her drug-boss brother George. You’re more likely to be robbed, have your home broken into or your car stolen in Queensland. And McCartneymania will ignite Adelaide when the Beatles legend opens his Got Back tour to Australia later this year.
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The search for four Diggers has broadened from the site where their Taipan helicopter crashed into the North Queensland ocean during military training exercises, as the identities of the men of the elite 6th Aviation regiment were revealed.
A relentless “Onya Sonia” campaign by new Logies host network Seven scored their prized host Sonia Kruger the 2023 Gold Logie.
Several people have been left with bullet wounds after three separate shootings just hours apart in Melbourne’s northwest on Saturday night.
Nurses wanting to live in proximity to Brisbane hospitals face the grim prospect of spending 70 per cent of a combined household income on their mortgage, according to analysis from the state government amid calls for greater density to respond to the affordability crisis.
And a former reality TV star and SANFL footballer, who was once described as one of the state’s most eligible bachelors, is behind bars on remand charged over a significant Adelaide drug bust.
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Four Australian Army aviators are feared dead after a horror chopper crash over the Whitsundays in what looms as the nation’s worst peacetime military disaster since 2005.
Covid-19 is killing on average 25 people in Australia every day, with more than half the nation not getting any form of booster shot in the past six months.
We are coming for your Lamborghinis – that’s the warning from the NSW government’s latest weapon in its crime-fighting arsenal targeting the criminals at the core of the shootout on Sydney’s streets.
Workers on the Queensland state government’s showpiece Cross River Rail project have been hit by falling objects and exposed to hazards posing “serious risk of injury or death”, a litany of official safety breaches reveals.
South Australia’s famous southern right whales look to have given the state a wide berth, with numbers right down along the coast.
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Kylie Minogue is poised to hit the jackpot in America as she joins the world’s biggest music superstars from Adele to U2 with a Las Vegas residency.
Criminals across Sydney caught up in the out-of-control gang wars have been warned their doors may be kicked open this weekend as the state’s new crack team swings into action.
The Andrews government is preparing to extinguish natural gas in Victorian homes after banning new residential builds from connecting to the gas network.
Kids at risk of committing crimes will be trained in business, retail and hospitality in a bid to keep them from being lured into the criminal world.
Adelaide’s median house price has hit a whopping $700,000, the latest Valuer-General’s quarterly figures show, prompting affordability concerns from industry experts in the midst of the state’s housing crisis.
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The ex-partner of Julia Gillard sucked a woman’s nipple without her consent while he was “drunk” in Melbourne’s inner-north just two weeks before it became public he’d split from the former Prime Minister.
A ROYAL Commission into how drugs are getting into our borders and fuelling Sydney’s underworld war has been called for, as the Premier conceded laws may need to change after the latest deadly shooting to rock the city.
Ferrari-driving developer John Woodman paid more than $1.5m to political figures and councillors in a bid to “improperly” influence planning decisions in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs.
The Queensland government is refusing to bring the state in line with the rest of the country and the world by restricting the sale of realistic toy guns criminals are using to rob homes and businesses.
Patients are waiting up to five years to see some public hospital specialists for routine or non-urgent appointments - then face going on a separate waiting list if they need elective surgery.
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“Seamless” travel between Australia and New Zealand will make hopping across the ditch faster – but don’t throw away your passport just yet.
A well-known criminal defence lawyer has narrowly survived the latest “targeted” shooting on Sydney’s streets, with the broad daylight attack rocking the city’s legal profession as police search for a motive.
Justice figures are demanding a review of the decision by Victoria’s top prosecutor not to pursue charges in the Lawyer X case amid revelations she once represented Simon Overland, the former police chief at the centre of the scandal.
Queenslanders could be living with undiagnosed cancer or life-threatening conditions, as more than 50,000 radiology scans sit unreported at one the state’s busiest hospitals.
Converting spaces above Adelaide CBD shops into homes will be investigated in a bid to ease the housing crisis.
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Artificial Intelligence may soon be used to detect declining heart failure by listening to how people speak on their smartphone.
Nearly 200 NSW public school teachers were sacked for not getting the Covid jab last year, amid crippling shortages of staff, new Freedom of Information documents reveal.
Decision-making powers for multi-million dollar suburban developments are set to be taken over by the state government to fasttrack housing in middle and inner Melbourne.
Some patients are waiting more than 10 hours on ambulance stretchers to get into the Queensland hospitals, new figures have revealed.
In a little more than a month the Royal Adelaide Show will open the gates, with organisers on the hunt for thousands of workers to help bring the magic together while making easy cash.
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International swimming bosses are preparing to take the plunge and push ahead with a world-first event for elite transgender competitors.
The Opera House will be lit up in honour of the Matildas if the Aussie women make it to the finals of the World Cup.
The first train inside the $14bn Metro tunnel was due to hit the tracks in the early hours of this morning, as the city-shaping project begins months of live testing.
The mothers of children allegedly indecently assaulted by a Whyalla school teacher have described the case as “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
Pink power has prevailed at the Australian box office over the weekend as audiences fell in love with the new Barbie movie.
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Many Australians living with chronic pain are continuing to put off dental care, eye checks and even cancer screenings, saying that the rising cost of treatments and medications has them neglecting other areas of their health.
A young couple have become the latest innocent victims of a shooting on Sydney’s streets, caught in the crossfire of gunfire which left a man on life support, as politicians became embroiled in a war of words over what can be done to stop the violence.
A Victorian man who plunged from a shipping container to his death in a mystery tragedy was searching for a huge haul of drugs, police believe.
A $1bn gas field expansion will power a major Queensland manufacturer, in a gas supply deal hailed as securing “long-term local manufacturing” jobs, but it hangs on environmental approvals and the Albanese government’s controversial gas price cap.
Port Adelaide star Willie Rioli is hurting after being subjected to racist abuse following Saturday’s two-point thriller against Collingwood, says the Power’s chief executive.
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Australia’s worst-ever pedophile will serve a national record sentence for his hundreds of crimes, which a judge says were so “brazen, disturbing and heinous” as to warrant 457 years behind bars.
Channel 7 has launched a long-range $150 million attempt to pinch rugby league’s showpiece State of Origin series from Channel 9.
The Andrews government has gagged Commonwealth Games officials from publicly discussing the 2026 event’s axing, as negotiations over compensation heat up.
A major campaign in support of the Indigenous Voice to parliament is set to undertake a messaging blitz through Queensland in a bid to shore up support in the state amid flagging support.
An Adelaide lawyer is lobbying for urgent changes to correct a legal loophole that protects paedophiles from having to pay compensation to their victims.
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Vicious trolls accusing him of betraying Indigenous Australians by advocating against the Voice to Parliament have pushed Warren Mundine to attempt to self harm.
NSW Liberal MP Taylor Martin has revealed he is the politician at the centre of a texting scandal, but has strongly denied any wrongdoing, while declaring there are “two-sides” to the story.
The Andrews government is considering a tourism levy on short-term stays in Victoria.
The sole survivor of a shocking triple fatal crash on the Bruce Highway was released from hospital just days before the tragedy unfolded despite pleas from his mother to keep him in hospital, his family has claimed.
Two in every three speeding drivers are caught by police officers on country roads rather than Adelaide, shocking new figures show.
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Sam Kerr can create the same iconic moment as Cathy Freeman’s Olympic gold medal run when she leads Australia at soccer’s Women’s World Cup starting today, and set herself up for multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals, industry experts say.
In a class action taken by businesses affected by Sydney’s light rail could cost the NSW Government tens of millions of dollars and has set a massive precedent for thousands of others impacted by major transport projects, legal experts say.
Daniel Andrews has been accused of blatantly spinning why Victoria took on the Commonwealth Games, as it can be revealed a secret state delegation pitched for the event in London in late 2021.
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games must have an independent oversight body to avoid cost blowouts and transparency issues that ultimately led to the 2026 Victorian Commonwealth Games being scrapped, senior Coalition MPs say.
In Adelaide a woman accused of murdering her parents with unnecessary insulin injections is at risk of significant harm if left in prison because authorities are mismanaging her own diabetes, a court has heard.
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The Victorian parliament could examine the Commonwealth Games cancellation fiasco, as the Andrews government dug in for a third straight day refusing to explain the event’s multi-billion dollar blowout.
More than 85 per cent of Queensland’s most serious young criminals are reoffending within 12 months with soft juvenile justice and “opt in” rehab programs failing to turn around the state’s youth crime crisis.
A convicted conman who siphoned $25.6m by pretending to be the guitarist for rock legends Bon Jovi defrauded more than $500,000 just three years after his release from jail
The price of a humble gin and tonic or rum and coke is expected to spike within days amid a hefty tax hike.
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People in China are spending nearly $8m a day on Australian property – vastly more than buyers from anywhere else in the world – but the true levels of real estate purchases by foreigners are likely much higher, a leading expert claims.
Victorian taxpayers are facing potentially billions in damages and a massive hit to its title as the nation’s sporting capital after it sensationally cancelled the Commonwealth Games citing mounting cost blowouts.
Teal indpendent Zali Steggall is under pressure in her own electorate, according to internal Liberal party polling seen by The Daily Telegraph which suggests voters have been turned off by the federal MP’s anti-nuclear stance as well as her failure to deliver government investment to the area.
The Qld state government is being urged to make a minor change to its planning regulation to spare investors being slugged up to $80,000 in council fees and potentially blocking the creation of hundreds of affordable homes.
A SA government spokesman said that while the decision will be “deeply disappointing for athletes and supporters of the Commonwealth Games” the government will not put its hand up to host.
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The number of refugee claims made by people arriving in Australia by plane on visas allowing them to work, study or travel has nearly doubled in the past year, leading to accusations Labor is “all froth, no beer” on border protection.
Sydney’s housing crisis is being exacerbated by a flood of international students who are arriving far faster than new housing can be built to accommodate them.
Queenslanders who are set to be slugged tens of thousands of dollars to make their homes more energy-efficient and accessible should have access to government rebates, a peak construction body has said.
Blood tests and brain scans may soon replace memory tests for the earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, in a move set to also revolutionise treatment.
The state government is resisting renewed pressure to make flu vaccinations free for all South Australians, following the Queensland government’s decision to provide shots for all residents.
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Aussies phoning known scam lines will have their calls intercepted, thanks to Optus, the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange and banks. The mum of a rescued Aussie sailor who survived adrift with his dog for two months says she “can’t wait” to see her son. Queensland’s regional maternity centres will receive a $42m injection. A South Australian man is accused of gunning down his wife and daughter. Australian actor Luke Cook has revealed what working actors in the US are actually paid.
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Veterans are being preyed upon by fee-for-service agents promising shortcuts to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits and compensation. Grieving families of fatal stabbing victims want the QLD government to introduce new laws restricting the sale of knives to teens. Tenants in all but 15 South Australian suburbs and towns are experiencing severe rent stress. Unvaccinated firefighters in Victoria will remain off work indefinitely. Parents desperate to combat cost-of-living pressures are turning to night-time food delivery.
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Yes campaign strategists say they’ll target advertising spend around football finals in a bid to win over young men disengaged from politics. Victoria Police chief commissioner Shane Patton is seeking powers to detain children aged 10 to 13 once the age of criminal responsibility is lifted. Queensland Fertility Group is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar baby-swap scandal. South Australian Health inspectors conduct illegal vape blitz. Treasurer Jim Chalmers praises the RBA’s first female governor.
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Speculation about billionaire couple ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his wife Nicola had been circulating for months before the split was confirmed. QLD renters booted from their homes after law changes to limit rent increases to once per year. Five teenage girls involved in alleged Adelaide carjacking and police chase. NSW’s Eraring coal-fired power station is set to stay open past 2025. Tunnel workers on Melbourne’s North East Link will be paid $320,000 a year under a workplace agreement.
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Homeowners could yet face another interest rate hike with RBA boss Philip Lowe leaving the door open on “further tightening”. An 11-year-old Queensland girl has died with the flu. Oodie founder cops backlash after showing off his new multi-million dollar Adelaide farm. South Australian workers can expect a national decision to ban caps on working from home days will flow on to state workplaces. Acting QLD Premier Steven Miles has defended the delay of some building code changes due to come in October.
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As the nation heads toward a dry summer the looming threat of bushfires will put new emergency response systems to the test. Dozens of SA pedestrian crossings were found to fail meeting safety standards. Two Queensland teenagers found guilty of murdering Angus Beaumont could walk free. FIFA officials were warned repeatedly that covering up the name plaques of Australian sporting legends at Allianz Stadium would provoke a storm of protest. Melbourne cocaine dealers have been warned not to cut their prices amid deadly underworld warfare interstate.
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Producers are concerned the phase out of caged eggs will be brought forward by 10 years, stoking fears the price of eggs could rise. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a defence export deal with Germany. A tax on petrol cars could be imposed in Sydney’s CBD. South Australian politicians and Parliament House staff have been issued new safety advice. Victorians will be slugged with a 43 per cent increase to Domestic Building Insurance.
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The young sailor rescued from treacherous conditions off the coast of Kangaroo Island says it wasn’t the wild weather that brought his attempt at a world record undone.
A bridge and a railway underpass will have to be demolished or bypassed – at a cost of upwards of $340 million – to give trucks transporting massive wind turbines access to new renewable energy zones (REZ) in country NSW.
Queensland is a national leader in road side births with hundreds of women a year having babies on highways in “pulled over” cars or ambulances.
Victorians are paying more property tax than anyone else in Australia – and it’s going to get worse.
A regional South Australian council was willing to issue warnings or expiation notices or even prosecute anyone older than four who entered public toilets of the opposite gender.
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A Gold Coast sailor stranded in wild seas in the Great Australian Bight is headed back to dry land after a dramatic rescue in heaving, 10m swells and cyclonic winds.
For the first time, Queensland drivers will be tested for cocaine in random roadside drug tests.
A secret report has laid bare the super-sized pay of Victoria’s leading public sector road and rail executives, including one who earned more than $814,000 last year.
Troublemakers face bans from Adelaide’s most popular areas, and random police searches, under an unprecedented legal bid to crush the CBD’s mounting crime wave crisis.
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Champion jockey Jamie Kah has been charged by racing stewards but is determined to get back in the saddle after images surfaced of her on social media with a white substance.
Restaurateurs say South Australia’s hospitality industry is at “rock bottom” and the Covid-19 pandemic was a “dream” compared to the current economical landscape.
The cowboy developers who illegally demolished a historic Melbourne pub seven years ago will be blocked by the local council from obtaining a planning permit to rebuild the site.
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The AFL nude photo scandal was sparked by an email sent to one club whose highest-profile player was among the explicit images.
A mother-of-three was allegedly bashed to death by her estranged husband when the pair met to discuss their divorce settlement, in a tragic domestic dispute.
A blanket ban on mobile phones and smartwatches from the first to last bell in all Queensland state schools will come into effect next year.
Huge demand for soap powder donated to a charity has triggered concerns homeless people may be using it for drug use.
A 12-year-old girl was prescribed the contraceptive pill by a doctor after being told the child was “sexually active” by her mother, who was secretly abusing the girl along with her partner.
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The AFL has launched an investigation into a shocking collection of nude and graphic images of more than 45 past and present players, which is being widely shared across social media.
Residents living near Allianz Stadium and the SCG could suffer mental health impacts from “increased exposure to noise” if an archaic concert cap is increased and should be given cheap or free tickets as compensation.
A Queensland magistrate has been slammed by a senior judge for her “total misunderstanding of the nature of domestic violence” after fining a man just $500 despite his repeated harassment of his ex-partner in shocking displays of coercive control.
A wannabe influencer and her girlfriends allegedly held a man at knifepoint and demanded $100,000 in a bizarre kidnapping.
Brave victims of a specialist breast surgeon who covertly recorded patients without permission – using a phone hidden in a tissue box with a corner cut off – have confronted him in court.
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The former World No 1 tennis star posted a pic of her little sleeping bundle of joy, Hayden, wrapped in a swaddle and wearing a grey beanie, on Tuesday night.
The Reserve Bank has offered millions of Australian mortgage holders a brief reprieve, deciding to leave the cash rate at 4.1 per cent for the time being, sparking warnings further hikes could be needed soon.
A magistrate has granted bail to set free a teenage boy who was part of a gang that allegedly stabbed and robbed three people in random attacks in the heart of Brisbane’s nightclub strip in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Melbourne rents are growing the fastest of any capital city in the nation and our most affordable homes are being hit the hardest.
A grandmother has told how she was left frightened after a crazed man on bail allegedly assaulted her in an unprovoked attack on one of Adelaide’s most popular shopping strips.
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The NRL is demanding Suncorp Stadium not be overlooked for funding ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, warning it will have passed its useful life by then.
A new study has found Aussie workers rank in the top five in the world for life-work balance.
The University of Melbourne claims it has been forced to pay more than $50,000 to comply with court orders as a defamation spat between two of its top scholars rages
Supervising youth workers in Adelaide have alleged girls as young as 11 in state care are selling their bodies for money, drugs, cigarettes and vapes.
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Regional mayors with some of the state’s highest Indigenous populations in their towns have described the Voice proposal as confusing and unclear – signalling a disconnect between the Commonwealth’s plan and sections of the community.
A new crime syndicate has declared war on the powerful Comanchero bikie gang by claiming they are going to take over running the NSW drug trade from them, potentially igniting more bloody conflict on Sydney’s streets.
The increased pressure on the private rental market has pushed the social housing crisis to the brink, according to Queensland’s peak body for the social sector.
An alleged serial bottom grabber who was granted bail two days before he is accused of carrying out a brazen sex attack in Melbourne has been released into the community, again.
A pregnant woman believed for seven weeks that her unborn child would be born with severe deformities and health problems – only to learn that there had been a mistake at the laborato
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The Yes team has dumped plans to put celebrities and sports stars at the centre of its campaign to win October’s referendum on the Voice to Parliament.
The number of serious young offenders in Queensland has surged in recent years, despite the government implementing new laws and programs to target hardcore teens.
In his typical braveheart manner, Allan Border will continue to commentate on Fox Cricket, despite battling Parkinson’s disease.
A long-vaunted merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia has the green light after being backed by both councils and almost $450m in state government funds.
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A Western Sydney woman is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar NDIS fraud sting after early morning raids on four service providers by the federal Government’s new crack team of investigators.
Police are investigating possible drug links to the brutal murder of a Gold Coast builder who was found beaten to death in the blood-spattered living room of his hinterland home.
Fathers working in SA public service could soon be paid to spend up to five months at home with their new babies, as the government considers extending parental leave entitlements.
The family of a McDonald’s worker spat on and punched during a harrowing rampage in Adelaide, has been left reeling after attacker Mia Miller was given just 75 hours community service.
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Friends, family and loved ones gathered to farewell 23-year-old Lily Thai, whose decision to end her life by voluntary euthanasia has left a lasting legacy.
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian said she tried to make her former lover “feel wanted” by calling him “the boss,” in private testimony to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that the former Premier tried to keep secret.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has waved away her own revelation that she failed to tell Health Minister Shannon Fentiman about the resignation of her department’s director-general as a “storm in a teacup”.
Childcare charges at some centres in Victoria will overtake the fees for a Year 12 student at the state’s most expensive private school, amid hikes of up to 11 per cent in July.
Medibank, Bupa, Woolworths and other leading brands have been banned from selling pet insurance products for at least 21 days after the corporate regulator found they may not have “properly considered the financial situation” of customers.
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Police suspect William Tyrrell’s foster mother dumped the little boy’s body near a riding school a short drive from his grandmother’s home where they believe he fell from a balcony and died.
More than 800,000 desperate Taylor Swift fans spent over three hours on edge waiting – most of them in vain – to get their hands on the popstar’s coveted concert tickets during a record-breaking pre-sale event on Wednesday.
A magistrate told Parramatta Eels star Dylan Brown to “get help” after he consumed 15-20 alcoholic drinks before groping a woman at a popular Sydney pub.
Leaked documents claim taxpayers will pay for new security at the epicentre of Adelaide’s anti-social crisis around Parliament House to stop it being constantly used as a toilet.
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Ethan Hoac and two friends were walking home on a quiet Melbourne suburban street when they were chased by a car and the “sweet” 14-year-old was mowed down and stabbed to death.
Queensland scientists are leading the world in the development of an oral drug that can not only treat debilitating long COVID but has the potential to stop reinfections of the virus even if new variants emerge.
Victoria Police says it is “looking into” claims some employees are describing themselves as gender neutral to scoop up higher clothing allowances.
Major Crime officers are investigating the death of a 17-month-old baby called Ronan, who was found unconscious and in a critical condition in South Australia earlier this month.
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A toddler just weeks from celebrating his first birthday has been killed in his Queensland driveway by a reversing car.
A Townsville woman has been ordered to pay almost $300,000 to her former neighbours for a post she made on social media amid a “dramatic uptick” in online-related defamation cases.
Corey Worthington, who made global headlines as a 16-year-old after throwing an out of control house party in Melbourne in 2008, fronted the Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Monday, charged with assaulting a man in a mobility scooter.
New data has revealed South Australia’s wealthiest inner-city colleges are raking in up to 100 times more than some small, cash-strapped rural schools.
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Young Aussies are not prepared to take a punt on starting their own enterprise, prompting fears about the next generation of entrepreneurs.A teenager charged over an alleged armed carjacking in a Brisbane suburb is back behind bars. Sydney’s Alameddine crime network is “fracturing”. A shortage of the diabetes and diet drug – best known as Ozempic – is about to end.
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President Vladimir Putin’s regime is in crisis as Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leads a coup against the Kremlin. Jamie Kah and her greyhound trainer mate are being investigated after a shocking video emerged online. Children as young as 12 are accessing dating apps. A backlash is growing among Victorian councils against the state government.Social media giants could be fined billions if they fail to crack down on the lies being spread on their platforms.
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Margot Robbie’s upcoming Barbie movie has seen a spike in demand for makeup and skincare which channels her look in the film. A gifted con-artist allegedly duped disgraced NRL star Jarryd Hayne in a Bitcoin sting. Police propose expanding special powers to crack down on violence in Adelaide’s CBD. New bill could give Victoria’s Lawyer X investigator the ability to lay charges. Hundreds of Queensland teachers have taken time off following vicious assaults in their schools.
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Australians are spending over $1500 more on groceries annually, with many flagging the cost of produce as their biggest financial burden. Business owners in Adelaide’s CBD have been left feeling “unsafe” after a violent incident. A Victorian grandmother held as a slave for almost a decade is suing her captors. A cyber attack shuts down the NSW cashless gaming trial. A “gutted” Justin Holbrook says he didn’t see his sacking coming at the Titans.
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Passengers and crew aboard the Titan tourist sub may be doomed to a watery grave with a rescue uncertain, even if the vessel’s found. An SA drunk driver who caused a fatal three-car crash is finally behind bars after driving while drunk again on bail. Big tech has been drafted into the fight to stop protesters causing havoc at NSW coal ports. Disgraced charity founder and domestic violence abuser Conan Visser has been caught bragging about using ChatGPT to save his driver’s licence – despite having already lost it. Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about his dream for a full-time return to Red Bull.
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Mortgage holders should prepare for more pain as RBA minutes reveal it’s worried that the inflation risks have increased. Victorian government weighs up whether to order MPs to vote against a law to kill Paul Denyer behind bars for life. PM Anthony Albanese says he’d be comfortable if David Van “never returned” to parliament. The price of South Australian cows has plummeted almost 40 per cent. Over half the population of Sydney flocked to this year’s Vivid festival.
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Young adults believe they are the nation’s most risk-averse investors, but they’re the biggest owners of cryptocurrency. Gympie man confirmed as a person of interest in an alleged fatal attack on an elderly man in Noosa Heads. Penalties for certain knife crimes will be doubled in NSW. Embattled Victorian senator David Van will be stripped of at least $12,000 of his taxpayer-funded salary. Adelaide 36ers forward Robert Franks is set to sign a deal in Europe.
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Influencers will be banned from spruiking free junk food and viral energy drinks on TikTok and Instagram under proposed laws to tighten food advertising on social media.
Sydney councils are being urged to ignore FIFA’s “mad” bureaucracy which is preventing them from organising live sites to watch the Women’s Football World Cup – and just do it anyway.
Queenslanders will have access to two psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment within weeks after the state government quietly changed medicines-related regulation.
Friends of Paul Denyer’s victims have called on the state government to end their torment after the serial killer sent them a chilling letter pleading to be released from jail.
South Australian tenants would have the right to own a pet under proposed reforms that would stop owners from having to surrender their animals or face homelessness.
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Drug cartels are plotting to flood Australia with a wave of super strength ice and a deadly new drug 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Organised crime gangs received payments from a multimillion-dollar state government grant scheme that was designed to support business and the community through the pandemic.
An Australian fugitive who has evaded authorities for more than a decade has emerged as an international drug kingpin, brokering billion dollar deals from his Mexican hideaway.
A leading girls college’s staff had their safety put at risk after being forced to direct traffic on one of Adelaide’s busiest roads when police failed to respond to calls for storm help because of an alleged “shift change”.
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EnergyAustralia will hike prices by more than 25 per cent, following in the footsteps of its two major competitors.
Two junior highway patrol officers had stopped for a coffee break at a petrol station near Greta NSW around 11.30pm on Sunday when they noticed a white bus flash past them.
It has been revealed children as young as eight are participating in wild crime sprees with older teens as disturbing data show areas with low school attendance have higher levels of criminal offending.
Advocates say two-time North Melbourne premiership player Barry Cable should be removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame after a judge in Western Australia found he sexually abused a young girl.
A ABC Adelaide announcer has criticised the national broadcaster’s decision to abolish state-based Sunday night news bulletins as part of a major restructure.
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The Hunter Valley bus tragedy was a “very survivable crash” and passengers may not have died if better safety measures like safer window glass had been mandatory, electronic stability control installed and stricter seatbelt rules enforced.
A former Liberal Senator has accused her then-colleague David Van of “inappropriately” touching her “bottom twice’’ at a social gathering in parliament three years ago.
The cost of the stalled Airport Rail Link is set to soar up to $3 billion above business case estimates, stoking tensions between the Andrews and Albanese governments over funding.
South Australia was one of only three states to record positive interstate migration last year as people fled our two largest states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Aussies feeling the pinch have been urged to go easy on the heating this winter, as a leading energy comparison organisation warns of rising energy bills to come ahead of the colder months.
A NSW school Covid cleaning program costing the state government more than $30m a term and labelled “questionable” by a disease expert has been scrapped after it was raised by The Daily Telegraph.
Brisbane residents can celebrate the lowest rate rise in the South East after Brisbane City Council announced a record $4.3bn budget focusing on cost-of-living relief and transport infrastructure.
Police stations are closing at night as officers are diverted to tackle youth crime, with more resources employed than those used to combat Melbourne’s infamous gangland war.
More than $130m will be in the SA budget for virtual health care in a bid to free up hospital beds, unclog emergency departments and ease ambulance ramping.
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A highly-emotional wedding bus driver Brett Button spent his night in police custody sobbing in a cell and repeatedly saying “I’m sorry, I’m sorry”.
After 1637 days in the head coaching wilderness, Shane Flanagan announced his return with a simple message to St George Illawarra: “Thank you’’.
Melbourne’s Federation Square will be transformed into a soccer celebration site when the FIFA Women’s World Cup in staged in Australia next month.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has spoken in parliament to reject allegations she misled the Senate over what she knew about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape before the story broke.
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The number of Australians with more than one job has surged more than 10 per cent in a year as the cost of living crisis prompts people to seek extra income.
A bus driver charged over a horror Hunter Valley crash that claimed the lives of 10 passengers on their way home from a wedding allegedly made a chilling boast to those on board just seconds before tragedy struck.
The state government will end up with a $200m budget black hole by applying the payroll tax to only high-fee schools, new modelling shows.
A leading academic club is embroiled in a lease dispute after its university landlord evicted members from its clubrooms in an “act of hostility”, supporters say.
Richmond premiership star Marlen Pickett was allegedly involved in commercial burglaries that netted more than $380,000 during a summer crime spree that targeted the safes of businesses across Perth and neighbouring towns.
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Rejecting Labor Minister Katy Gallagher’s account of her prior knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ plans to go public about her alleged rape as “flimsy,” the Coalition has demanded a “complete explanation” from Anthony Albanese.
Teachers at one of Sydney’s most exclusive private schools are urging their public sector counterparts to embrace artificial intelligence and get their heads out of the sand, or risk leaving students behind.
Barry Humphries has had the last laugh on his haters, leading the list of great Australians recognised on the King’s Birthday Honours List.
A crackdown on “cowboy” cabbies and rideshare drivers that resulted in one in five being fined in a six-month block only netted 35 for charging maximum fares or refusing service.
Adelaide’s 10-goal hero Taylor Walker is about to head into contract talks with the Crows off the back of a “fairytale” performance that suggests he has plenty left to give.
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Australians are reluctant to ask questions about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament for fear they will be branded as racist.
A man has sued the state government, claiming he turned to crime because the authorities ignored more than 50 reports of harm when he was a child.
State and federal green energy schemes will add $330m to Victorians’ home power bills in the coming year, government documents reveal.
Brisbane City Council will slash the entry rate to all public pools to a flat rate of $2 per person as part of a cost of living-focused budget due to be handed down on Wednesday.
Traditional a la carte dining for small groups is being thrown on the backburner in favour of fixed-price menus as restaurateurs grapple with escalating business costs and staff shortages.
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THE AFL has told clubs the tackle is not dead after sending out an email this week to highlight correct tackle technique.
Drivers have been urged to use their car lights even during daylight hours to better warn oncoming traffic, pedestrians and cyclists.
Regional Queenslanders are set to cop the highest power price hike in the country, as the Palaszczuk government promises “further, bigger relief” in next week’s budget.
More than one million Victorian households will be hit with power bill increases of up to $361 a year.
Steve Waugh reckons the Bazball blowtorch can be turned back in England’s face.
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Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has raised the possibility that Finance Minister Katy Gallagher misled parliament after revelations were aired suggesting Senator Gallagher was aware of Brittany Higgins’ allegations against Bruce Lehrmann four days before she claimed to have had no advance knowledge of them in the Senate.
Tobacconists in Sydney are peddling black market cigarettes with one in four tobacco products consumed in Australia coming from an illegal source, costing the Federal government $4.2 billion last year.
Queenslanders have been warned they could face even higher prices and more delays for new homes as the state government pushes forward with a proposal to regulate the development industry.
More than 5000 vehicles that service the Melbourne CBD every day could be hindered from making vital deliveries, collecting rubbish or attending work sites as a result of a council plan to limit vehicles in the Hoddle Grid.
MPs and staff working late at SA Parliament House have been told to leave in groups and avoid long waits for buses amid “the current prevalence of anti-social behaviour” on North Terrace.
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A tax increase to pay for Australia’s aged care system will be considered by Labor with an open mind in a move condemned as a “worrying sign” of a looming broken election promise.
A tiny airline co-owned by Queensland footy legend Johnathan Thurston could be the world’s first to achieve carbon neutrality thanks to the planned introduction of hydrogen electric-powered aircraft to its fleet.
Strikes are expected for Victoria’s train and tram network this year as the state’s public transport union seeks to cash in on the Big Build.
Controversial plans for a proposed cycleway on one of Sydney’s busiest roads will be reopened for debate following criticism from residents and business owners.
One hundred and twenty five South Australian aged care providers have been issued noncompliance orders in just ten months as the watchdog moves to protect the most vulnerable.
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The Fair Work Commission’s big increase to wages forced Philip Lowe to hike interest rates for a 12th time in 13 months, experts and employer groups say.
More than 55 cars are being stolen from hard-working Queenslanders every day as the worst spots for car theft can be revealed, with some suburbs recording more than two a day.
Families could fork out nearly $15 for a dozen eggs after a bill to ban caged hens in one year was introduced to the NSW parliament last week.
Melburnians have been warned to watch for potential flooding over the next couple of days.
About $100m will be included in next week’s state budget to upgrade and repair infrastructure at 66 schools and preschools across South Australia.
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Greedy property spruikers are profiteering from major flaws in a taxpayer-funded plan meant to rapidly increase the amount of NDIS “specialist disability accommodation”.
Just as Matt Shirvington represented Australia at the Olympics, the former athlete says he will bring the same commitment as the new host on top breakfast show, Sunrise.
A $100-per-child fee discount for the parents of children in the public school system will be extended in next week’s state budget.
Adam Reynolds wants to wipe out the emotional scars of losing his only State of Origin series seven years ago by leading NSW in a sudden-death match in Brisbane.
Kathleen Folbigg jumped out of a prison van and straight into the arms of her close friend and greatest ally Tracy Chapman, 20 years, two weeks and one day after being wrongfully imprisoned over the deaths of her four children.
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The federal government will today unveil details of its plan to prevent and punish migrant worker exploitation with tough new penalties. South Australian prisoners have been arriving at court from jail affected by home brewed alcohol. QLD Government gives LifeFlight Australia a huge funding boost. A shocking development in the mystery disappearance of 14-year-old Linden Malayta. Parramatta Eels star Dylan Brown’s immediate playing future is in limbo after he allegedly groped a woman several times at a popular Sydney pub.
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ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has revealed plans for an expanded NRL competition with Papua New Guinea at the “top of the list”. QLD nursing and midwifery students will receive a cost of living bonus to do placements in regional areas. Armed with tougher new powers, an elite NSW police unit has seized drugs and cash worth more than more than $180m. SA Supreme Court reveals the reasons four men were found guilty of manslaughter, instead of murder, for killing Victor Codea. LNP picks its candidate for next month’s Fadden by-election.
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Australia’s open-door policy to New Zealanders will add an extra $543m to the cost of the NDIS over the next four years alone. The mother of a baby girl abandoned in Sydney was known to the family who discovered the newborn. Company behind the iconic Hills hoist goes into administration. The RACQ motoring body is threatening to ditch insurance cover for more than a million motorists across Queensland.Australia Post will lift its prices for a slew of mostly business delivery services.
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Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith will appeal against a civil court judgment that found he murdered innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Police allege a Sydney father accused of stabbing his toddler son to death fatally attacked the child in a fit of rage. A shocking new study has found unstable housing can shave years off Australians’ lives. A second teacher in Adelaide's northeastern suburbs has been arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault. Queensland’s new legislation to tackle youth crime is doing little to deter young offenders.
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The RBA governor says Australians will have to get a housemate or stay at home with mum and dad as rents continue to soar. Ominous social media post made by an SA man accused of killing his partner. The QLD government will look to cut ties with professional services and consultancy giant PwC. Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation judgement to be handed down. Record high indexation of university debt takes effect.
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Australia’s pension age will rise to 67 on July 1 but experts warn further increases should be gradual, spanning decades. The AFL’s independent investigation into the Hawthorn racism saga has wound up. Sky-high power prices are set to be pushed ever higher, with one of QLD’s biggest power generators remaining offline for longer. One of NSW’s greatest fullbacks says rookie Queensland No.1 Reece Walsh is an “all or nothing” player the Blues must go after.
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Experts say illiterate students will suffer under a new NAPLAN grading system, reported against four levels of achievement instead of 10. NSW state politicians and public sector executives will cop a two-year wage freeze. A Gold Coast man has opened up about his incredible tale of survival, forced to pry open the jaws of a crocodile to save himself. State of Origin fever has hit South Australia.
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The country’s biggest public health campaign to combat vaping will be launched in Victoria today.
A “crackdown” on taxi drivers breaking the law has failed to stop rampant fixed fare price gouging with Thursday nights the hot spot for Sydneysiders to get scammed.
Just one of Labor’s 66 election promises worth $140 million to Queensland sporting and community groups have reached a funding agreement, while only five are even being assessed.
Popular not-for-profit the YMCA has been caught underpaying staff with hundreds of employees left more than $1m out of pocket.
A teenage ute driver’s potentially dangerous decisions before a fatal crash on a major country highway are central to a police inquiry as tributes are paid to the popular former private schoolgirl victim.
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Anthony Albanese has sounded the alarm of the state of the nation’s early childhood, disability, veterans and aged care systems, signalling fixing them will be a major focus of his prime ministership.
Ex-NRL coach Daniel Anderson has no recollection of the shocking bodysurfing accident that almost killed him and has left him a quadriplegic.
Queensland children aged four and under will be given state-funded swimming lessons just weeks after the government finalised its audit into swim education in schools.
Four teenage school friends have died in a horrific road accident on a lonely country Victorian road.
An Adelaide mother has told of the horrific abuse her 10-year-old daughter suffered at the hands of primary school students who beat her up and threatened to “rape” her if she did not provide them explicit photos of herself.
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Police allege the encounter between an officer with a taser and a great-grandmother with a knife all played out within one minute.
A LAB analysis of “lolly” flavoured vapes widely sold in Queensland has revealed the devices are filled with a toxic cocktail of chemicals including arsenic, formaldehyde and lead.
Lawyers for the First Nations families at the centre of the Hawthorn racism scandal have recommended a settlement to the AFL which could end the long and damaging saga.
Fearful frontline health workers are urgently calling for help almost 30 times a day on average, amid escalating levels of violent and threatening incidents in the South Australia’s hospitals.
New SA Health data reveals clinicians and hospital staff made almost 80,000 “Code Black” calls to combat dangerous and abusive patients, families or supporters in seven years.
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From her powerhouse vocals and rise to popularity as a black female solo artist, she also became a symbol of resilience after leaving her abusive ex-husband Ike and clawing her way back to the top to becoming one of the best-selling artists of all time.
A heritage building in Sydney’s CBD has gone up in flames and dramatically collapsed, firefighters have dodged falling debris and a car was set alight in one of the biggest building fires in recent memory.
Victorian households on basic energy deals will see their bills soar by an average of $352 - or 25 per cent - next financial year.
A world-leading medical expert believes 80 per cent of cancers will be able to be cured within 30 years but Australians may needlessly die because the federal government “has its head in the sand”.
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Great-grandmother Clare Nowland passed away in hospital last night, one week after she was tasered by a NSW Police officer in her Cooma nursing home.
The former NSW multiculturalism minister has been forced into an apology after making a comment about a Vietnamese-Australian MP, which has been labelled “offensive” and “racist”.
A Centrelink worker stabbed in a bloody ambush in Melbourne is planning to launch legal action against the welfare agency for failing to protect her.
All parents at an Adelaide Hills school were only notified yesterday that a student who allegedly had a gun and a “kill list” of classmates was arrested and charged last week.
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The Australian sex offender, who enjoyed a decades-long career in showbiz until his arrest on indecent assault charges in 2013, died after a battle with neck cancer.
New data shows School-childrens’ lives are being put at risk by thousands of dangerous drivers who speed and run red lights at traffic intersections in school zones.
Firefighters are furious after their commissioner didn’t attend a state memorial service honouring Izabella “Izzy” Nash, who died in a fire earlier this month – the first such tragedy in nearly 30 years.
AN emotional Damien Hardwick walked away from Richmond having told the club “the tank is empty” as he revealed he had known this season would be his last coaching the Tigers.
An Adelaide teenager has been arrested and charged over alleged threats to kill some of his classmates.
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Sydney’s housing crisis is driving a wave of “working homeless” – residents who can’t find or afford a home despite holding a job – with the situation so bad an encampment of tents and car-sleepers has emerged in the heart of Anthony Albanese’s inner-west electorate.
A man has been shot dead in Sydney’s western suburbs and two burnt out cars have been found nearby, in the latest suspected gangland hit to rock the city’s streets.
A man who was shot dead by police in front of his family in an inner Brisbane suburb was released from hospital the day before, following a mental health incident.
Triple premiership coach Damien Hardwick has sensationally quit Richmond with one-and-a-half years remaining on his contract.
The family of a South Australian who died while hiking Mt Everest have shared an eerie photo of the 40-year-old posing victoriously on what appears to be the remote location.
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The No campaign against an Aboriginal Voice to parliament has warned Australians a successful vote will inevitably lead to a treaty that will ultimately “divide Australians and destroy reconciliation”.
Abbie Chatfield thought she had a good gauge on a player over someone genuinely looking for love … until she began shooting new reality show, FBoy Island.
Signing up to a “buy now pay later” account will require responsible lending financial checks under changes the federal government is making to protect consumers.
Some of the nation’s leading experts in child behaviour have joined forces to implore Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace to ban mobile phone use in schools.
Premier Peter Malinauskas will challenge the nation to realise the lucrative jobs and skills opportunities from Adelaide nuclear-powered submarine construction, declaring many people do not yet recognise the program’s wider benefits.
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The father of a young girl who swallowed a button battery has told of his daughter’s rocky road to recovery and the emotional toll it has taken on the family.
Kindergarten would be made free under a cost-of-living shake-up being considered by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in a move that would save Queensland families thousands of dollars a year.
SEVERAL obstetricians at Cairns Hospital are considering leaving their positions especially if their workload spikes with the closure of the city’s private maternity unit, the country’s peak organisation for specialist obstetricians has warned.
Victorian small businesses may be short-changed twice on a bill relief scheme designed to ease the pressure of soaring power prices.
A new state government tax aimed at wealthy property developers is preventing local councils from freeing up surplus land for affordable housing.
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For mum-of-two Adriana Carmona, finding a lump in her breast was not unusual.
Next month’s state budget will not be in surplus for the 2022-23 financial year – despite the forecasts of last year’s state budget and mid-year review.
Household energy prices will rise even higher and widespread business viability will be threatened if the state government adopts aggressive new carbon-cut policies recommended in a report it commissioned, industry experts warn.
Opposition Leader John Pesutto is bracing for a hostile reception at a Liberal Party conference today.
Obstetricians have warned the Queensland government the maternity crisis that saw the collapse of services in Gladstone is about to be mirrored in an even bigger regional city and will pose a nightmare for the newly appointed Health Minister.
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The co-author of the Albanese government’s plan to transform the Australian Defence Force and combat China has sounded the alarm about the lack of lethality in the navy’s surface fleet, foreshadowing a major shift to smaller and more heavily armed vessels.
Hundreds of patients have been awarded a total of $140m in compensation because of state government medical bungles in the past 13 years, parliament has been told.
A teenager has died where he fell after a horrific knife attack at a western suburbs railway station.
The immediate future of Queensland’s only children’s hospice has been secured with a $900,000 eleventh hour payment, after The Courier-Mail revealed funding for the vital service had not been extended in the federal budget.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb has said she “shares the community’s concerns” about why officers used their tasers on a 95-year-old dementia patient with a knife at a southern NSW nursing home.
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Joe Biden’s last-minute decision to cancel his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea is a major blow to America’s standing in the region, experts have warned, and has forced the cancellation of the Quad summit in Sydney.
THE truck driver charged over Monday’s horror school bus crash has said he saw a light “flicker” between the trees moments before the crash that caused “life-changing” injuries for multiple primary students.
An army of 400 helpers are on their way to save NSW’s most overworked public school teachers from their crippling paperwork duties in one of the most significant financial investments to reduce workloads in recent memory.
Fixing the spiralling housing and homelessness crisis engulfing Queensland has been handed to the youngest MP in cabinet, in a major frontbench shake-up that has thrown the Labor government into turmoil.
Fears of property damage at a new climate change protest on Thursday has put authorities on high alert in the wake of a chaotic – and universally condemned – city stunt.
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Former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has warned a period of elevated interest rates is likely to persist as central banks around the world continue to tackle a “once-in-a generation” inflation crisis.
South Australian year 4 students are trailing their peers when it comes to literacy, according to a newly released global study.
Ten children on a bus packed with 45 students have suffered serious injuries in a horrific smash in Melbourne’s west.
Junior trainee doctors at Westmead Hospital’s intensive care unit have spoken out about concerns of bullying, harassment, “unsafe” rosters and they say the unit is in danger of again losing its training accreditation status.
Look out, Australia – Donald Trump Jr is coming to town.
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Calls for new house construction targets tied to population growth, speed up approval times and support more “build-to-rent” homes. Missing woman found in South Australia. Key recommendations from a landmark inquiry into how Queensland Police respond to domestic and family violence have not been enacted. Concerns raised over a national scheme to facilitate the formal transfer of community-based orders between states. Sydney fended its off its rainy reputation to keep its hold on the New Year’s cricket Test.
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Unsuspecting mum-and-dad investors are among those conned by a global “boiler room” scam – which netted more than $1bn. A man’s believed to have been killed in a shark attack near Elliston on the west coast of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Peter Dutton wants tech giants to step up and tackle QLD’s youth crime crisis. Minimal enforcement of current vape laws is giving Victorian retailers confidence to continue the lucrative trade. Fourteen per cent of young Australians now identify as gay.
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With more than 970,000 migrants expected in the next three years, figures reveal only around half that number of new homes will be built. The family of convicted NCA bomber Domenic Perre is considering issuing a petition for mercy following his death. More funding offered to turn a dormant quarantine facility into an emergency shelter for Brisbane’s homeless. New guidelines recommend bowel cancer screening should start at the age of 45.Gillon McLachlan has urged all parties in the stalled Hawthorn racism investigation to sit down for mediation as soon as possible.
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Peter Dutton has made his second budget-in-reply speech overnight, with measures for female health, mental health and welfare. Calls to stop QLD poaching police officers from Victoria. Concerns over potential levies for developers building new housing in Sydney. SA country footballer farewelled following his death after his club’s season-opening match. Severe punishment considered for officials involved in a brawl at a Brisbane junior rugby league match.
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The Coalition and economists have warned that Labor’s cost-of-living relief increases the “risk” of higher interest rates for longer. The landmark Path to Treaty legislation passes in a special regional sitting of QLD parliament. Confusion over the future of Melbourne’s Airport Rail Link after Minister’s backflip. The SA Government launches an anti-vaping campaign for high schoolers. A Wiggle reveals his dream to bring back an iconic NRL side.
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Centrepiece of the federal government’s cost-of-living relief package is a $3.5bn investment to triple the bulk-billing incentive for GPs. A South Australian trade office will be opened in Germany to spearhead the state’s green hydrogen push. Violent and abusive behaviour at community sporting matches could see parents and spectators across NSW banned for life. Queensland’s Family and Child Commission is hamstrung by outdated legislation, preventing access to confidential files unless the child in question has died. AFL greats have declared it impossible to stop fans booing opposition players.
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Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years with a $4bn surplus expected this financial year. An escort’s been charged over the death of a young tradie found in the stairwell of a Sydney apartment block. Members of the exclusive SA club that hosted LIV Golf don’t want the event back next year. The QLD Police Commissioner is warning that the rise of vigilantism across the state will lead to a death in the community. Victoria Police are hunting three men involved in a deadly confrontation in Taylors Hill.
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Standing in the same church where, just 229 days earlier, the King bid his “darling Mama” an emotional farewell, the 74-year-old was officially crowned monarch to the cheers of “God Save the King”, from the congregation.
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has accused Northern Territory Police of ignoring crucial evidence that shows a series of safety rules were broken in the lead up to a deadly flight.
The 2022 edition of the Working for Queensland survey is yet to be released, with the Public Sector Commission pointing to the need for “significant changes” in how the data will be “presented and publicly released” after a redesign.
Aboriginal Victorians would have a say over how taxpayer money is used under plans to expand the mandate of the state’s First Peoples’ Assembly.
It's the iconic sweet treat South Australians have been indulging in for more than a century.
But now a Melbourne-based lawyer wants to put an end to the jam and cream-filled Kitchener bun, at the least the name it has been known by since about 1915.
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Paying interest on Australia’s debt will cost $700 every second for the next five years as the federal government moves to target mega gas profits, high super balances, smokers and multinationals with tax hikes to raise budget revenue.
A man who turned up to television star Sophie Monk’s house holding a single rose claims he was duped by an online scammer into believing he was in a relationship with the Love Island host.
The Andrews government is set to hike the average WorkCover premium to 1.8 per cent and exclude stress and overwork from insurance claims in a major shake-up of the scheme.
A woman has told of the horrors of driving from Rockhampton Hospital to her home in Gladstone with her dead baby on her lap in a box she bought from Spotlight.
Glenelg footballer Brady Searle has failed in his bid to have a hefty six-match SANFL suspension reduced in an incident that has left his Norwood opponent with a fractured neck.
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The 15th season of MasterChef Australia will go to air with the blessing of late judge Jock Zonfrillo’s family.
As many as 95 major infrastructure projects across NSW including highway upgrades and road safety programs could face the chop after federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King announced a snap audit Monday as the government looks to rein in spending.
The teenager allegedly behind the wheel of a stolen car that killed three people in Queensland was known to police as a serial motor vehicle thief.
Victorian country footy leagues have been told to tell coaches and officials to stay seated
A man who stabbed two police officers who were responding to a “high risk incident” has been identified as Sean Scott Francis Ferris.
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Australian star boxer Harry Garside has been charged with domestic violence following a dramatic airport arrest.
An archaic cap restricting Allianz Stadium and the SCG precinct to just four concerts per year is set to be lifted in a win for residents of Greater Sydney.
Russell and Ann Field say the QLD government has “blood on its hands” and warn more innocent people will die if it doesn’t urgently intervene in the state’s youth crime crisis.
Mentone residents are using VCAT to further resist a move by a prestigious Victorian girls’ school to open its sporting facilities to external users.
It’s been revealed that more than half the members of the SA parliament – which will consider a number of rental reforms – own more than one property.
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Entertaining MasterChef judge and award-winning chef Jock Zonfrillo’s devastated wife and their two young children are understood to be making their way home from Rome where they were on a family holiday before his sudden death at 46.
Health workers will today walk off the job in a bid to get the NSW government to deliver on its pre-election promise to scrap the public sector wage cap.
Three women are dead and another is fighting for her life after a stolen car, allegedly driven by a teenager, caused a horrific chain reaction that has left a Queensland community in mourning.
Assistant treasurer Danny Pearson is facing a fourth conflict of interest claim, this time over the state government’s $10bn Victorian Future Fund.
The countdown is on for the first British coronation in 70 years – and with just four days to go, Adelaide is poised to put on a royal show in King Charles III’s honour.
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Australia’s favourite showman Barry Humphries waged a long secret battle with inoperable cancer before his death in Sydney last week.
Parents will be able to get their kids vaccinated at pharmacies for as little as $19 from next year as part of a $2.2bn budget spend aimed at improving access to primary care.
JAMES Packer’s growing friendship with Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, associate of Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson, has sparked rumours of a potential love match.
Sydney property hunters could pay up to $5m less for buying a few kilometres away from their dream location.
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A crackdown on “blood suckers” ripping off the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be bolstered with a $48.3m investment in new fraud detection staff as Labor also explores technology options to stamp out rampant rorting that costs taxpayers billions of dollars.
A police investigation is under way into the alleged rape of a mental health patient by a security guard at a North Queensland hospital.
There are only nine rooms available in share houses across Brisbane that were affordable for renters living on income support, it has been revealed in a new report.
Brisbane has suffered through the steepest cost-of-living increase in the nation this year, with the capital hit with rises across the board.
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A promise by Queensland Health to provide patients with a “TripAdvisor” style comparison website has failed to deliver, with the site filled with out of date or no information at all.
A Townsville man in a significant mental health crisis was released from hospital just hours before he ran at police with knives and they shot him dead, sparking calls for an investigation into the health department’s actions.
Scammers sending fake text messages pretending to be from major brands and government agencies will be targeted by a $10 million initiative in next month’s federal budget.
One of Queensland’s biggest and oldest Anzac Day services has been forced to move from its home of more than 100 years and a special new cenotaph has been built as crowd numbers across the state surge in the wake of Covid.
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An abandoned resort on one of Queensland’s most idyllic islands will be returned to the state after more than a decade of failed promises.
Michael Falvey defended the home with a baseball bat alongside his father, Peter, who was naked and armed with two broken bottles, and their two german shepherds after he spied the trio climbing over the front fence about 1.15am.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s standing as preferred premier has sunk to its lowest level since she took up the top job, as explosive new polling reveals the LNP is in the box seat to take out next year’s election.
Creditors of fallen Queensland construction company LDC have been told they are unlikely to receive a cent as administrators pour over the outfit’s extraordinary collapse.
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Parents are claiming children with learning and behavioural difficulties feel they have been discriminated against at All Hallows’ School, driving a “exodus of students” from the prestigious Catholic school.
A new poll has found a quarter of Queenslanders are on the brink of their financial breaking point or have already fallen off the edge.
A 20-year-old university student and homeless charity volunteer will spend three months in prison after causing serious injuries to a man while riding a rented e-bike and callously fleeing the scene.
Interest rate decisions will be better explained to Australian households, happen less often and be informed by a wider range of experts under changes to strengthen and rebuild public trust in the Reserve Bank.
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Hundreds of new direct flights to the US will take off from Brisbane after a landmark deal with United Airlines.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned a surge in immigrants coming to the country could make the challenge of reducing inflation more difficult.
Queensland teachers are being forced to deceive parents when a student asks the school to help them change their gender, pronouns or name.
Racing’s first lady Gai Waterhouse is looking to give the late Alan Acton an emotional tribute by winning a rich slot race in Rockhampton next weekend in his honour.
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Queensland tenants will be given more power to modify properties and install safety features in their homes under new rental reforms proposed by the Palaszczuk government.
A judge has criticised the treatment of a teenage boy, who a court heard was kept in solitary confinement for almost 24 hours a day in detention.
People seeking cosmetic surgery such as facelifts, nose jobs, breast work and even Botox injections may face being referred to shrinks under tough new rules likely to further clog the health system.
NRL stars Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker have warned that young athletes could be driven to suicide if social media companies don’t stamp out abusive comments.
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A national Voice will amplify and strengthen local and regional Indigenous groups by ensuring they are heard in the corridors of power, and it will belong to Australian people – not politicians – says Linda Burney in a referendum rallying cry declaring “we’re going to win this thing”.
A landmark study by Queensland health authorities has revealed the effect of long-Covid-19 is no more severe than influenza in a highly vaccinated population.
Dozens of new TVs and iPads that were donated to the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s spinal ward have sat in storage for nearly 12 months forcing patients to pay up to $10 a day to watch television.
And a last-minute addition to Queensland’s list of 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues will include nine multi-use courts and 7000 stadium seats as the first details of the project including where it will be are released.
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The state government has been exposed scrambling to draft policy on the run less than 15 minutes before Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk launched her flagship 10-point youth justice plan.
The head of Princess Alexandra Hospital says he is deeply distressed following claims from whistleblowers about treatment at the hospital’s spinal injury unit
The boss of Australia’s largest privately owned building company says his firm won’t make any money this year
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National Disability Insurance Scheme providers have been caught rorting the system with price gouging and mark-ups in a range of industries to target participants with a disability.
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Queensland is poised to make a bold bid for the AFL’s answer to rugby league’s Magic Round.
On the outside, Jarryd Hayne’s name is synonymous with NRL, but on the inside he will once again be known only by his prison number.
The state’s peak sport authority has blown the whistle on a shortage of facilities for grassroots clubs and players
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Paralysed patients have been left to lie in their own faeces, sit naked in front of other patients and been subjected to aggressive bowel treatments at the state’s only spinal injury unit, whistleblowers claim.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says a “nationally consistent” approach is needed for her to ban mobile phones in schools – despite Queensland already being the only state not to do so.
Gold Coast City Council had received several complaints about dogs at a property where a young girl was savagely mauled on Wednesday.
Students who are “actively” gay or having unmarried straight sex should not be school captains, a church which runs some of Queensland’s most prestigious colleges has told a discrimination review.
And controversial “wolf trader” Tyson Robert Scholz has been banned from carrying on financial services business in Australia and blocked from running paid online trading advice groups.
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A toddler has been left with severe head and neck injuries after she was mauled by a dog on the northern Gold Coast.
Queensland Health has offered to pay its own doctors and medical staff thousands of extra dollars a day to work short stints at under-pressure regional maternity units in a bid to plug a dire shortage.
The state government’s excuse not to ban mobile phones in schools has fallen apart after the chair of a taskforce whose report is being relied on to slap down the move said a ban was now urgently needed.
And an eight-year-old boy who was told he could ride his scooter to the end of the beach took the prompt from his dad literally, heading off on a 13km odyssey and sparking a frantic search.
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An embattled state Labor backbencher currently under investigation for allegedly using taxpayer cash to buy artworks amid other accusations of bullying and harassment is set to keep his seat in caucus, and the $25,000 a year spot in a parliamentary committee.
Two rubbish tips will be searched for the body of missing retired schoolteacher Lesley Trotter following police revelations she was tipped from a wheelie bin into a garbage truck.
The two dogs that viciously mauled a six-year-old Logan girl have been put down, as the uncle of the schoolgirl revealed how the family saved her life.
And the Palaszczuk government has backed away from introducing a test, quiz, or course on the road rules when motorists renew their drivers licence - but are still planning a “refresher”.
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A young girl is in a serious condition after she was attacked by a dog south of Brisbane on Monday.
The Queensland government has begun drafting new liquor laws to clamp down on online alcohol sales after research warned of the harmful effects of rapid booze delivery and access to underage drinkers.
Short-stay accommodation properties would soon outnumber rental availability unless the government intervenes, housing industry leaders say.
And motorists directed into a random breath testing station found themselves face-to-face with Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll on Easter Monday morning, as the state’s top cop strapped on her boots for an operational shift.
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A man made an incredible escape from the jaws of a crocodile by poking the 4.5 metre beast in the eyes after he was attacked while spearfishing in Queensland’s far north.
The LNP wants the first woman elected to state parliament to be recognised with a monument, as it calls on the government to follow through on its push to create more statues honouring women.
Thousands of Queenslanders busted breaching Covid restrictions up to three years ago still owe millions in fines, with the state’s debt collector vowing “tough consequences” to make them pay up.
Queensland film studios are booked out on the back of Baz Luhrmann dubbing the South East “Goldywood” – and the federal government is considering increasing its incentives to keep them coming.
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A retired schoolteacher who’d recently sold her unit to move into a retirement village could have been murdered over her recycling habits, police have revealed.
A pilot has survived a high-speed crash landing, dodging trees and houses to land in a rail corridor, after a mechanical issue with her aircraft.
Signs warning residents and tourists away from native title land near a popular beach are being considered as a way to resolve a fiery dispute that has divided a sleepy central Queensland town.
Liquidators are locked in talks with 20 replacement builders to help finish some of the 1700 jobs left in the lurch by the collapse of Porter Davis Homes.
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Mortgage holders will soon be forking out record-high repayments as the Reserve Bank of Australia warns a pause on interest rates doesn’t mean further hikes are off the table.
The federal Liberal Party will actively campaign against enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament, in a major decision that sets up the referendum as a personal political contest between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
A rugby league referee was kicked in the neck after blowing a penalty with less than a minute to play in a park footy game on the weekend.
Queensland is holding up the Inland Rail, which has doubled in cost to $31bn in the past two years alone and will not be finalised this decade despite previous promises, a damning new report has found.
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Popular social media app TikTok will be banned from Queensland government devices, with the state confirming it will mirror a decision from the federal government.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s record run of interest rate rises is finally over, although it has warned monetary policy “may” be tightened again.
Queensland cattle royalty Alan Acton was killed on Tuesday after the helicopter he was piloting hit power lines on his family’s Central Queensland property.
Disgraced NRL player Jarryd Hayne walked hand-in-hand with his wife, fighting back tears as he left court for what could be the last time.
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An international drug smuggling sting has uncovered the largest shipment of heroin ever discovered in Queensland.
An investigation has found Some Paralympic athletes are deliberately overstating their disabilities at home and abroad in an effort to win medals.
A major union representing health workers has revealed the payroll bungle at Queensland Health involves about 7000 pay records and has flagged a difficulty in workers receiving their repayments due to “poor records kept” at hospital health services.
A legal secretary who ran over her husband and his lover after catching them kissing on the side of the road in Wavell Heights has narrowly avoided serving time in prison.
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Queensland’s top doctor has warned the skyrocketing popularity of vaping among children is a “public health disaster in the making” …. with the potential of creating an “entire generation of children addicted to nicotine”.
China’s ambassador to Australia says his country would be interested in investing in landmark events such as the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
The state government will today announce physical education teachers working in Queensland’s most rural state schools will be trained to provide life-saving swimming instruction.
Eels fullback Clint Gutherson is inspiring Broncos sensation Reece Walsh to make his Origin debut as doubt surrounds Kalyn Ponga’s grasp on Queensland’s No.1 jersey.
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Queensland's top doctor has raised alarm at the soaring cost of private health insurance, admitting he doesn’t know how people on low incomes can afford it.
Queensland's fleet of traffic cameras is set to be swapped for new souped-up technology to nab drivers behaving badly for offences that are currently hard to catch or don’t yet exist.
The family of a man shot by police while threatening the life of a young woman has been shown footage and heard audio from the four-hour siege, after police sought permission from the coroner.
Queensland schools have no set targets to revive flat-lining male primary teacher numbers, despite them barely increasing across public, Catholic and independent sectors in 17 years.
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A woman caught using her mobile phone while driving has been charged with trying to claim the person behind the wheel at the time was Seaworld helicopter pilot Ash Jenkinson, allegedly nominating him after he had died.
Queensland MPs have been told to use taxpayer funds to buy a burner phone so they can safely use social media apps such as TikTok.
Australian health authorities are sticking by Covid-19 vaccine advice despite the World Health Organisation no longer recommending booster jabs for medium-risk adults.
Queensland motorists with a standard four cylinder vehicle will pay an extra $19 on their registration bill next financial year, while the value of fines and penalties will soar by 7.7 per cent.
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More than 10,000 Queenslanders waited more than 24 hours for a bed in emergency departments in the first seven months of this financial year.
Almost1900 brand new cars waiting at the Port of Brisbane are unable to be delivered to their owners because they’re contaminated with stink bugs, snails and seeds.
The house where a teenager was allegedly tortured has been burned to the ground and the family who lived there is in hiding as a vigilante campaign rages against the accused attackers.
New data has revealed hundreds of affordable homes on the verge of falling off a federal-funded scheme are concentrated in inner-city Brisbane suburbs, including Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills and Nundah.
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Leading law firms are weighing up a class-action lawsuit against finance giant Latitude after the details of 14 million customers were hacked.
Australian parents who were still owed child support when their kid turned 18 will claw back a share of $164m under a raft of changes to close loopholes in the system.
Thousands of rental homes are expected to be unlocked across Queensland in just a few years amid moves by the state government to slash the tax bill of developers.
A shortage of skilled labour could threaten Queensland’s Olympic and Paralympic infrastructure plans, with industry experts warning the sector would be under enormous pressure.
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THE Australian Olympic Committee has been forced to clarify that it supports the $2.7bn Gabba redevelopment, after its chief executive Matt Carroll suggested all the stadium needed was “a coat of paint”.
RENT increases in Queensland will soon be limited to just once a year under reforms announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Tuesday.
FLAWED laws around parental responsibility that have exposed families to domestic violence, protracted legal battles and court delays will soon be overhauled to “put Australian children first”.
MORE than 14 million customer records have been stolen in a massive cyber hack of one of Australia’s biggest credit card and loan providers.
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Brisbane’s Lord Mayor has been left as the highest-ranking Liberal leader in mainland Australia after Labor’s NSW election win. A destructive and aggressive ant species known to kill people and livestock has spread to tourism hotspot Minjerribah. The federal government will introduce the Voice referendum bill into parliament later this week. Police say they shot and killed a man after he came at them with a knife, but his family have demanded to see body camera footage of the moments leading up to his death near Cairns.
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Gladstone Hospital maternity bypass sees women flock to hospitals as far away as Brisbane and Logan to have their babies. A raunchy police trivia night at a station in country QLD is under internal investigation. Federal government plans to extend the deadline of its HomeBuilder scheme. Police are preparing to roll out metal detectors in party precincts and train stations to combat knife crime.
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Queensland doctors are taking their own lives under the pressure of being investigated by the medical industry’s complaints system. Pinkenba quarantine facility no longer being considered to house homeless. Constitutional expert exits federal government role after the Voice question announced. The number of people in Australia claiming to be refugees each month has almost tripled in the past year.
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An Indigenous Voice will have the power to advise parliament, cabinet ministers and the public service if backed by Australians. QLD households moving from fixed to variable interest rates will need to fork out an average $1014 each month. Brisbane women face court over alleged cyber crime network. Queensland public servants sacked from their jobs have surged by almost 1000 per cent in a single year.
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A so-called “black flight” carrying a massive haul of meth from Papua New Guinea has been intercepted by the AFP. The teacher education system is facing a shake-up, with calls for more students with an ATAR over 80. Landlords might be limited to a single price increase each year. Queensland is set to build more than a hundred hi-tech warfighting machines for the German Army.
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A man convicted of murdering his wife will use the failings of Queensland’s embattled DNA lab to form part of his case for an appeal. A world-first multimillion-dollar para-athletic training centre will be built in Brisbane. The Nationals call for the government to regulate vapes like traditional cigarettes. Two social housing developments are sitting idle as a price hike cap is considered for private rentals.
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Economists warn Queensland’s housing crisis could be made worse under the state government’s proposal to put a cap on rental prices. Flu season could be worse than last winter, with a delayed Covid wave set to add to the pain. A decorated Australian SAS veteran appears in court charged with murdering an Afghan villager on the field of war. No conviction recorded for Mum hauled off Jetstar flight in viral footage.
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The University of Queensland’s ‘Clamp2’ Covid vaccine will soon be put to the test in human trials
Police senior constable who allegedly took $36 of chocolate, ice-cream and soft drink from his police station’s social club without paying has been charged with stealing
As many Queenslanders as live in Townsville and Cairns combined are now in the homeless danger zone - with soaring rental prices leaving at least 150,000 households in critical housing stress
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The high number of mandatory hours for young Australian learner drivers is limiting access to work and education
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Queensland primary schools have recruited the equivalent of less than 30 more male teachers than there were 17 years ago, with risks that interactions with young students may be deemed inappropriate among the reasons that men are shunning the profession.
Drug dealers are openly trading illicit substances in social media groups that are remaining active for months despite being in breach of the platform’s terms and conditions.
The state’s debt collector has hauled in millions of dollars from fine and toll dodgers following a blitz on inner-Brisbane that resulted in the seizure of high-end vehicles such as Teslas, Mercedes and BMWs.
And in sport, Australia’s champion female swimmers have had a million dollar bounty placed on their heads for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Land valuations have sky-rocketed across the state in a move that could push up council rates, with land prices in some local government areas surging by more than 150 per cent.
Queensland’s local councils have urged the state government to commit to sharing the economic benefits of the 2032 Games across the state, with concerns that some regions will be “left behind”.
Clear “red flags” for the safety of two Queensland sisters who died in a hot car after being left there by their drug addict mother were “overlooked” or ignored by the child safety department, a damning review has found.
And a woman who breached a domestic violence order and obsessively harassed the police officer who investigated her has been granted a weapons licence despite the officer warning it could be a risk to public safety.
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A small strip of land in sleepy Burrum Heads has ignited debate over native title and residents’ access to a public beach, sparking warnings from an MP it could lead to “more challenges across the country”.
Queensland’s new youth justice laws – aimed at boosting community safety in the wake of the teen crime crisis – have passed after days of heated debate.
Queensland Health has no idea how much it has overpaid hospital workers across the state in another “jaw-dropping” payroll bungle that may stretch back eight years.
And an unexpected $2.8bn had to be withdrawn from government coffers last financial year the Auditor General has revealed, with the money heading to flood recovery, Covid-19 and a staggering increase in children needing state care.
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The Queensland government is facing mounting pressure to intervene against the relentless rise of rental prices, as stakeholders demand annual rent hikes to be capped at 10 per cent, with increases to only occur once a year to align with other states and territories.
Queenslander’s power bills are set to spike by $321 a year in the southeast while those in the regions are slugged $432, with warning of more pain to come.
The distraught family of a pregnant woman choked to death by her partner say the killer’s charge should never have been downgraded from murder to manslaughter “because two lives were taken in that action”.
And the Palaszczuk government is under pressure to release costings associated with the Gabba redevelopment after the Auditor-General told a parliamentary committee the original $1bn figure came from a “press release”.
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Queensland’s top prosecutor says the community has reached a point where it expects the courts to take a different approach to sentencing hard-core juvenile offenders.
The State Coroner has found police missed opportunities to find and arrest wanted gunman Ricky Maddison and that Senior Constable Brett Forte’s murder could have been prevented had police properly investigated and shared information.
A blowout in Queensland gun licensing process times could lead to an explosion in a black-market trade of weapons, experts have warned, with licensed dealers threatening to walk away from the industry.
And the state government is ready to launch a fresh bid for the NRL grand final as doubt surrounds its future in Sydney heading into next week’s NSW election.
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The opposition has accused the government of pulling the wool over the eyes of Queenslanders – with new maximum penalties for children to be half of what had initially been suggested by the Premier.
The majority of Queensland properties sold for below expectations last month, with a new report revealing vendors were forced to meet the market on 60 per cent of sales amid rising interest rates and plummeting borrowing capacities.
Off-the-shelf technology, including hypersonic missiles, autonomous undersea vehicles and cyber warfare systems, will be fast-tracked to sharpen Australia’s defences before our nuclear submarines hit the water.
And a fertility miracle and Queensland medical breakthrough has unfolded in a Brisbane hospital with the first ever baby born in the state via a partial ovarian transplant.
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Queensland power bills are predicted to rise by another $372 a year, based on Treasury modelling ahead of the energy regulator’s decision this week.
The illegal sale of cigarettes will be targeted by the state government under new laws that will create a licencing scheme aimed at ensuring only “fit and proper” people are supplying tobacco.
A Brisbane student is on the cusp of winning an Oscar for a short film he made in his Queensland family home during Covid lockdowns.
Nearly 200kgs of cocaine sent by mail to an address in Queensland has been intercepted after a joint Australian Federal Police and Australia Post sting.
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CAIRNS has emerged as a prime location for a fifth Queensland NRL franchise under rugby league’s bold 20-team expansion plan.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk will call an inquiry into vaping to find ways to curb the uptake of the habit – particularly among young Queenslanders – amid fears it is a prelude to smoking.
QUEENSLANDERS are being “priced out of” seeing a GP as the number of bulk billing clinics plummets and out-of-pocket costs soar, with Brisbane the worst capital city in the country for unaffordable health care.
STRESSED teachers are reporting high anxiety levels among students ahead of next week’s NAPLAN testing, with six weeks less classroom time to prepare this year.
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Fresh food supply chains are bracing for impact as a result of truckloads of fruit, vegetables, and other consumables going to waste in the fallout from the Scott’s logistics liquidation.
The father of a 15-year-old boy facing a life ban from the NRL for allegedly racially abusing star footballer Latrell Mitchell told police his son “shouldn’t have said what he said”.
Bidding wars are breaking out and tenants are offering a year’s rent in advance as desperate Queensland homehunters resort to whatever it takes to get a roof over their heads.
The makers of a new “super-strength” beer will not sell it in the Northern Territory due to severe alcohol-fuelled violence in some regions.
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A woman has been killed, allegedly by her own relative, in a “violent” murder north of Brisbane on Thursday.
More than a dozen children were hospitalised and others assessed by paramedics after becoming sick from eating lollies allegedly given to them by a school bus driver.
The Palaszczuk government has walked away from creating a powerful agency that would have had a major say over the 2032 Games – with the Premier’s department to take charge instead.
People with peanut allergies could soon have their bodies retrained to tolerate the food using a breakthrough Australian immunotherapy treatment.
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It's been revealed th man who decides what the interest rate will be for Australian homeowners paid off his own luxury home with the aid of a heavily discounted, taxpayer-subsidised mortgage.
Hundreds of Queensland motorists have been busted on the state government’s new hi-tech cameras using their mobile phone behind the wheel while not wearing a seatbelt at the same time.
Relatives of a pregnant woman killed by her partner have told a Brisbane court of their heartbreak since learning of her untimely death and that of her unborn son.
The 15 men and women killed in the Whiskey Au Go Go fire have been remembered at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
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The energy backbone of Queensland’s north will be built by the state government for $5bn in a landmark project set to unlock the “next mining boom” and connect a major renewable power zone to the national grid.
It's been revealed one in every 10 Australians retiring in 30 years’ time will be impacted by Labor’s doubling of tax on superannuation accounts with balances of more than $3m
Volunteer firefighters working to put out blazes in Wieambilla and the Western Downs area have expressed concern for their safety while moving through remote properties following the fatal ambush of two police officers and a neighbour in December.
Queenslanders are forking out about another $1150 a month just to put food on the table, pay the bills and put a roof over their heads, adding another $60 if they have children in private school, compared with a year ago.
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Shops should be able to ban aggressive people who should be fined or charged if they return, the association representing shops and employees says.
A 17-year-old who died when the motorcycle he was on was hit by a HiLux south of Brisbane on Saturday has been remembered as a “the most loyal and genuine person”.
The cost of building Australia’s new embassy in Washington DC has blown out by a massive $100m
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Mark it down as the sporting earthquake which not simply shook up the NRL but changed the fabric of Queensland sport
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Innocent videos and images of young children are being fed to perverts on TikTok and Instagram – as “oblivious” parents allow it to happen.
Former Premier Campbell Newman has told how he fears more for his personal safety at home now than he did when he led the state and went to war with the bikies.
Police are investigating an alleged attack on an Indigenous mine worker by an Aboriginal activist and rapper, just weeks after he made social media threats against the company’s First Nations staff.
And.. Brisbane is unveiling a new secret weapon in the battle for tourism supremacy – awesome autumn weather.
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Good Samaritan Alan Dare, who will on Saturday be awarded a posthumous Bravery Medal by the Queensland Police Service, was shot dead by Stacey, Gareth and Nathaniel Train as he came to investigate a fire at their property.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has told hundreds of guests at a United Nations International Women’s Day event to “maintain their rage” ahead of the upcoming two-year anniversary of the March 4 Justice protests.
Officials who try to delete public records will soon be committing an offence under new legislation set to be brought in by the state government that the LNP has already branded the “Mangocube Law”.
And Queensland’s richest private schools raked in a combined $2 billion in a single year, with the top school reaping the equivalent of more than $37,000 per student.
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SOCIAL media app TikTok has introduced new screen time restrictions for under-18 users, restricting them to an hour of use each day until they change their settings, amid growing concerns of social media addiction.
THE housing affordability crisis would only worsen and the goal of one million new homes in five years made almost impossible if negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts were scrapped, the housing industry has warned.
NEW height limits could be introduced around six Brisbane shopping centres as the council launches a review to unlock more housing supply around the major precincts.
And.. THE Broncos’ popularity has hit record numbers as Brisbane’s quest for a drought-breaking premiership begins in Friday night’s NRL season opener against the Panthers.
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Members of a Brisbane church spoke about using controversial religious instruction as a platform to “harvest” state school children and “disciple them afterwards”
More than 100,000 Queenslanders are waiting longer than recommended to see a specialist doctor
Investigators had allegedly linked Innisfail nurse Rajwinder Singh to the murder of Toyah Cordingley through DNA
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The Broncos are weighing up a dramatic eleventh-hour bid for Gold Coast star David Fifita
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The Palaszczuk government is investigating laws to clampdown on online alcohol sales as new research warns of the harmful effects of rapid booze delivery.
The Albanese Government has refused to rule out targeting capital gains tax and negative gearing tax breaks as it seeks to pay down the nation’s $1 trillion debt.
A major union with ties as high up as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned its workers would deploy “extreme resistance” should the government’s youth justice measures make jails less safe for workers.
And.. Wayne Bennett has put Anthony Milford on notice after axing his senior playmaker and handing Dolphins whizkid Isaiya Katoa the biggest test of his career for Sunday’s historic clash against the Roosters.
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The central elements of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk youth justice laws will not have “any significant effect” on crime rates, according to the state’s lawyers have warned.
Queensland LNP Senator Matt Canavan warned hydrogen was being used as “smoke screen for shutting down coal”, putting jobs and livelihoods at risk.
It has been touted as a replacement to coal in the future but just one of 48 proposed hydrogen projects in recent years has been committed to by proponents so far.
The number of people hospitalised for Covid in Queensland is on the rise, just as a new investigation by a key US government agency has revealed the pandemic was most likely caused by a leak from a laboratory in China.
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Sick Queenslanders are languishing on ballooning elective surgery lists where the number of patients waiting longer than clinically recommended has doubled in a year, with a shocking three in five heart patients not seen on time.
Police have demanded parents have tough conversations with their children about carrying knives, as new figures reveal a 21 per cent increase in young people being caught with them.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk billed taxpayers more than $64,000 for a $700-a-minute invite-only Christmas party to which she invited Hollywood director Baz Luhrmann.
And in sport, Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has pulled off another stunning poaching raid by snaring Broncos enforcer Tom Flegler on a $3m deal as expansion tensions exploded in the battle for Brisbane’s elite talent.
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Two boys aged just 15 and 16 have been accused of randomly stabbing another young man to death as police and victims of crime raise alarm. A young car crash victim who demanded hundreds of thousands in compensation has had her injury claim slashed. The Greens believe they’re in with a chance to seize an extra seven seats at next year’s state election. Labor’s come under fire for being “soft on drugs”.
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A group of 30 hard-core teenage offenders menace Mount Isa day and night – and cops know them all by name.
Buy now, pay later lender LatitudePay is pulling out of Australia in a move that is expected to impact hundreds of thousands of customers.
The teal MPs, whose wins in some of the wealthiest electorates in Australia were critical to the defeat of Scott Morrison, are divided over Labor’s plan to raid the super funds of the nation’s richest retirees.
And the cells bound for a critically ill Queensland six-year-old have been deemed as viable after being left on the airport tarmac in the US.
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The mayors of the two biggest cities in Queensland tropical north have pleaded for a Northern Territory-style liquor restriction to be introduced to curb alcohol-fuelled crime in their regions.
A Brisbane barrister has been accused of offering and giving benefits to former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale, including paying for prostitutes, for him to promote a commercial development.
The potentially lifesaving bone marrow for a critically ill child is finally on a flight to Brisbane, but will need to be tested to judge if it is still viable for transplant, leaving the young boy’s life in limbo.
And in sport, leading Broncos stars insist they are hellbent on avenging last year’s nightmare finish and possess the roster to play finals football this season.
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The state government has closed a loophole that could have allowed Queensland motorists to escape without a fine if they were caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel.
The alarming extent that the state government has fallen behind in its election pledge to boost police numbers by 1450 officers by 2025 has been revealed through leaked internal staffing data.
A Queensland boy may die after a bone marrow donation was left on the tarmac in the US instead of being loaded on a flight to Brisbane.
And in sport, Brisbane hierarchy have rubber-stamped a two-year extension for Kevin Walters in a $1 million coup for the Broncos coach in his quest to break the club’s 17-year premiership drought.
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Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has assured travellers eye-watering airfares will come down, while telling passengers to wait for the sales before booking flights.
Free state primary schools have ranked alongside inner-city private colleges to be named Queensland’s top academic NAPLAN performers, but their regional counterparts are lagging behind.
Australia will bolster its sovereign military capability and strengthen ties with the United States beyond nuclear submarines in a bid to preserve peace and security in the region.
And in sport, Cory Paix has declared he is ready to be Brisbane’s long-term hooker after rejecting interest from NRL rivals to ink a two-year extension.
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Centrelink was aware Rhys Cauzzo had a history of mental ill-health but the 28-year-old was still hounded for months by the department and debt collectors to repay $17,000 they illegally claimed he owed.
The Palaszczuk government’s 10-point youth justice plan has been dismissed as a political stunt that will do little to address the core issues – and so today every daily newspaper in Queensland joins forces to demand that more is done.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been forced into a major backflip on the state’s youth justice strategy and will reintroduce breach of bail as an offence for juveniles as the government prepares to unveil a more than $330 million package to address the crisis.
And the heartbroken colleagues of two workers killed in a mine collapse in northwest Queensland last week have launched a GoFundMe following the “unthinkable” loss.
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Releasing more government land for housing, tax incentives for affordable home investment and apprenticeship incentives are among building sector demands ahead of the federal budget.
Maternity units need to be better resourced to attract more specialist doctors, upskilled “GP obstetricians” should be trained up, while a more attractive path is needed to bring in the overseas-trained health professionals to address Queensland’s regional birthing crisis, according to the peak body for obstetricians.
Australia’s entire education system is in need of massive reform, with the federal government warning of a teaching “crisis” and launching the biggest overhaul of the sector in a decade.
And in sport, Broncos coach Kevin Walters has dismissed concerns about Adam Reynolds’ long-term health and has backed his injured skipper to get the green light for Brisbane’s season-opening blockbuster against Penrith.
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Thousands of Queensland students are “wasting” an hour a week reading or revising instead of learning new information while their peers are taught religious instruction, education insiders say.
The Queensland LNP will make it far easier for magistrates to put juvenile offenders behind bars if its wins power next year.
Hundreds of Queensland homebuyers are at risk of being left in a financial lurch by the government amid a looming paperwork deadline they cannot meet through no fault of their own.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has confirmed he will run for re-election in next year’s council poll, with the LNP leader at City Hall insisting he is “just warming up”.
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Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe says nothing keeps him awake at night and that Australians “complain a lot” amid soaring interest rates, crippling inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.
Pedestrian walkways snaking across the city, thousands of new homes and a state-of-the-art Gabba stadium built from the ground up have been revealed as key legacies of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The price of your grocery store hot chook and fast food favourite nuggets could be on the rise, the country’s largest chicken producer has warned.
And in sport, Kotoni Staggs is chasing State of Origin redemption and is primed to hit back as Brisbane’s No.1 centre in his quest to help the Broncos break their 17-year premiership drought.
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New body corporate laws will be introduced to help ease the housing supply shortage by removing the power for a single owner to block the redevelopment of a unit complex.
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games are bolting out of the gate with a $7bn deal done to fund the major venues and focus on delivering a lasting legacy.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has spoken about the “too many” occasions where she has been treated differently because she is a woman.
And the two miners, who were trapped 125m below the surface at a northwest Queensland zine mine, have been confirmed dead following a significant search and rescue operation.
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A desperate rescue mission was unfolding Wednesday night to free two miners trapped underneath tons of rubble in an underground northwest Queensland zinc mine.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed she has no plans to step aside and she will not back her deputy to succeed her in the top job because: “I’m the Premier”.
An investigation into the state’s controversial $215m Wellcamp Covid quarantine facility will be released by the Queensland Auditor-General due to the “level of public interest”.
And in sport, Jeremiah Nanai’s desire to win a premiership at the Cowboys was a key factor in his decision to sacrifice at least $600,000 and ink a lucrative mega deal to remain in North Queensland.
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In A world first, every child diagnosed with cancer will have access to a revolutionary treatment program being rolled out across the country.
A Queensland grandmother whose petition to overhaul youth crime laws has reached almost 150,000 signatures has slammed the state government over a lack of consultation.
Queensland teachers are embracing artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT to create lesson plans and write letters to parents,
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The Broncos have suffered a blow, with star recruit Reece Walsh in major doubt for Brisbane’s first-round blockbuster against premiers Penrith
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A move by the Prime Minister to ditch Temporary Protection Visas has set off a war of words, with the government being accused of ignoring official advice.
Elderly Australians living on Home Care packages will have a range of benefits scrapped following a federal government crackdown.
The state government has pledged to build 8000 new social housing homes in four years – after taking eight years to finish just half that amount.
And Star Entertainment has warned investors it will write off up to $1.6bn of its assets as it faces higher taxes and slams the door on more “excluded patrons” after a royal commission-style inquiry found it flouted money laundering laws.
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NOTORIOUS pedophile Douglas Brian Jackway allegedly flouted a written order to cut contact with his girlfriend before illegally sneaking her into the Wacol precinct where they took a selfie in another offender’s bedroom.
QUEENSLAND will be better prepared for floods, fires, storms and cyclones following a $25m cash injection to boost the state’s natural disaster resilience.
AN Uber driver is dead and a teen has been charged after a week-long search sparked fears for the 47-year-old’s safety.
QUEENSLAND’S elderly are the secret victims of the housing crisis as a shocking new report exposes a massive spike in elder abuse cases in the last four years in homes shared by multiple generations of family.
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SENIOR obstetricians and union representatives claim a turf war between midwives and regional doctors is to blame for a recruitment crisis crippling the state’s maternity services.
QUEENSLAND families have racked up more than $17 million in unpaid state school fees for excursions, camps and textbooks, with student debt spiralling to record levels.
THE Palaszczuk government has been accused of failing to consult expert groups during the creation of sensitive legislation to target youth crime.
Patients would save up to $180 a year on their prescription medicines under a plan to allow them to obtain two months’ supply of pills instead of just one.
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HOUSING advocacy groups will call on the Palaszczuk government to introduce tough rental laws to limit price increases, warninginflated leases are pushing Queenslanders into homelessness.
ENERGY relief for struggling Australian families and businesses will be the “centrepiece” of Labor’s next budget, as the federal government moves to “take the edge off” soaring bills amid an inflation crisis.
A BRISBANE pharmacist who campaigned against domestic violence as the president of his local community group returned home hours after being arrested for choking his pregnant wife and set fire to their house with the injured woman and her mother still inside.
DOLPHINS coach Wayne Bennett has set his sights on Newcastle try-scoring machine Dom Young after walking away impressed from a meeting with the off-contract England international.
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CLOSE to $600,000 worth of cars are stolen every week in Queensland, as new data reveals which makes and models are on the hit list for thieves.
CLIVE Palmer’s contentious Central Queensland mine has become the first coal project ever to be rejected under the nation’s environmental laws.
QUEENSLAND builders and service providers are being called on to solve the state’s housing crisis with innovative plans for the Palaszczuk government to support with its $2bn housing war chest.
THE Dolphins have hit back at the Broncos as the battle for territory intensifies, with fans rushing to be part of the NRL’s newest rivalry.
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THE first of dozens of “Cross River Rail trains” set to be manufactured in Maryborough will begin rolling off the assembly line in 2026 – a year after the major rail project is due to open.
QUEENSLAND researchers have discovered a well-known medicine can boost survival rates in ovarian cancer.
BRISBANE house prices could fall a further 11 per cent by the end of the year, a new report predicts.
THE Broncos will tackle the Dolphins head-on in the battle for Brisbane hearts, unveiling a new marketing blitz that takes direct aim at their Redcliffe-born rivals.
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The economic committee chairman says soaring mortgage costs have become the “worst part” of the cost-of-living crisis.
NRL superstar Latrell Mitchell was supposed to be staying at Jack Wighton’s home in Canberra over the weekend to celebrate the Canberra Raiders star’s 30th birthday.
The gas industry is warning any attempt to permanently regulate prices will lead to more uncertainty.
The 16-year-old girl who died after being mauled by a shark while swimming in the Swan River in North Fremantle has been identified as Stella Berry.
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A new beer war is set to erupt in Queensland, with Carlton & United Breweries dusting off some old ammo – in the form of iconic 1980s drop Power’s – for a fresh potshot at arch rival Nathan Lion
A Gold Coast man accused of murdering his mother was freed on bail facing more than a dozen charges only 15 months ago.
Pilotless air taxis could whisk people from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast in 22 minutes.
X-RATED scammers are tricking more innocent Queenslanders than ever before into sharing intimate photos online before swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
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The amount of paracetamol that can be bought over the counter without the supervision of a pharmacist is set to shrink, while psychiatrists will be able prescribe drugs based on ecstasy and magic mushrooms under changes unveiled yesterday.
A national firearms register will be created to protect Australians from people with “warped ideologies”, as the top spy chief warned national cabinet on Friday “that the threat is real” and the consequences were seen at the Tara shooting.
Queensland will go ahead with an amnesty aimed at GPs embroiled in a payroll tax stoush which threatened to trickle down to the pockets of patients following a national cabinet meeting on Friday.
Jesse Bromwich never sensed he would be a Dolphin – but one meeting with Wayne Bennett made him sign on for the most formidable challenge of his career.
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A threat by doctors to increase fees to visit a GP has been averted, with a proposal to alleviate the impending payroll tax shock set to be put to national cabinet today.
Former minister Christian Porter admitted he fundamentally did not understand “precisely" how debts were issued and completed under the robodebt scheme.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to push ahead with stage three tax cuts for now, despite an international report warning tax reform is needed to pay for increasing spending.
Two men arrested for looting the property at the centre of Queensland’s deadliest police shooting have been blasted by a magistrate for the “disgraceful” act.
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The state’s mayors and councillors have been granted significant pay increases, with Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate’s salary set to hit more than $270,000 per year.
Brisbane forward Teui “TC” Robati is facing the sack following a series of alleged off-field incidents that have again put the spotlight on the Broncos’ behaviour.
The human resources boss of embattled Mantle Group Hospitality has been referred to the Australian Federal Police over allegations he misled the Fair Work Commission.
The health care of nursing home residents is in the balance as GPs deliver the crushing blow that residents will no longer be bulk billed on the back of a new tax requirement.
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The wife of the man who led the review into the Palaszczuk government’s integrity crisis is one of 14 climate change protesters facing up to three years’ prison if convicted for disrupting Queensland Parliament.
Almost seventy cars were stolen across the state every day in the worst month on record for vehicle thefts, as Queenslanders grapple under the weight of a youth crime crisis.
Queensland's Treasurer has doubled down on his government’s stance that GPs should be liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax bills they weren’t previously paying as the state’s medicos warn it’s only a matter of weeks before practices are forced to increase fees.
The expansion turf war between Brisbane and the Dolphins has exploded with coach Wayne Bennett poaching a Broncos premiership winner to spearhead a new Redcliffe-based NRL Academy.
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A Brisbane paramedic who stole money from a dead patient’s wallet has been banned from registering as a health practitioner for six months. Knife detection laws are one step closer to being legislated. The Coalition is focused on protecting stage three tax cuts and ensuring small businesses survive the cost-of-living crisis. A 10-year-old boy has made a miraculous recovery despite his catastrophic injuries from a Gold Coast helicopter crash.
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Australia’s film and TV industry will be boosted with the government set to force streaming giants to produce local content. A man in his 60s has died after a suspected snake bite in the Lockyer Valley. Scammers are fleecing Queensland hoteliers with credit card fraud. There are fewer public health facilities offering birthing services than several years ago.
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Court documents have revealed a Gold Coast teacher found dead in a Brisbane garage had compiled a dossier of her son’s alleged threats. Pineapple glut will see prices drop. Youth advocacy groups want social media sites banned from sharing the exploits of young thugs online. The secret ramblings of deranged Queensland cop killer Nathaniel Train will go with him to the grave.
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A beloved Queensland Police officer has died one week after suffering critical injuries in an indoor skydiving accident in Brisbane’s north. Queensland producers are lining up deals so products and money flow as soon as the UK trade deal is done. Queensland welcomed 605 new citizens on a sweltering Australia Day that was largely celebrated on the water. The search for missing Gold Coast mum Wendy Sleeman has come to a tragic end.
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A QLD GP practice that bulk bills close to 80 per cent of its patients says it will have no choice but to stop offering the service. Homeowners are set to be slugged with higher mortgage repayments, as economists predict two more interest rate hikes in the next two months. Housing Minister Leeanne Enoch has defended the Palaszczuk government’s record on social housing. Hospitality giant previously lashed by the Fair Work Commission over its refusal to pay penalty rates has forced casuals on to a new agreement that still doesn’t guarantee the extra pay.
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Adrian Schrinner will lead a delegation to Los Angeles as the Brisbane Lord Mayor seeks answers ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games. Queensland’s cohort of hardcore youth offenders is larger than ever. Queensland spends the least on social housing in the country. More than 800 planes have been redirected over Moreton Bay in a bid to reduce airport noise.
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Federal Health Minister Mark Butler will speak with the RACGP this week about the payroll tax crisis impacting QLD clinics. Queensland has the highest number of active Covid-19 cases among aged-care residents and staff in the nation. New data shows the state has the highest rate of youth reoffending in the country. Mackay Base Hospital’s general surgical training accreditation at risk.
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STATE government authorities have clawed back tens of thousands of dollars from bond cleaners and furniture removalists who delivered dodgy or unreliable services.
QUEENSLANDERS could be forced to pay up to 15 per cent more at the doctor amid dire warnings a government tax will leave even more towns without GPs and be the final nail in the coffin for bulk billing.
MOTORCYCLISTS would be given a discount on their car licence if they gave up their bike licence under a proposal that would get returning riders to train up again before getting behind the handlebars.
And.. THIS year promises to be the first uninterrupted 40-week state schooling schedule in three years, but concerns are mounting that some students may have emotional and behavioural control issues in the classroom post-lockdown.
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The man accused of killing Toyah Cordingley on a Queensland beach has complained the food served inside his Indian jail cell is too spicy, while an application to extradite him back to Australia was heard.
MEDICS fear that Queensland Health has been experimenting on the women of Gladstone by using the maternity bypass as a test to see if it could run as an independent midwife model with little involvement by obstetricians.
IT has many alter egos – devon, fritz, polony, the main ingredient of the “bogan sandwich” – but there’s always been one constant with the humble manufactured meat roll: it was cheap as chips.
And.. MICHAEL Clarke and Jade Yarbrough were in Noosa trying to patch up their rocky relationship when a quiet dinner turned into a wild fracas in a public park.
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The man accused of killing Toyah Cordingley on a Queensland beach has complained the food served inside his Indian jail cell is too spicy, while an application to extradite him back to Australia was heard.
MEDICS fear that Queensland Health has been experimenting on the women of Gladstone by using the maternity bypass as a test to see if it could run as an independent midwife model with little involvement by obstetricians.
IT has many alter egos – devon, fritz, polony, the main ingredient of the “bogan sandwich” – but there’s always been one constant with the humble manufactured meat roll: it was cheap as chips.
And.. MICHAEL Clarke and Jade Yarbrough were in Noosa trying to patch up their rocky relationship when a quiet dinner turned into a wild fracas in a public park.
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FOUR teenage boys who allegedly caused the shutdown of a Western Downs town where at least eight shots were fired were known to police and two are refusing to co-operate with investigators.
HEALTH Minister Yvette D’Ath has defiantly declared she is the person to lead Queensland Health out of its ongoing maternity crisis.
LIFEGUARDS are warning of treacherous beach conditions on the last weekend of the school holidays after another drowning tragedy on the Gold Coast.
And.. THE dress code was “anything but black” as the red carpet was rolled out – one last time – for famed Brisbane fashion designer Daniel Lightfoot.
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Shots were fired in the centre of a regional Queensland town, forcing locals into hiding and sparking a major emergency operation.
The Health Minister has been accused of being clueless about Queensland’s maternity services after an extraordinary press conference where she bizarrely claimed that obstetricians were only needed at 5 to 10 per cent of births.
Saltwater crocodiles will soon make South East Queensland their new home.
Explosive video has shown Australian cricket legend Michael Clarke and Today Show host Karl Stefanovic squaring off in wild scenes in a public park over a cheating allegation.
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Domestic airfares will soar and Queensland will miss out on a $3bn job-creating industry if governments fail to invest in sustainable aviation fuel
A top Queensland obstetrician claims the health department was warned for years of the impending collapse of Gladstone’s maternity services.
Hundreds of rule-breaking cab and rideshare drivers have been caught out flouting the law following a crackdown on the industry over the Christmas period.
And.. some happy news amid the chaos and devastation of the Central Queensland floods.
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The date of Australia Day would be protected by law, similar to Anzac Day or the design of the Australian flag, under a proposed private member’s Bill to be pushed this year.
Acting Premier Steven Miles has demanded answers from Queensland Health bosses over the Central Queensland maternity crisis.
A Sunshine Coast mother has issued a stark warning to other parents after finding a “nude” player had “befriended” her nine-year-old daughter in a popular online game.
Central and North Queenslanders are bracing for a 500mm deluge forecast to batter already inundated regions where roads are cut and evacuation centres are opening for the stranded.
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Australia has had stronger jobs growth than any of the world’s biggest economies.
The state government has ordered a full review of Queensland’s school swimming program following revelations the implementation of the multimillion-dollar program had been plagued with inconsistencies.
Rising floodwaters are threatening communities in the central and northern parts of Queensland, with the drenching set to continue over the coming days.
And critically injured Sea World helicopter crash victim Nicholas Tadros has been taken off life support and has been holding his dad’s hand as he makes a miracle recovery from horrific injuries.
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Healthy expectant mums from Gladstone are so fearful of travelling to Rockhampton to give birth that they are demanding elective C-sections, as the Central Queensland maternity crisis is now labelled a “national disgrace”.
Rising floodwaters have caused chaos across Queensland, cutting off small towns and leaving at least nine people in need of rescue after more than 200mm of rain fell in some parts of the state.
An Indigenous elder has broken down in tears over moves to ban the public from the tourist icon of Mt Warning.
And an increasing number of nippers are floundering in the water, unable to complete basic swim tests.
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A dangerous teenage car thief and burglar engaged in a Brisbane crime spree has never had a single conviction recorded even after more than 80 charges – with police warning the youth and his associates show “no shows of stopping”.
Lisa Marie Presley, the singer and only child of the King of Rock n Roll Elvis Presley, has died in circumstances eerily similar to her famous father, 45 years ago.
The price of wholesale potatoes has soared more than 25 per cent after heavy rains and floods in the key growing period washed away three months’ worth of supply.
And Queenslanders have been urged to have a cyclone plan at the ready, with the risk of increased cyclone and heavy rainfall to remain long after the expected cancellation of La Nina in February.
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A millionaire pub baron’s empire will be forced to pay back its employees and a senior manager could be referred to the federal police after the Fair Work Commission found the company had again “systematically” ripped off its young workers.
The resources sector has lifted more Queenslanders out of disadvantage and seen them earn more than their parents in comparison other states, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal as he pledges the industry will only become more important in job creation and lifting living standards.
The family of a Brisbane mother killed during a home invasion on Boxing Day have spoken of their “lifetime of pain” as a single rose was placed on the coffin of their beloved wife, mum, daughter, sister, friend and hero.
And depression, anxiety and self-harm are at record highs for Australian youth, with 75 per cent of mental health conditions emerging before the age of 25, the Black Dog Institute has revealed.
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The number of workers leaving their jobs at several Queensland government departments has surged
Cardinal George Pell, the former Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne, has died aged 81.
Australia’s former Navy chief has been criticised for using a military submarine as his personal “love sub” after taking his girlfriend on an overnight ride and proposing to her
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The grieving father of a 14-year-old girl swept away by raging flood waters west of Gympie in 2022 has opened up about the devastating events that night
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The housing crisis hit Brisbane renters hard last year, with data showing rises of more than 10 per cent for houses and units – and experts warn there is not much relief in sight.
Mining and large manufacturers will be forced to cut emissions by 28 per cent by 2030 under the Albanese Government’s plan to make Australia’s biggest polluters contribute to its climate targets.
A man accused of drugging and raping women participating in spiritual ceremonies believes he has divine powers “akin to Jesus or the prophet Muhammad”, a court has been told.
And Home Affairs is under fire for giving a billion-dollar contract extension to monitor the coastline for drug and people smugglers to a company accused of using clapped-out planes and out-of-date technology.
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The father of an Olympic champion swimmer has called for mandatory swimming lessons in schools amid the deadliest year on record for coastal and ocean drowning deaths.
The number of applications for medical marijuana prescriptions dropped for the first time since the treatment was legalised in Australia, but Queensland continues to have more prescriptions approved than the other states and territories combined.
Coles is extending its price freeze program, in a win for Aussie shoppers staring down the barrel of soaring inflation and interest rate hikes.
And older Australians are continuing to march into the workforce, with more working than ever before.
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Queensland will host the country’s most lucrative horse-racing meet under lights by 2025, thanks to plans to supercharge the Magic Millions.
Queensland has 200 less public and private swimming pools than NSW and three times as many child drownings as calls reignite for a statewide approach to swimming lessons in schools.
Dramatic new photos have emerged from the Sea World helicopter crash, showing survivors covered in shrapnel wounds and holding hands in shock.
The Duke of Sussex’s memior reveals Prince William twice lunged at brother Harry in a physical bust-up in front of dad Charles following the funeral for the siblings’ grandfather Prince Philip in April 2021.
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A former Brisbane Boys College teacher accused of child sexual offences overseas allegedly blamed spiritual attacks for the incidents,
Parents are being urged to do more to protect their kids’ personal data from being exploited by companies, hackers, foreign nations and paedophiles.
Industrial views, flood-prone streets neighboured by a sewage treatment plant and a lack of cheap transport options confront cruise ship passengers when disembarking in Brisbane.
Hero boaties who were first on the scene of the Sea World helicopter crash are having trauma counselling as they grapple to come to terms with the horrific scenes.
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Brisbane Airport is prepared for its busiest day since before the pandemic began, with a record number of travellers expected to pass through the international terminal at Brisbane Airport.
International flights and a rose gold bracelet to handmade dresses and a bowl made from recycled macadamia nut shells are among the free gifts pocketed by Queensland federal politicians in the past year.
A first-time mum believes she and her five-week-old baby are lucky to be alive after a concerned midwife at a regional hospital intervened on plans to send her 100km to another hospital despite the woman experiencing potentially fatal complications.
A blogger and Only Fans adult content creator has been charged with allegedly lighting a deadly blaze last month which claimed the lives of a country baker and his 10-year-old daughter in Biggenden.
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The woman accused of manslaughter over a Gold Coast crash which left three people dead has had her parole cancelled and has been transferred to a women’s prison.
A Gold Coast boatie who rushed to the scene of Monday's helicopter disaster has told of the carnage on the sandbank and his chilling premonition just minutes before the crash.
Shocking footage filmed inside a chopper has revealed a passenger tried to warn pilot Michael James seconds before the rotor of another helicopter smashed through the windscreen of his aircraft.
Almost one in five Queensland hospital and health services have been given the lowest performance rating by the state’s health department.
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Australia's population will be just shy of 30 million people in just 10 years but would have easily topped the milestone if the pandemic hadn’t slowed the growth almost to a halt.
A new report has revealed Skyrocketing power prices have hit Queenslanders harder than any other state with the average household paying almost 30 per cent more with no relief in sight.
The chopper pilot praised for a “remarkable” feat in landing a badly damaged helicopter following a terrifying mid-air collision has undergone surgery in hospital, as investigators search for answers to the aviation disaster.
Thousands of extra motorists are being slapped with heftier penalties for speeding after the Palaszczuk government adjusted the speeding fine tiers in Queensland.
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Australia will introduce mandatory Covid testing for travellers from China amid a “rapidly developing situation”.
Police are yet to speak with the mother of a Broncos star as investigators continue to probe a shocking hinterland crash that killed three people.
The nation’s top banking chief executives have struck a cautiously optimistic tone on the outlook for 2023.
A young cowboy has died while competing at a New Year’s Eve rodeo at Warwick.
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A retired skin cancer specialist, his partner and her adult daughter were the victims of a shocking fatal car crash which has left the mother of Broncos star Payne Haas in hospital with serious injuries.
A man has been charged with attempted murder after two people were brutally stabbed in Albion on Friday night.
A veteran Queensland Rail trackworker who was sacked after he drank half a bottle of whisky the night before work has got his job back, with back pay, after the Fair Work Commission ruled his sacking was “harsh”.
After being named by travel bible Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 tourist destinations in the world for 2022, visitor numbers to the Scenic Rim have exploded.
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North Lakes dad Lee Lovell has re-lived the heartbreaking moment he knew he would “need to survive” for his kids after realising his wife – his daughters’ “best friend” – had been stabbed by home invaders.
The Palaszczuk government is on track to make millions less than it had initially anticipated from a new drivers licence transfer fee that cashes in on interstate migrants.
Queenslanders are set to farewell 2022 in style, with hundreds of thousands of revellers predicted to pack venues across the state as party numbers finally return to pre-Covid levels.
After a relatively dry Queensland summer the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed La Nina will soon come to an end but the state has been warned of fresh tropcial cyclone danger due to warming sea temperatures.
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Young criminals face being hit with harsher penalties for boasting about their crimes on social media and judges will have to consider the bail history of juveniles under a new youth crime crackdown.
Australians could be nursing a new year hangover from frenetic Christmas spending, led by a big leap in department stores, cafes and restaurants, with some analysts viewing the big hike in retail spending as the ‘last hurrah’ before the reality of higher interest rates and spiking energy bills hits households.
AUSTRALIA will stamp out bullying, abuse and misconduct in all levels of sport with world-class safety and integrity measures ready to support the next generation of athletes “from the playground to the podium”.
Australia’s leading infectious disease expert has called on the federal government to introduce restrictions on Chinese travellers amid concerns deadly new Covid-19 variants could be released from the country.
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The value of unpaid mobile phone fines being chased down by the state’s debt collection agency has skyrocketed by more than 800 per cent in the wake of new cameras being used to catch reckless drivers.
The grieving husband of Emma Lovell has backed the push for a law named in her honour following her brutal stabbing murder.
Anthony Albanese has snapped at a group of noisy protesters as he delivered one of his final speeches for the year.
Paramedics are called out to mental health emergencies at a rate of one every 10 minutes, with internal Queensland Ambulance Service documents revealing a staggering increase over five years.
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Ending the year with a determined pledge to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to parliament, Anthony Albanese will also make skills reform, energy transition, bringing back manufacturing and ensuring all Australians benefit from economic growth his priorities for 2023.
A woman has trekked 35km through thick mud to seek help after the group she was travelling with became stranded in outback Queensland for three days over Christmas.
A Brisbane mother was defending her North Lakes home when she was allegedly murdered by teenage boys after a botched house break-in.
A former senior detective turned criminoligst says THE government needs to go back to the drawing board when it comes to its approach to youth justice.
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Police are launching a Christmas crackdown on e-scooters, with thousands of Queenslanders receiving the popular devices as gifts or snapping them up in Boxing Day sales.
A man has been charged with murder after Police say he “deliberately drove into” a beloved country rugby league identity in his own front yard.
Police are desperately hunting for a woman seen with facial injuries before she went missing on Christmas Eve.
An independent adviser has been called in to assist a South East Queensland council jolted by internal issues leading to community calls for its mayor to be dismissed.
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The global distributor of smash-hit Queensland-made children’s series Bluey is reeling after discovering beloved show characters have been depicted with guns and wearing armour in patches which are sold online.
Ensuring pensioners do not miss out on promised energy bill relief and delivering support for children’s early development will be key cost-of-living priorities for the federal government in the new year.
The state government is still chasing tens of millions of dollars in unpaid hotel quarantine fees owed to taxpayers more than a year after Queensland’s borders were reopened.
Soaring interest rates and Black Friday sales have failed to dampen festive retail spending in the Sunshine State.
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Police will use drones to monitor cars on beaches and will target people speeding through roadworks as the state moves towards the most deadly annual road toll in a decade.
A good Samaritan neighbour who died during a deadly ambush in the Western Downs region last week, was remembered as the happiest man in the world who lit up the room.
The state’s top doctor has declared that Queensland’s latest Covid wave has peaked as the number of patients being treated in hospital starts to fall.
Queenslanders have been denied access to more than 665,000 pages of government documents requested under information laws in the past year, while forking out more than $624,000 in fees.
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Queenslanders are being urged to keep their distance this Christmas as experts warn a peck for nanna or kissing multiple partners could lead to the spread of Covid-19.
The family of a mother killed in the Dreamworld tragedy will share in a $2.15m court settlement that has revealed her son’s “intense struggle” with not being able to save her.
It’s been revealed Police had driven out to the Train family’s Wieambilla property on multiple occasions looking for former school principal Nathaniel after he illegally crossed the border with unsecured firearms.
Clive Palmer has announced a share purchase agreement for the sale of his Yabulu Nickel and Cobalt Refinery in Townsville for a price understood to be as much as $2bn.
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All school children would be subjected to random Covid testing - even if they’re showing no symptoms - under a controversial push by Australia’s leading teacher’s union.
Health authorities are issuing urgent warnings after a child was hospitalised from eating a toxic batch of spinach.
The ‘regional renaissance’ brought on by Covid-19 may have slowed, but Queensland continues to lead the country for internal migration.
And detectives have charged two men who allegedly tried to steal two motorbikes from the property where two police and a bystander were murdered in a Western Downs ambush.
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THE young officer stood alone but surrounded by thousands of people, on the grounds of the Gabba, his shoulders shaking as he looked at the faces of his murdered colleagues smiling from a big screen.
A FORMER lawyer for Queensland Health claims the department has a “toxic cover-up culture” and “form” in pressuring witnesses in coronial matters.
QUEENSLAND is set to record its highest number of road fatalities in more than a decade amid a huge increase in motorcyclists dying on state roads.
MORE than 1700 Queensland state school teachers and support staff have quit the industry this year, with resignations steadily rising post-pandemic to sit at a rate of more than six a day.
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Local general-duties police officers formed a heavily armed “extraction team” to rescue their fallen colleagues, driving on to the Train family’s western Darling Downs property in the vehicle of the trio’s murdered neighbour while under fire.
Devastated members of two small communities gathered in the Western Downs Region last night to honour three local heroes who were killed in a fatal ambush at a rural Wieambilla property on Monday.
Hot chips down at the local pub could soon hurt the hip-pocket – or replaced with yams – as a nationwide potato shortage starts to bite.
And in sport, the biggest ever crowd for a Brisbane cricket Test outside the Ashes is set to gather at the Gabba as Australia takes on South Africa.
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Letters reveal work is pressing ahead on the $1bn Gabba redevelopment for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite the 50-50 funding deal with the federal government still up in the air.
Rapists and other sex offenders set free due to catastrophic failings at Queensland’s DNA lab could be brought to justice under proposed changes to double jeopardy laws, announced as part of major reforms to restore confidence in the state’s justice system.
A murderous family hid themselves in bushes and lay in wait for police to arrive at their rural home before opening fire with rifles from 40m away, in what is being investigated as a premeditated plot.
And Queenslanders “won’t cop” the Great Barrier Reef being singled out, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said as she expressed confidence the natural wonder will avoid getting slapped with an “in-danger” label by the United Nations.
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Queensland state schools handed out more than 40 drug-related disciplines a day this year in a major spike that Education Minister Grace Grace says is from a crackdown on vaping.
Police are investigating whether conspiracy theorist Gareth Train and former school principals Nathaniel and Stacey Train used cameras hidden around their property to track officers before gunning down two of them.
E-Scooter riders who block footpaths when they park their devices could be slapped with a fine, under reforms from the state government to make pathways more accessible.
And Queensland universities are calling for visa rules to be relaxed to make it easier to attract and bring back overseas students, after the sector was smashed by international border restrictions.
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Elite police shot dead three gun-toting family members after landing in a helicopter on a remote Queensland property where two young police officers were murdered, another wounded and a neighbour killed during a routine inquiry about a missing school principal.
An emotional minute’s silence was held for constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, outside Tara and Chinchilla police stations at 12.30pm on Tuesday.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor Party would have had no clear path to victory if an election had been held last weekend, exclusive new polling reveals.
And a new personalised vaccine against melanoma has almost halved the rate of recurrence and death in a major turning point described as cancer’s “penicillin moment”.
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HEALTH Minister Yvette D’Ath says it was “extremely unfortunate” an exemption application made by the family of Brendan Luxton due to his deteriorating mental health was not considered before he left quarantine.
FREE TAFE and vocational education places will be offered to thousands of Queenslanders in a $200m bid to tackle a national skilled worker shortage that’s reached crisis levels.
CONVICTED wife killer John Chardon told prison health staff there is “nothing wrong with my heart” only minutes before he died from cardiac arrest.
THE state’s housing crisis is having a harrowing effect on Queenslanders’ mental health, new research has revealed.
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An army officer has sensationally accused Queensland Health of pressuring her to give false evidence to a coroner’s investigation into a hotel quarantine fiasco which ended in the suicide of a childhood friend of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The state government will pay children’s entertainment group The Wiggles $450,000 for anew campaign to teach kids about electrical safety.
The alarming Suncorp Bank impersonation scam has snowballed, with more distraught victims coming forward to tell how they’ve lost tens of thousands of dollars.
AND>. QUEENSLANDERS are missing out on tens of millions of dollars every year by throwing away their used containers instead of cashing them in.
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GAMBLING giant Star Entertainment Group has been slapped with a $100m fine and given a year to “get their house in order” or face a 90-day licence suspension.
POWER bill relief is on the way for Queenslanders following a major national cabinet deal compromise struck between the state and federal governments which includes infrastructure goodies for the regions.
ONE of Queensland’s most powerful unions is demanding heads roll following an engineering failure of the $1.6bn Toowoomba Bypass.
AND.. QUEENSLAND success story Amy Shark has revealed she reconsidered her music career after being confronted by the “ugly” complexities of fame.
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Australia could become the “most cyber secure country” in the world by 2030 under a federal government plan to “punch back” at hackers.
A Bradfield Scheme will not be built in Queensland after a report ordered by the Palaszczuk government found there was no economic case for the massive water project to go ahead.
We’re being warned electricity bills are expected to remain high.
National cabinet will convene on Friday to hash out a plan to drive down prices through 2023, amid fears of a prolonged shock to household budgets.
And… David Warner’s manager has made bombshell allegations Australian players were given the green light to ball tamper in Test cricket after being “berated” in the changerooms following a loss to South Africa in Hobart in 2016.
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Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says he’s concerned with lack of an Olympic infrastructure oversight body more than 500 days since Brisbane won the 2032 Games
The Palaszczuk government is on track to deliver a record $5.2bn surplus as billions of dollars are pumped into the state’s coffers amid a coal royalties bonanza.
Any caps on coal and gas prices will be only temporary, while the federal government has softened on a push from Queensland and NSW for compensation if the scheme to cut power bills goes ahead.
The rising black market demand for breast milk from body builders, cancer patients and those with Covid has sparked a call for human milk to be classified as “tissue” and regulated in the same way as supplies of blood.
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A RECORD number of people took out a new home loan after Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s first proclamation that rates would not rise for three years.
A STOUSH between Queensland and the federal government over coal price caps and how best to curb skyrocketing power bills may not be settled this week after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tested positive for Covid-19.
A PROMISING treatment to reduce irritability in autistic teenagers will be trialled in Australia, as researchers investigate a link between gut health and our brain.
QUEENSLAND will swelter through a three-day heatwave this week with temperatures to climb into the mid-30s across the South East on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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A leaked email sent to directors of one of Queensland’s largest hospitals shows medical bosses forced to immediately reduce expense budgets by $9m – with staff told the savings were “equivalent to closing two wards”.
Almost half of Aussie jetsetters are planning to head overseas without travel insurance, according to research that has triggered warnings of holiday horror shows.
Student debts could see their highest increase since the scheme was introduced in 1989, skyrocketing from an average of $396 per year to $2000 as inflation peaks.
Brittany Higgins has broken her silence after the charge against the man she accused of raping her was dropped.
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An SAS soldier serving in the Middle East is recovering in Germany after being stabbed in a fight in a brothel in Iraq.
Lawyers acting for Brittany Higgins are set to hold talks with the federal government over a million-dollar compensation claim in the wake of the dramatic collapse of the rape trial on mental health grounds.
The ABC has launched an investigation after Brisbane radio personality Steve Austin claimed his social media account was interfered with amid accusations he had “liked” videos featuring transgender pornography.
A well-known music industry heavyweight has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting a singer nearly a decade ago in regional Queensland.
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A gold Coast kid who dared to dream is now on the edge of sporting immortality as the Socceroos prepare to take on the might of Argentina in football’s World Cup.
Bruce Lehrmann is technically still in limbo, with laws leaving open the possibility that he could be prosecuted again should Brittany Higgins’ mental condition improve.
Diagnosed with the early stages of dementia, depressed and not sleeping well, Chris Dawson was led out of the Supreme Court to spend what is likely to be the rest of his life in jail – unless he confesses to where he buried his wife’s body.
Brisbane's traffic congestion could be on track with Los Angeles and London by the time the 2032 Olympic Games takes place, without significant transport investment.
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New medical evidence detailing the impact of a second trial on Brittany Higgins’ mental health is expected to result in the charge being dropped and the trial not proceeding.
A multimillion-dollar cash injection to help people pay rent, open up more emergency housing and launch a community education campaign is among the latest measures to be put in place by the state government to ease the housing crisis.
It has been revealed more than 1800 false witness statements in court cases were made by the troubled Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services on whether DNA had been detected.
The opposition will take its “national discussion” on the future of nuclear energy in Australia directly to the people using a survey to tackle fears and hear thoughts on the technology.
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The man suspected of brutally murdering a young Cairns woman on an isolated north Queensland beach four years ago will remain in prison while a submission of evidence is prepared.
Queenslanders could save up to $120 a year by switching electricity retailers, but any benefit will be quickly swallowed up with the cost of an average power bill set to soar more than $800 over two years.
Laws created in honour of the tragic death of Queensland teen Jack Beasley have been introduced to Queensland’s parliament, thanks to a tireless effort of his family highlighting the dangers of concealed weapons.
The increasing number of Queenslanders turning to food delivery services and working from home during the Covid pandemic has been blamed for the rising rates of household rubbish.
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Australia will push back against being “singled out” by the World Heritage Committee seeking to have the Great Barrier Reef listed as “in danger”, as federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek urged green activists to work with Australia on this.
Queenslanders will be able to change their sex on their birth certificates without undergoing sexual reassignment surgery under new laws to be introduced by the Palaszczuk government.
Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright, has been charged in relation to a fatal helicopter crash that killed Chris “Willow” Wilson in February this year.
A Queensland Health director may be facing the sack after she tried to interfere in a recruitment process that would have benefited her partner.
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FORMER state government minister Kate Jones is being pushed to run as Labor’s candidate for Brisbane lord mayor and take on LNP incumbent Adrian Schrinner at the next council election.
A witness in the execution-style murder of Gold Coast bikie Shane Bowden has received a bullet in the mail and the chilling message: “Tick Tock Time’s Up!”
Authorities warn anyone who helped to harbour fugitive Rajwinder Singh, including those who provided financial assistance so that he could remain on the run in India, could be prosecuted by Queensland police.
A renowned French chef’s company owes $100,000 in unpaid superannuation to “shattered” staff after its Brisbane restaurant closed in 2020.
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A plan to ban public access – as well as impose “male only” gender restrictions – in a popular national park has been criticised by female Indigenous leaders as being “highly discriminatory”.
The man and a woman charged with the murder of a newborn boy in Daisy Hill in 2021, following a “complex” year-long police investigation, have been named, as police reveal grim new allegations.
Queensland children are landing in intensive care units as the number of cases of under fives being harmed by vaping products soars
An inquiry into the Queensland state-run forensic lab has heard flawed extraction methods may have led to key DNA evidence on the body of murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn being missed.
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Accused rapists will no longer be protected by outdated legislation under new and “desperately” needed law changes expected to be implemented next year.
Parents of young children are set to save an average of $1700 a year on child care after the Albanese government passed one of its first election commitments.
A Commission of inquiry has found the widow and police partner of slain officer Senior Constable Brett Forte were targeted in “ill-advised” disciplinary proceedings after raising “reasonable concerns” about his murder.
The butterfly foundation has slammed a practice of primary schoolchildren being weighed and their kilos openly ranked from lightest to heaviest.
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POLICE Commissioner Katarina Carroll said she considered resigning after a scathing 400-page report from a domestic violence inquiry repeatedly blamed a “failure in leadership” for a culture of sexism, racism and misogyny within the ranks.
IN a dramatic turnaround, Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson has revealed she may reverse her opposition to the government’s control industrial relations plans which could see them pass this year, but it comes with demands.
ONLY 239 Queenslanders have so far benefited from a Palaszczuk government electric vehicle rebate scheme that was meant to help up to 15,000 people buy new zero emission vehicles.
HOLIDAY hordes are swarming on Brisbane Airport with the biggest crowds since before the pandemic.
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It’s been revealed Russian cyber criminals released a fifth portion of stolen Medibank data in four folders labelled sexually transmitted diseases, escalating their assault on Australia’s biggest health insurer.
At least 150 child safety officer positions are sitting unfilled across the state, with vacancy rates in some regions rocketing to more than 30 per cent.
A housing scheme designed to help first-home buyers crack into the property market in the regions has already drawn in 165 Queenslanders less than two months since it was launched.
A Cairns social media influencer with 140,000 followers has become a victim of the city’s crime epidemic for a fourth time, returning home to find every room ransacked and her Christmas presents ripped open.
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Supercoach Wayne Bennett has revealed he was to be a star defence witness in the corruption trial of Queensland coal king Ken Talbot – declaring “it would have been hard to disbelieve me”.
More cases of patients waiting hours for ambulances or being stuck on the ramp at hospitals have been laid bare in confronting documents that expose the state’s under-pressure health system.
A QUEENSLAND regional council will debate whether the tradition of opening meetings with Christian prayer should be broadened to include Buddhist and Islamic worship and “inspirational” words of wisdom.
A Queensland Botox clinic is trying to block an experienced nurse from working at her own rival clinic and using a special “trade secret” lip-filler technique after she allegedly defected and “poached” clients.
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THE golden days of cheap airfares and low cost travel are a thing of the past with aviation experts warning high prices are here to stay.
A JUDGE has lashed a “despicable” criminal who squandered every chance to reform and ultimately went on to stab a man to death, saying she hoped his life sentence would serve as a warning to others that “knives and violence do nothing but destroy lives”.
A MAN who was crushed in a horror gym accident is fighting for life.
JUST one extra home has been secured in four months through a government housing initiative, despite being funded for up to 1000 properties over two years and more than $460,000 spent on wages to run the scheme.
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More than 100 Queensland preppies were disciplined for physical violence against classmates and teachers last year, while children as young as year 5 were suspended for illicit substances.
Queensland's transport and mobility future rests on unlocking the “spine of the southeast”, with industry leaders saying connectivity between the state’s major highways, new rail and the Brisbane airport is crucial to enshrine the state’s liveability.
One of the men accused of murdering a Toowoomba girl has told a court the religious fellowship he’s a member of followed the word of the Bible, “which doesn’t say anything about calling doctors”, as the child lay dying after allegedly being denied insulin.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s failed attempt to have criminal charges against him dismissed have been likened to him playing “an enthusiastic game of Uno” by a judge overseeing the case.
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AUSTRALIA’S concerns about human rights abuses, citizens detained in China, trade sanctions and regional security have been put directly to Xi Jinping by Anthony Albanese in his first meeting with the Chinese President.
POLICE Minister Mark Ryan says keeping children as young as 10 in watchhouses is a “normal” part of the state’s justice system – despite an earlier pledge by his government to stamp out the controversial practice.
FOUR public hospitals around the state are now experiencing high levels of bed shortages, as the federal government has announced changes to the vaccination rollout.
QUEENSLAND’S public sector workers are resigning in record numbers with more than 10,500 pulling the pin in the last 12 months
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The Queensland Education Department has been slammed for failing to engage and retain students with the number of home school enrolments more than doubling in the past four years.
More children are locked up in Queensland than any other state or territory in the country.
Ending a six-year deep freeze of relations between Australia and China, Anthony Albanese will meet face-to-face with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 leaders summit.
The hacking group behind the Medibank data heist has leaked more customer data to the dark web, ahead of a critical company shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
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A subtropical paradise teaming with wildlife, significant trees and an abundance of recreational parklands will transform the heart of Brisbane in coming decades.
There is new hope for an inquest into the suspected murder of a Gold Coast mum after Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman wrote to the Queensland Coroner supporting the move.
More than one in 10 Australian teens have been threatened by someone who said they would send or post private photos or videos of them, with the majority not reporting the harm to authorities.
Cricket Australia has offered to host a test match between India and Pakistan 3 after the T20 clash between the two teams was a sellout success.
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A man is “furious” that he’s fallen through the cracks at an embattled regional Queensland hospital after he was allegedly not told of his cancer diagnosis or offered treatment options.
Hundreds of patients every month are spending more than 24 hours in Queensland emergency departments before they are discharged or admitted as an inpatient to hospital.
Environment minister Meaghan Scanlon says cyanide and carcinogenic benzene found in groundwater in prime farmland on the Darling Downs “didn’t reach the \threshold” to be made public.
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Russian cyber crims are behind the Medibank hack that compromised the personal information of 9.7 million customers, with Australia’s top cop sending a stark message to those responsible.
Queensland clinics are facing the wrath of sick and angry patients who are demanding bulk-billed services in a healthcare affordability crisis never before seen by community doctors.
Queensland’s most vulnerable are under threat from the state’s fourth Omicron wave as the number of active cases spiked to 7130 on Friday, up from 4438 last week.
And. Queensland’s incredible tourism revival continues to lead the nation, with new figures showing the Sunshine State’s domestic travel scene is in better shape than before the pandemic.
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A major pedestrian boulevard linking The Gabba to Suncorp Stadium would create a “green spine” in the heart of Brisbane.
Queensland police and service providers are still failing to communicate effectively to reduce domestic violence in spite of direct recommendations from a number of wide-ranging public reviews, an alarming report has found.
THE former Coalition government’s promise to go halves with Queensland on the 2032 Olympic Games was “just a slogan,” according to federal Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.
Aad.. A fourth Covid-19 wave made up of a “soup of variants” has hit Queensland with hospitalisations nearly doubling in a week.
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Queensland has the lowest rate of eligible people boosted and children vaccinated against Covid-19 in the whole country as experts warn it will lead to a greater impact when the next wave hits.
A top Queensland cop who took leave after bombshell revelations of his sexist comments came to light has returned to work in his senior position.
Youth Justice Minister Leanne Linard has claimed a crucial report into the government’s youth justice reforms will be released “very soon” – despite making almost the exact same pledge five months ago.
Australian netball star Gretel Bueta has shared heartbreaking news that she has suffered a miscarriage.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk insists the state’s Electoral Commission will remain independent despite fears that proposed new laws could provide ministers with “intrusive powers” to access sensitive and confidential information about political rivals.
Wayne Bennett has paid tribute to Liam Hampson as the Queensland rugby league fraternity on Monday honoured an aspiring NRL star who “lived the best life he could”.
Suncorp has seen almost half its total natural catastrophe budget eroded by disasters, which have carved up to $530m from the listed insurers’ allowances for the year.
A shortage of skilled Defence workers is putting Australia at “greater risk of harm and threatening our way of life”, universities say, calling for more study support for training in critical areas of national security.
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THE state’s Electoral Commission has warned its independence could be threatened from new laws introduced by the Premier that would subject the election watchdog to government-ordered reviews.
A GAS price cap or reservation would have a “chilling effect” on the Queensland economy and investment in the state, the industry is warning as speculation mounts the Albanese Government will soon take action to tackle skyrocketing domestic prices.
EXPECTANT mothers of premature babies are being forced to leave their hometown to give birth with hospitals in regional areas lacking the equipment needed for the complications that can follow the birth.
SRI Lankan cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka was charged with raping an eastern suburbs woman he met on Tinder just 10 hours after she made a complaint, as he was about to fly out of the country.
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A MAN accused of torturing his infant son before his alleged murder at Yugar, north of Brisbane, had been employed as a youth worker, court documents have revealed.
A GOLD Coast driver has been hit with a huge fine after being caught on camera with her phone stuffed in her bra.
THE golden impact of Queensland’s screen industry has been revealed with blockbuster films bringing not just Hollywood A-listers and global exposure to the state, but a $4m tab at the local Bunnings.
TWO of Queensland’s prominent theatre identities have been charged with raping and sexually abusing children, following an “intense” police investigation that will rock the state’s performing arts sector.
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POLICE are offering a reward of up to $1m for the capture of fugitive Rajwinder Singh who they believe fled to India following the horrific murder of young Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
FORMER Olympic swimmer Neil Brooks and wife Linda said they were “extremely happy” to “tell their side of the story” as they faced court on Wednesday for an alleged $2m business fraud from more than a decade ago.
TWO experienced scientists who conducted a review into Queensland’s embattled DNA lab have identified 47 areas for improvement to bring the service in line with best practices.
A MEMBER of a religious group charged with the murder of a Toowoomba schoolgirl has told a court they did not kill her and they expect her to rise again.
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INFECTIOUS diseases experts are urging Queenslanders to take extra precautions in coming weeks with fears Covid cases will explode over the Christmas holidays.
BRISBANE fruit market king Noel Greenhalgh may have narrowly missed out on Winx – but he now has something his great mate and fruit market rival Peter Tighe does not - A Melbourne Cup.
QUEENSLAND homeowners have been hit with their seventh straight interest rate rise, adding an extra
SIDELINED managing scientist Cathie Allen believes she’s been depicted as a “Disney villain” during a $6m commission of inquiry probing the catastrophic failure of her laboratory to test samples collected for major crime investigations.
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A BRISBANE school failed to report an alleged sexual abuse incident to police until months after it happened, a leaked email has revealed.
QUEENSLAND DNA lab boss Cathie Allen has been accused of spending more time trying to “crush” a scientist for raising concerns about disastrous testing failures than she did actually trying to fix the problem.
QUEENSLAND’S public service is “unwilling” to learn from mistakes and has to be “forced” into taking action to improve according to the Auditor-General in his latest scathing spray.
HEALTH authorities have unveiled a new Covid-19 management plan to guide Queensland through the next phase of the pandemic.
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The family of teenage murder victim Angus Beaumont have called for an urgent overhaul of the state’s youth justice laws, warning more people will die if action is not taken.
A shocking one in five Queensland children in year 9 were withdrawn or absent from this year’s NAPLAN testing as the cohort fell behind its state counterparts in writing and reading.
Over the next four years it is hoped at least $5.66bn will be collected and returned to the budget
And… grocery prices continue to skyrocket across the country but young people are still finding spare cash to wine, dine and improve their looks.
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Homes on stumps will be built in place of concrete- slab developments under a push from local government to boost flood resilience. Social media videos of students from Queensland’s most popular high school have sparked claims behaviour has spiralled out of control. One in 20 Brisbane food providers have failed to meet the city council’s basic food safety standards. The father of Broncos NRL superstar Payne Haas has opened up about his private struggles.
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A LAB boss has denied being “trapped by lies” and deliberately misleading Queensland Police in a bid to discourage them from reverting to a best practice DNA-testing method for serious crimes phased out in 2018.
Internet service providers will be forced to block online threats from Russian and Chinese cyber criminals before their scams hit our shores under a plan being considered by the federal government.
The chief of the Bureau of Meteorology has apologised for the organisation‘s botched attempt to rebrand amid a flood crisis.
And.. in world-first research Queensland scientists have discovered a very dangerous outcome to nose picking.
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More than a thousand surgery patients are suffering on the waitlist at one of Queensland’s largest public hospitals, with an internal email exposing issues of “stress, burnout and unease about the future” among fatigued and overworked health staff.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of hypocrisy, bullying and “humiliating” a female MP “in front of the nation”, after a fiery exchange in parliament over the pronunciation of a central Queensland area took a more serious turn.
A Private Moreton Bay school is investigating claims made by a student who says he was “pinned down” and sexually abused by three other boys while on a school camp.
Housing affordability, energy and cost-of-living relief are top priorities for Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who accused Labor of “breaking faith” with Australian families who will be $2000 worse off by Christmas.
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Medibank revealed the data hack of its network had exposed all 3.9 million of its customers, with personal health information and Medicare numbers breached.
A woman charged with the murder of a young girl has told a magistrate she was not reckless or indifferent to the child’s suffering because she had been “praying” for a cure.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers hacked, slashed and delayed funding for roads, dams and rail across the state when he handed down Labor’s budget on Tuesday night.
Demand for rentals in many Queensland regions has soared, with a new report showing that prices in Brisbane surged 14.1 per cent in September – a record high.
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Cash for young families, cut-price medication, as well as cheaper housing headlined the first Labor budget in almost a decade, but there is no tax relief for the vast majority of Australians as times get tough.
Mothers who have lost babies will be placed on the same floor as maternity wards at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital until at least next year, with Health Minister Yvette D’Ath blaming Covid for the “heartbreaking” practice.
A high-profile Brisbane lawyer and a Gold Coast businessman used sham bank accounts to launder millions of dollars that were proceeds of crime,
And.. The cost of diesel has hit record highs across the state, with prices reaching tops of 242.9c per litre throughout Brisbane as experts warn the worst could be yet to come.
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New Treasurer Jim Chalmers will today lay out his road map to steer Australia through historic economic turmoil, declaring his first budget will halve the forecast deficit and reduce debt.
A leadership shake-up is under way at a rural Queensland high school after allegations it had a toxic culture of workplace bullying and sexual harassment.
A roaring housing market, post-Covid business rebound, and a surge in household spending have pumped billions of surprise dollars into Queensland’s coffers,
And.. King Charles and his wife are planning the royal family’s biggest-ever series of international tours.
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A young Brisbane woman was murdered and dumped in bushland by her teenage ex-partner after their relationship recently ended, detectives will allege.
Peter Dutton says he would refer Greens senator Lidia Thorpe to a national anti-corruption commission over the revelations about her relationship with an ex-bikie boss
Grocery price hikes continue to hit Aussies hard, with 12 out of 14 supermarket categories more expensive than just three months ago.
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The Brisbane Roar and Gold Coast Suns are at loggerheads over claims the A-League side is pulling out of a deal to build a new base at Carrara
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Women traumatised from losing a baby are being treated in wards with crying newborns at one of Queensland’s biggest maternity hospitals
Gender-neutral claiming will form part of a modernised government paid parental leave scheme that will be expanded to families earning up to $350,000
Australia's richest woman has pulled her $15m sponsorship deal for the Diamonds netball team, taking a swipe at the use of sporting organisations to push political causes.
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A Queensland mother was conned out of more than $150,000 when a scammer impersonated her children online
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Companies that fail to protect Australians’ personal data will face fines of hundreds of millions of dollars under new laws
Tops of 200mm are expected to drench South East Queensland this weekend
Aussies will soon have cheap access to three new treatments for cancer and a drug that helps combat a rare genetically acquired form of rickets.
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Land tax threats and new laws have led to an exodus of landlords from the Queensland market
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Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has been forced to resign from the Greens leadership team following revelations she had a relationship with a former bikie president
A fire brigade, an ambulance station and 90 homes could be bulldozed to make way for Bruce Highway expansion in Brisbane’s north.
The Palaszczuk government will urgently audit land across Queensland to identify pockets prime for urban development to ease the state’s housing crisis.
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Planning red tape will be slashed to speed up the delivery of emergency housing in the wake of natural disasters
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Meningococcal cases in Queensland have more than doubled this year, compared with the same time last year
The Palaszczuk government will double its Housing Investment Fund to build thousands of new social housing homes
A trouble-prone state Labor MP left a book entitled “Forensics for Dummies” as a tribute at a Police Remembrance Day service
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Patients don’t care what a medical facility is called, according to Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath in the wake of the satellite hospital controversy
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A Queensland Health executive director has been heard on tape telling staff the state government’s signature “satellite hospital” program is a “political direction”,
A pregnant prisoner charged in an alleged religious group murder of a young girl has refused to let medical staff near her
A 73-year old who lived as a free man for more than four decades after killing a man in 1976 has finally been brought to justice 46 years later
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A Brisbane rental property manager has been slammed by rental advocates after it encouraged inner-city landlords to reassess how much they charge in rent
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AT least $44 billion must be cut from the federal budget annually to reach a surplus in 12 years and zero debt by 2050.
TEACHERS are scouring social media for lesson plans because a lack of quality school resources forces them to “fend for themselves”, resulting in poorer education outcomes.
POLICE have halved the number of random breath tests across Queensland but drink drivers are being caught at one of the highest rates in history, new figures reveal.
A SEEMINGLY stalled process to grant Queensland nurses and midwives pay rises of up to 20 per cent over the next three years has finally rolled on after the union kicked up a stink.
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THE controversial “nose-blow” surgeon with a shocking history of patient complaints claims he is the victim of a “cabal” of colleagues aiming to bring him down.
ONE of Australia’s top racehorse trainers has been robbed of nearly $100,000 in a sophisticated online scam in which hackers accessed his emails and planned the sting for six months.
A MAN with links to the Finks motorcycle gang has been accused of “shaking down” a former employee who allegedly refused a $10,000 offer to bury a body at his property and also host bikie “church” at his house.
POLICE Commissioner Katarina Carroll has opened up about her first few months attempting to tackle sexism and misogyny as head of the fire service, revealing how she was called names and made to feel unwelcome.
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Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has ordered a review of cases where male officers escaped punishment for predatory behaviour against female colleagues and has pledged to restore the confidence of people coming forward to make complaints.
Mental-health beds for new mums and acute-response teams to support suicidal children will be rolled out in Queensland as part of the government’s response to distressing revelations in the state’s system.
E-SCOOTER users busted speeding more than 30km/h over the limit will be slapped with a $575 fine under the Palaszczuk government’s safety crackdown on reckless riders.
Black widow Lindy Yvonne Williams spent days hacking apart the remains of her dead lover with a Bunnings electric saw before dumping his body parts at random in wheelie bins across Gympie and the Sunshine Coast.
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VICTORIA Cross recipient Daniel Keighran has called for more hospital resources in Queensland after he was left waiting seven hours for an ambulance, spending most of the time on his bathroom floor.
POLICE Commissioner Katarina Carroll is set to get new “no confidence” powers to sack rogue cops after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she supported the move.
THREE female detectives who complained about being bullied and harassed by their officer-in-charge say they regret speaking out because their careers went backwards as a result, while their bully got a promotion.
MORE than 100,000 megalitres of water will be released from Wivenhoe Dam in a bid to prepare southeast Queensland’s largest dam for a severe wet season, with residents told to use up as much as they want for the next fortnight.
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Staff shortages could see restaurants, bars and cafes closing their doors for almost half the week, offering limited menus and taking 25 per cent longer to serve customers this summer.
Children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies like IVF are more responsible, better behaved and have a healthier BMI in their adolescent years than those naturally conceived
The prospect of broken arms and jaws, death threats and disfigurement are a daily reality for staff at Queensland’s youth detention centres
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Defence projects worth billions of dollars will be closely monitored and required to submit progress reports under a federal government crackdown to stop critical builds falling behind schedule and going over budget
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A series of explicit messages has allegedly exposed the sordid trysts between a disgraced jailhouse psychologist and two inmates she was treating
A devestated widow has told how controversial surgeon Daryl Stephens failed to detect her husband’s cancer
An indigenous academic who allegedly drunkly called police officers “white c---s” after she was kicked out of a Fortitutde Valley nightclub has lost a racial discrimination complaint
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Nearly 30,000 Queensland drivers in their early 20s only have a learner driver’s licence
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All of the spending in the federal budget must be “defensible on economic grounds” Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said
Frustrated police union president Ian Leavers told a commission of inquiry he was “sick and tired with this government” repeatedly calling inquiries
The handsome guitarist for a Queensland-based international death metal band is suing a UK music journalist and ex-flame for defamation
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As a television journalist, Pippa Sheehan has reported on her fair share of sad stories, but it is her own story that has proven the most heartbreaking of all
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Tradies, emergency service workers, senior teachers and nurses would have their promised tax breaks trimmed if the Albanese government changed stage three cuts
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has admitted there is racism within the service after another explosive day of evidence before the commission of inquiry
Star Entertainment Group has been deemed unsuitable to hold its casino licences in Queensland following a damning inquiry
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Brisbane 2032 boss Andrew Liveris has stressed the importance of “optics” when it comes to including the Paralympics alongside the Olympics when talking about the Games
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Brisbane is now officially the toughest rental market in Australia after logging the highest annual rise in weekly prices in the country
Traditional owners of land where a mega pumped hydro project will be built have accused the state government of breaching protocol by not consulting them
Queensland casinos could go cashless and gamblers made to use cards linked to identification under recommendations expected to be made by an independent review
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Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has admitted many male police officers were not properly disciplined for creepy and frightening sexual behaviour towards young female colleagues
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Parents have been warned of an underground “fight club” culture that’s infiltrated into Queensland schools with students using social media to promote violence to gain notoriety.
Australia is on the verge of a care crisis with a shortage of more than 212,000 mental health, aged and disability care workers forecast to leave millions of vulnerable people without the help they need.
Commissioner Katarina Carroll is expected to face another grilling this week after being re-called to give evidence at the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has reignited his fight to introduce daylight savings in Queensland, claiming that its absence is costing the Sunshine State a whopping $4 billion each year.
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A Controverisal surgeon is under urgent investigation after an alleged surgical mishap left a man critically ill – just days after the medico was suspended by a different hospital following an outrageous hygiene breach.
A young Brisbane man has been blasted in the chest with birdshot in a bizarre drive-by shooting on the Gold Coast as police hose down fears of more gang violence in South East Queensland.
The Palaszczuk government has quietly bought seven new planes that the Premier and her ministers can use to fly around the state as part of a $157m aircraft splurge.
And it’s been revealed Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk did not notify Treasurer Cameron Dick before it was publicly revealed she had decided to shelve the controversial land tax laws he had championed for nearly a year.
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Pre-pandemic life will return for vast majority of Australians on October 14 after National Cabinet decided unanimously to scrap mandatory Covid isolation on that day.
An investigation has revealed that toxic workplace culture and “systematic” failures throughout Mackay Base Hospital led to botched surgeries and inadequate care that left three babies dead and dozens of women physically and mentally scarred for life.
Cameron Dick has extraordinarily declared that he stands by everything he said over his land tax shakeup - despite the Premier being forced to personally intervene to scrap the changes.
A former high-profile Australian journalist and news presenter known for eliciting the famed “please explain?” from One Nation-founder Pauline Hanson has been charged with assault.
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State Treasurer Cameron Dick has refused to answer a series of questions to clarify how the government would conduct the thousands of property searches needed to enforce the multistate land tax and what the workload would cost taxpayers.
Paralympics champions have revealed they personally lobbied Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to change her title for months behind closed doors – but were ignored until they went public.
The state government has revealed it is finding other sites to build its centrepiece renewable energy project for its “world leading” plan just in case the current one is “unable to proceed”.
The former executive director of Queensland’s beleaguered state-run lab has been accused of “retrospectively” adopting a position in order to blame police for the forensic testing debacle.
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A LANDMARK ad campaign supporting an Indigenous Voice to parliament will aim to inspire Australians to learn about the proposal, as advocates acknowledge it will “take time” for people to understand why it matters.
SUPERANNUATION will also be paid on shift allowances for the first time, under agreements for both non-commissioned and commissioned officers.
JUNIOR doctors are so desperately needed to work frontline shifts in Queensland’s overwhelmed hospitals that they are missing out on the necessary training to build a future workforce of medical specialists.
THE NSW government will refuse to hand over data to Queensland to help Annastacia Palaszczuk slug investors thousands if they own property in the Sunshine State.
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A SURGEON who engaged in “serious misconduct” interstate but was allowed to work in Queensland has been the subject of multiple complaints here – including from a patient allegedly left with a mutilated penis and an accusation the medico blew his nose on a curtain during an operation.
TREASURY has found more than $6 billion in unfunded cost-overruns ahead of next month’s budget – and the government has warned there is more to come.
EMBRYOS are being held hostage at the state’s leading fertility clinic and are collateral damage in a row over the multimillion-dollar acquisition of specialists by a competing company, a Queensland couple claims.
A CLEAN-CUT family man caught with $3m in his car has been accused of living a secret double life as a cash mule for an exiled national bikie club president, who was deceived by undercover police in a global money laundering and drug sting.
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A $50M boost to alcohol and drug services in remote communities will be the centrepiece of the government’s harm reduction plans when the cashless debit card is abolished early next year.
THE demolition and rebuild of the Gabba as the 2032 Olympic Games’ main venue may be abandoned as the state government conducts a “project validation’’ report into why it would spend a fortune on a new stadium for just 8000 extra seats.
HOMEOWNERS have been warned to investigate the potential land tax implications of a new government policy urging them to rent out vacant granny flats to help ease the state’s housing crisis.
POLICE are investigating a massive hacking attack against Optus that may have compromised millions of customers, but the company’s boss has only offered an apology and a few words of advice.
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TV STAR Karl Stefanovic has been embroiled in a police investigation after a waiter at a charity gala claimed he was touched and complained to police.
QUEENSLANDERS will be able to lease their granny flats on the rental market to create thousands of new housing options after the Palaszczuk government adopts an urgent amendment to planning laws.
THE mother of murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn said the decision not to undertake detailed testing of thousands of low-level DNA samples was an act of “deliberate cruelty” and the consequences for victims of crime and their families should have been known.
BRISBANE Lions coach Chris Fagan has “categorically” denied allegations that he was involved in mistreatment of First Nations players at Hawthorn and says he is “distressed” by the accusations.
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WELLCAMP airport, best known for housing a politically fraught quarantine facility, will become only the third site in the world to be used by Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit to launch satellites into space.
THOUSANDS of criminals may have got away with murder, rape, sexual assault and other crimes because of an arbitrary line in the sand for forensically testing DNA in Queensland, a bombshell inquiry has found.
A CONVICTED double murderer serving a 30-year life sentence has launched a half-million-dollar damages claim against the state, alleging he was sexually abused as a student at a Brisbane primary school in the 1990s.
A WOMAN accused of murdering her ex-partner, whose body was fed through a woodchipper, allegedly told friends that he was “pathetic” and she would get everything if he died first, a court has heard.
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PROPERTY managers are being told to pull rentals off the market once leases run out so they can sell up and avoid Queensland’s controversial land tax according to those within the industry.
POLICE have set up a taskforce to investigate potentially thousands of unsolved crimes that had DNA samples that were not tested due to changes in lab testing thresholds.
THE barrister for an elderly man who ran over and killed his beloved partner in a tragic accident said no sentence a court imposed could be worse than the punishment the “horrifically remorseful” man inflicted upon himself.
A CONTROVERSIAL piece of police kit has been banned, in a decision that the union says will force officers to use “open and closed-hand tactics” to deal with violent offenders.
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Health Experts have revealed emergency departments are not being clogged up by people with minor ailments and removing them from the equation would not solve ambulance ramping at hospitals,.
The red carpet has been rolled out for a royal visit to Australia by King Charles, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying the new monarch was “always welcome” despite his personal leaning towards our nation becoming a republic.
Queensland University of Technology staff claim they are overworked and underpaid and are set to walk off the job in the latest controversy to hit the embattled institution..
And.. A quarter of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not meet the clinical threshold for diagnosis and may be just immature, a new study has found.
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At least 21 Queenslanders have died and seven people needed to be revived in cases where paramedics took too long to respond due to hospital ramping and surging workloads.
South Australian Labor Treasurer Stephen Mullighan confirmed on Saturday his government had no intention of following “Queensland’s lead on land tax” – pointing to their commitment of no new taxes.
Queensland residents are being told to scour their homes for “hidden” mould, with a third La Nina event forecast to bring heavy rainfall from November.
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The Palaszczuk government is nearly a year behind schedule on its Olympics infrastructure plan, and frustrated senior bureaucrats are warning venues, athletes’ villages, road and rail networks risk not being built on time unless it starts to accelerate quickly.
A respected university dean who bludgeoned his brother to death with a spanner in an hours-long attack filmed disturbing footage of himself talking to his critically injured victim as he lay dying.
Taxing vacant properties, cracking down on short-term letting, and mandating the construction of social and affordable housing in new developments were among the ideas raised at the state government’s housing roundtable on Friday.
The state government has declared it will stand by its contentious land tax, as Treasurer Cameron Dick claimed the hike would not drive rental prices higher.
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Queensland’s unemployment rate has reached its lowest point since records began in the 1970s, dropping to just 3.2 per cent.
A Commanchero photographed partying with the club’s most notorious heavy hitters is in a Brisbane hospital after being shot in the face in what police believe are escalating tensions between two Middle Eastern crime groups.
A Teenage boy born in a girl’s body has been given urgent permission to access testosterone without his father’s consent, in a landmark court case.
An unprecedented Palaszczuk government land tax slug on interstate investors is set to drive already unaffordable rental prices up across Queensland experts warn.
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Treasurer Cameron Dick will embark on a major trade mission to economic powerhouses in the Asia Pacific where he will meet with heavy-hitters in the resource industry among other big investors,.
Pandemic leave payments will continue for as long as mandatory isolation is enforced by all states and territories.
An Ipswich developer has called for greater co-operation between council and the private sector after being left frustrated by a recommended planning rejection amid Queensland’s crippling housing shortage.
Commercial and recreational fishermen will be left reeling following seasonal fishing bans on Spanish mackerel, as well as huge drops in catch and bag limits.
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The gambling giant behind the $3.6bn Queen’s Wharf development has been branded “unsuitable” to hold a Sydney casino licence following a bombshell NSW inquiry.
The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared a rare triple La Nina – with the wet weather phenomenon returning to Australia this spring and staying until the beginning of next year.
The state LNP will on Wednesday launch a petition for Queensland’s first underground rail project to be named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the former Queen.
And… Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has declared everything is on the table to solve Queensland’s housing crisis, as she vowed to take concrete actions in the wake of the upcoming summit.
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The era of King Charles III officially begun, after the 73-year-old monarch was proclaimed sovereign in a formal ceremony in London. Two of the state’s newly elected Greens MPs have sizeable property portfolios or shares in one of the world’s biggest companies. A former Queensland University of Technology social worker has claimed a toxic culture of bullying drove her to quit. Proposal made to establish a self-governed academy in the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria region.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk paid tribute to the “dearly loved” Queen Elizabeth II before cancelling next week’s parliamentary sitting as a mark of respect.
For former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, it was Queen Elizabeth’s emotional intelligence which was so memorable
Clive Palmer, one of Australia’s richest people, has deregistered his political party
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Hollywood star George Clooney has praised Australians for their bravery in handling the global pandemic
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Online scammers are posing as young women to convince teenage boys to send naked photos that they then use to blackmail
Philip Lowe says he has “no plans to resign” and the Reserve Bank of Australia did not promise to keep interest rates steady until 2024.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to say if she will convene a housing a summit
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Queenslanders have been told to forget the hype surrounding a potential La Nina declaration
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Annastacia Palaszczuk is facing calls to convene an emergency summit to tackle Queensland’s housing crunch
Cost of living pains are rising, but it has not stopped Queenslanders from splashing their hard-earned cash
A man has been shot by police and an officer has been injured after an incident at Kangaroo Point
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The Queensland government has refused to disclose how much in taxpayer funds was invested into a Brisbane biotech firm which later fell into administration
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The controversial coal royalty hike by the Palaszczuk Government sent shockwaves
Queensland Catholic schools have been recommended to install controversial unisex toilets or change room areas
Australians should brace for “difficult decisions” to be made in next month’s Budget
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A Brisbane renter whose entire apartment block is being turned into permanent AirBNBs has slammed the landlord’s move
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Home hunters’ borrowing power is falling faster than property prices
Travellers are flooding TripAdvisor review boards warning tourists to stay away from regional Queensland towns
Fruite and veggie prices set to remain high and some staples even risk going missing from supermarket shelves
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Shoppers have endured hours of hell trapped in the Westfield Chermside carpark during major gridlock on Father’s Day.
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AT least a million Queenslanders, including pensioners and carers, are set to receive the largest boost to their welfare payments in decades later this month amid skyrocketing inflation, the government has announced.
MORE than a third of Brisbane’s flood-damaged ferry terminals remain shut, with some not expected to be repaired and ready to open until next year as worker and supply shortages impact building schedules.
GROUND handlers used by major airlines including Qantas, Emirates and Etihad are set to strike over a new agreement they claim would see pay cuts doled out to experienced workers, pushing them below legal award conditions.
ONE of Australia’s top gynaecological cancer researchers has warned more women will needlessly die unless more funding is available for innovative trials of new therapies.
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AN IDEA to sell “wife beater” singlets to raise funds for domestic violence charity White Ribbon Australia has been quashed after being deemed “too radical”.
QUEENSLAND’S longest- serving MP – who has faced put-downs from the Premier for never serving in cabinet – says the “best people” for the job are discouraged from entering politics because of personal attacks.
PUTTING food on the table has become more stressful for many, with the average supermarket shop almost 6 per cent more expensive than a year ago – but there are still some good deals to be found.
BRISBANE dad driving duo John Hosie and Michael Jackson are capitalising on their love of making people laugh through their professional driving business, all to support their kids.
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A QUEENSLAND university union’s historic newspaper has stunned many of its students by publishing a “how-to” shoplifting guide that encourages targeting big corporations, wearing masks and inducing your child to throw a tantrum to distract.
AGED and veteran pensioners will be able to earn an extra $4,000 this year while the annual skilled migration cap will be raised to 195,000 in a bid to quickly ease the workforce shortage gripping Australia.
IT’S been a whole year since a Queensland mother was reunited with her young son after an agonising two-month separation because of border closures – and the family is convinced it was all for nothing.
A Catholic primary school principal has been cleared after an ugly spat with parents led to a formal complaint and an independent review.
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A NEW class of drugs that researchers say target the underlying cause of type II diabetes are a step closer, in a move scientists hope could revolutionise treatment for the lifelong disease.
PRESSURE is mounting on the Albanese government to bring forward its childcare changes and implement 26 weeks paid parental leave in a bid increase women’s participation in the workforce.
FEARS are mounting that interstate investors will stop buying in Queensland over what has been labelled a multimillion-dollar land tax grab by the Palaszczuk government.
SCHOOL staff such as science teachers and groundskeepers would not be able to be discriminated against because of their sexuality or gender identity, under new laws proposed by the state’s Human Rights Commission.
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A SUNSHINE Coast high school has come under fire for locking toilets and introducing “set opening hours”, triggering complaints from outraged parents.
ISOLATION for Covid positive cases will be slashed from seven to five days and mask mandates on domestic flights will be axed following an easing of restrictions.
DETECTIVES who investigated the murder of Lynette Dawson believe her husband Chris buried her body somewhere on the state’s Central Coast, it can be revealed.
BRISBANE golfer Cameron Smith has secured the richest payday ever for an Aussie sportsman, signing with the Saudi-backed LIV rebel golf tour.
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JURORS have been shown a chilling photo of a Brisbane private school teacher tied to a chair at a remote northern NSW farmhouse just hours before he was run down by a semi-trailer as his “absolutely bizarre” alleged kidnapping and death plays out in court.
QUEENSLAND will need to find 280,000 extra skilled workers in the next three years to keep up with economic growth, according to the state’s 10-year workforce strategy.
THE integrity of Queensland’s casino operations was put in “serious jeopardy” by Star Entertainment’s “errors”, which allowed high-roller gamblers banned in other states to have a punt at the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
A BRISBANE mother accused of running down her husband and his mistress got out of her BMW SUV after the crash and repeatedly punched the other woman in the head as she lay injured in the street, a court has heard.
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SLASHING red tape that is holding up skilled worker visas, ensuring Australians are trained for in-demand jobs and overhauling unemployment services are key areas Anthony Albanese will seek support to reform.
QUEENSLAND’S trade with China has bounced back after hitting a five-year low, despite Beijing so far maintaining its unofficial coal ban.
THE state government will investigate whether medicinal cannabis users should be allowed to drive on Queensland roads under a wide-ranging review of the state’s drug-driving rules.
SOUTH Brisbane’s population is expected to more than double in the next 20 years, with industry experts saying the government needs to look at dispersing populations going forward.
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A BIKIE boss accused of masterminding the execution of Shane Bowden is issuing orders from his cell to keep suspects who could tie him to the crime “zipped up” and is believed to be using a jail counsellor as a go-between with other outlaws charged over the murder, police claim.
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has been accused of being “checked out” after she cancelled cabinet while on leave to attend a luxury yacht getaway with celebrities on Hamilton Island.
COVID-19 has taken a six-year-old Queensland girl to the brink of death.
A DORMANT 330,000-strong army of migrant workers could be unleashed under plans to be canvassed at next week’s jobs summit to speed up visa processing.
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DREAMWORLD came close to being sold off at a “knockdown price” or shut completely as the Covid pandemic wreaked havoc on its bottom line, the chairman of the theme park’s parent company has revealed.
NAPLAN results are being kept secret after participation rates in the national standardised test took a nosedive, with Covid, influenza and floods to blame.
ASYLUM-seeker turn-backs, tax cuts and the recognition of Palestine are among a slew of contentious federal government policy positions that are under threat, following a successful power grab by the ALP Left.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced the state government will no longer recommend mask wearing in indoor settings.
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A SILENT pandemic devastating lives is also having a serious impact on the economy, with more than 31,000 Australians off work every day suffering the effects of long-Covid.
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has rescued rugby league in Papua New Guinea after the Mackay Cutters backflipped on plans to abandon playing the Hunters in Port Moresby.
THE boss of Star Entertainment Group has been grilled over why multiple highrolling gamblers were allowed access to the Gold Coast casino despite obvious “red flags”, including one with links to the notorious ‘Ndrangheta organised crime syndicate, who had been banned from interstate venues.
A ROYAL commission into the “shameful” Robodebt scandal that unlawfully claimed almost $1.8bn in debts from Aussies will report next April.
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STAR Casino showered expensive gifts, business class flights, luxury accommodation and free bets to lure a high-rolling blackjack gambler to play at its Gold Coast casino despite the man’s ban from its Sydney site over alleged criminal links.
COVID-19, flu and RSV case and hospitalisation figures are continuing to drop across the state, despite previous concerns of another peak in transmission following Brisbane’s Ekka.
BRISBANE Lions captain Dayne Zorko has broken his silence over his Harrison Petty sledge, revealing his comments were not “unprovoked” or “said in isolation”.
POLICE have revealed they were called to a Victoria Point home just weeks ago by a woman who was found dead in a bed with facial injuries.
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UNVACCINATED teachers will have their pay docked in an extraordinary punishment handed down because Education Queensland has “lost trust” in those who “acted inappropriately” in ignoring jab mandates.
EMOTIONAL witnesses have shared harrowing stories of gambling addictions on the first day of an inquiry into the Queensland operations of Star Entertainment Group.
A DEFIANT Scott Morrison has stood by his decision to secretly assume control of multiple portfolios after the nation’s top lawyer ruled it was legal, but “fundamentally undermined” responsible government.
DOZENS of state and federal government bodies such as the Queensland Department of Education are seeking advice from a controversial trans lobby group that claims “birth mother” is an outdated term and workplaces should have “all gender toilets”.
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PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has signalled a review of Scott Morrison’s conduct is on the horizon ahead of the release of legal advice into the secret jobs saga.
AUSTRALIAN exporters can learn from Ukraine’s experience with Russia and should “get rid of over-reliance” on China or forever risk economic ties being used as leverage on other issues, a top diplomat has warned.
QUEENSLAND gaming officials travelled overseas to investigate a major partner of the state’s $3.6bn Queen’s Wharf casino project and found no evidence of “unsuitable” connections at the time, the government has confirmed.
RELYING only on skilled migrants to fill Australia’s critical health worker shortage will not be enough to sustain the sector increasingly strained by an ageing population, the federal government will argue.
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Australian children as young as 5 are being admitted to hospital with eating disorders.
The Queensland government looks set to rake in $1.2b in coal royalties in just two months, despite forecasts that it would take four years.
Brisbane’s outer suburbs have seen the highest annual cost of living rise of all eastern capital cities.
Living in a government-held state or federal seat more than doubles the chances of getting grant funding.
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The second senior police officer who made a lewd comment at a leadership conference – exposed last week at the Commission of Inquiry – has taken leave while Commissioner Katarina Carroll seeks legal advice “about her options”.
A rare triple La Nina event could see heavy rain events linger until autumn next year following a summer of savage storms, more cyclones, and hail “the size of cricket balls”.
New hi-tech speed cameras will be deployed at school zones and roadwork sitesnext month in a bid to protect students and road workers from careless motorists
And.. The AFL won’t take any action on Brisbane Lions captain Dayne Zorko’s unsavoury on-field sledge to Melbourne’s Harrison Petty which left him in tears.
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Extraordinary prices have been achieved for typically ordinary suburban homes across Brisbane, with Records smashed across the city over the past two years
One of Queensland’s most senior police officers has sensationally resigned after a lewd and inappropriate comment he’d made at a leadership conference was made public.
Queensland Professor Ian Frazer who co-developed the world’s only cervical cancer vaccine has now set his sights on curing children’s cancer.
And.. many popular hospitality operators along Noosa’s world famous Hasting Street strip have been forced to cut back their opening hours due to staff shortages.
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Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has admitted there is a “significant” problem with misogyny and sexism within the police service, after revelations two senior police made lewd remarks at leadership conferences.
The boom is over for Australia’s leading property market with Brisbane suburbs that were in the grip of FOMO madness just eight months ago has lost heat.
ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has blasted suggestions he dudded the Queensland government, declaring future NRL grand finals will be played at Suncorp Stadium.
AND.. The wife of Paul Green has spoken of her hopes that in death her husband can help save lives after the family donated his brain to science.
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Home buyers are being warned of a potential “freeze” on their insurance policies as atriple La Ninathreatens to wreak havoc on South East Queensland in the coming months.
Smokers are more likely to quit due to the rising cost of cigarettes, rather than the health concerns.
Children will need Covid-19 vaccine boosters as it becomes clear the virus has not yet gone away.
AND.. the desperate battle for the NRL grand final remains in the balance after the ARL Commission again delayed a decision on rugby league’s showpiece event.
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Queensland is in the box seat to sensationally steal the NRL grand final after a fresh breakdown in talks between ARL Commission boss Peter V'landys and the NSW government.
A call for Scott Morrison’s immediate resignation following revelations the former prime minister secretly assumed control of five ministries during the pandemic is dividing stunned senior Coalition MPs.
There is now a 70 percent chance of a third La Nina forming in the coming months, following a "renewed cooling" in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
And architectural firms have been urged to lodge an expression of interest to redesign the Gabba Stadium ahead of its Olympic Games overhaul.
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Accusing Scott Morrison of running a "shadow government" Labor will investigate the legality of the former prime minister's secret move to give himself powers to jointly run the health, finance and resources ministries during the pandemic.
Betting on Queensland country racing events has fallen up to 80 per cent as online bookies continue to wage a war against the Palaszczuk government.
Queensland households could save up to $3675 on their electricity bills by switching providers, as they face warnings they will likely face a second power price hike this year just before Christmas.
And in sport, Newcastle have launched an investigation after a video emerged of Kalyn Ponga and Knights teammate Kurt Mann being kicked out of a toilet cubicle by security.
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The Palaszczuk government has sold off hundreds of social housing homes and vacant lots of land in the past 18 months, but is now putting a stop to sell-offs because of the escalating demand for housing.
A mother of four who was violently murdered at Bluewater, north of Townsville, was discovered by a group of teens quad biking in the area.
Commissioner Katarina Carroll says police are exhausted, as they battle exponential increases in domestic violence, a rising road toll and crime.
Queenslanders turned out in droves in a show of support for the Ekka, with more than 340,000 people turning out to celebrate the return of its historic event.
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Paul Green’s family have told of their “great sadness” as they prepare to farewell him at his beloved home rugby league ground where he first made his name.
A multibillion-dollar desalination plant could be built on the Sunshine Coast amid cracks in the Palaszczuk government over how to secure the region’s water supply and avoid a controversial debate about recycled water.
Million-dollar transfer bonuses are being offered to Queensland medical specialists to join competing companies in an unprecedented bidding war that enraged doctors have labelled “football team poaching tactics”.
Queenslanders have been pumping more than $8m a day into pokies to “relieve stress” as cost-of-living pressures create unseen levels of the destructive habit, a leading gambling analyst has warned.
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Australia’s energy market operator will be given urgent new powers to buy and store gas in a bid to keep the lights on and avoid another winter of electricity discontent.
Shattered rugby league legends have made an impassioned plea to men to open up about their mental health struggles in a desperate bid to prevent more suicide tragedies like that of Paul Green.
The generous sponsor who linked with Paul Green as a schoolboy and stayed for life spoke to him less than two days before his death without getting any hint of the tragedy ahead.
The state’s peak medical body is lobbying the Queensland government to allow retired doctors to return to work due to unprecedented workforce pressures.
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Former Cowboys supremo Laurence Lancini has expressed his devastation and shock following the sudden death of premiership-winning coach Paul Green.
It's been revealed police were called to check on the welfare of a North Queensland mother but left soon after - only for her to die in a house fire hours later.
The loved ones of a man who was struck and killed by an unlicensed driver who ran a red light say they are devastated the killer will only spend 20 months in prison.
Queensland researchers have discovered that parents are routinely given false information about the quality of life of children born with Down syndrome that can have dire implications for decisions made following prenatal testing.
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Queensland is being urged to open more gas fields to keep Australian lights on, with the federal resources Minister touting more supply as the “best solution” amid the global energy crisis.
A man alleged to have murdered his girlfriend and son with a long-handled kitchen knife and a meat cleaver can be revealed as the chef of an inner-city restaurant.
The peak body representing Queensland councils has called for other failed Crime and Corruption Commission cases against mayors and councillors to be reviewed after an inquiry recommended widespread changes to the watchdog.
Australian swimming’s golden girl Emma McKeon has shared some adorable photos of her romantic getaway with fellow Commonwealth Games star and boyfriend Cody Simpson.
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It’s been revealed The bodies of a mother and son killed in a “frenzied” stabbing attack were found at the top of a bloodied staircase after the man suspected of attacking them phoned triple-0 for help.
Submissions made to the Fitzgerald inquiry say the Crime and Corruption Submission should be stripped of its ability to direct arrests and lay charges.
The family of a 13-year-old girl who tragically died after a car ploughed into a crowd at Mount Isa is being remembered as the “sweetest soul”.
He might be a Hollywood heart-throb but this week Matt Damon was just like any other dad enjoying a day at the beach with his family in Byron Bay.
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Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission will be forced to seek independent legal advice before laying charges and face external oversight under sweeping reforms to curb the risk of the watchdog “mishandling matters”.
School kids struggling with their studies or mental health in the wake of Covid lockdowns have been dealt another blow with the delay of funding for programs to help them catch up.
Queensland athletes won almost half of Australia’s medal count in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games this year, taking 87 of the country’s 178 podium finishes.
The Ekka’s busiest day has arrived, with a crowd of more than 50,000 set to flood in as the Queensland Royal Show celebrates its People’s Day.
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has warned that Labor is “making a bad situation worse” by legislating emissions targets. Roundtable this week to address teachers shortage. State injects money to protect livestock from foot-and-mouth and lumpy skin diseases. Alleged triple murderer Darryl Young successfully appealed his gun licence being taken off him by police.
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Slain cattle farmer Mervyn Schwarz was warned about a long-running feud with the neighbours when he bought the Sutherland Station at Bogie. A Gold Coast ex-ice addict and criminal is pleading with a court to give him his licence back. Covid-linked croup infections triple in emergency departments across Queensland. Thousands of jobs are up for grabs at Brisbane Airport.
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A North Queensland farmer has been charged with the execution-style slayings of three neighbours in an alleged boundary dispute. Almost 40 Queensland police officers subject to domestic violence orders this year alone. Authorities confident an ongoing bloody street war has been brought under control. The People’s Show will today make its triumphant return when the Exhibition gates fly open to thousands of punters.
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Three people are dead, a man is in hospital with a gunshot wound and police were last night on the hunt for a gunman in Bogie. Popular drug to treat ADHD faces supply crunch. Climate bill passes lower house. Australia’s top doctor has warned this won’t be the “last wave”, as hospitalisations slow down.
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China’s “more aggressive posture” in the region has sparked a sweeping review of Australia’s defence capability to secure peace. Changes that better recognise trans and gender diverse people on Queensland birth certificates due later this year. Vaccines imminent for tens of thousands of children aged under five. Positive coral indicators on the Great Barrier Reef.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the nation’s benchmark interest rate by another 0.5 of a percentage point to curb inflation. A stoush brewing between the NRL and the NSW government could see Queensland hosting future NRL grand finals. The Palaszczuk government will pump millions of extra dollars into a crucial domestic violence hotline. Nuclear power could form part of the emissions reduction policy the Coalition takes to the next election.
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The mother and accused murderer of an eight-year-old Rockhampton boy has been remanded in custody with her matter adjourned until October. “Let pensioners work” motion to introduced to parliament with business group support. Redlands Mayor Karen Williams has vowed to return to work this week. The Premier still believes Queensland’s third Covid wave has yet to peak.
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BRISBANE home prices have fallen for the second month in a row but their drop has been overtaken by bigger falls across the region, including the Gold and Sunshine coasts.
MORE than 40 Queensland aged-care residents have died with Covid-19 in July new data analysis has revealed, with half of the casualties reported in the most recent week amid the ongoing outbreak.
AUSTRALIA is facing a “very concerning” gas shortage in 2023 that will spark price hikes and large business closures because LNG companies would rather ship it overseas than keep it here, a shocking new report from the consumer watchdog has revealed.
AGE discrimination is a “terrible blight” on the workforce, Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor says, as he tackles the widespread staff shortages that are crippling industries.
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A WOMAN has been charged with murder after an eight-year-old boy was found dead inside a Rockhampton home during a police welfare check.
QUEENSLAND taxpayers are funding astounding pay packages worth $1m a year to fly in locum doctors as the government scrambles to prop up a health system crumbling under a chronic doctor shortage.
POWERFUL mayors of Queensland’s two largest regions were refused a seat on Brisbane’s Olympic Games organising committee despite a previous promise they would be involved in planning the once-in-a-generation event.
EXPLOSIVE new court documents allege the boss of RSPCA Queensland hired a friend for a plum position with the animal welfare icon and had an “intimate relationship” with her.
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THE parents of 23-month-old Ruby Edwards, who recently became Queensland’s youngest Covid victim, have welcomed a baby boy just five days after the tragic loss.
QUEENSLANDERS are waiting up to 15 hours in the state’s overcrowded emergency departments as the Palaszczuk government faces a renewed grilling about its management of the under-pressure health sector.
QUEENSLAND could face a very wet spring, with the Bureau of Meteorology today confirming a more than 50 per cent chance that La Nina would return.
A QUEENSLAND mum who alleges she was repeatedly molested in class by her teacher when she was seven years old has sued the state government for $1.5m.
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THE cost of living crunch impacting Australian households will hit a higher than expected peak at Christmastime, with the pain not expected to ease fully until mid-2024 Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed.
A workforce shortage has gripped the Sunshine State on the back of the Omicron and influenza waves, forcing companies to go to desperate lengths to attract staff.
A SENIOR education department bureaucrat who was suspended following a corruption probe which led to former Deputy Premier Jackie Trad quitting was paid more than $630,000 while stood aside.
BILLIONS of dollars of housing projects in Queensland have been either stalled or mothballed as skyrocketing costs send the sector spiralling deeper into crisis.
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THE “broken” parents of Queensland’s youngest Covid-19 victim have issued a warning to other families after their “beautiful baby girl” tragically died on Sunday following complications.
TAXPAYERS spent a staggering $223m on the Palaszczuk government’s Wellcamp quarantine facility that will be mothballed just six months into its lease.
BRISBANE’S cost of living crisis is the second worst in the nation, new inflation figures have revealed, with the price of goods overall rising 7.3 per cent year-on-year.
SHOCK new forecasts have warned of a large fall ahead for home prices in Brisbane – mirrored by the rest of Qld – as the nation’s strongest property market absorbs interest rate shocks.
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CALLS have been made for Queensland students to undergo mandatory bag checks and pocket searches in a desperate bid to stop “out of control” vaping at schools.
QUEENSLAND doctors fear the state’s health system won’t cope with an expected explosion of Covid patients as medicos reveal hospitals are already at “never before seen” crisis levels.
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has slammed David Crisafulli as being “exactly like Campbell Newman” while the Opposition Leader claimed the Premier had no vision during Budget Estimates on Tuesday.
AN embarrassed Manly coach Des Hasler has made an emotional apology to the LGBTQ movement - and seven of his own dissenting players - after admitting the club’s pride jersey fiasco was a “significant mistake.”
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UNIVERSAL paid domestic and family violence leave would become a reality for Australian workers by August next year under landmark laws to be put forward by the federal government this week.
BRISBANE’S $400 million Pinkenba quarantine facility could be turned from a white elephant into a valuable asset.
A STATE of Origin scale battle has erupted to attract international airlines back to Australia with millions of dollars on offer from the Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian governments.
MANLY has been plunged into chaos with a host of players considering pulling out of Thursday night’s clash against the Sydney Roosters because of the club’s inclusive jersey.
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The Palaszczuk government could hold unprecedented power over the delivery of billions of dollars in Olympic Games infrastructure under a controversial deal being negotiated with the Albanese government.
The Gold Coast has been named one of the world’s top 50 sporting cities in a new international list, while Brisbane, the 2032 Olympic Games co-host, has failed to rate at all.
Nursing homes with Covid-19 outbreaks will continue to receive support from the Australian Defence Force until the end of September.
More than a million Aussies are about to be hit with a tax bill, and experts are warning now is not the time to ignore the debt.
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It’s been revealed more than $40m was spent keeping quarantine hotels open during a period when just 12 people stayed.
The enigmatic Brisbane tycoons behind the City Beach retail empire are locked in an extraordinary, high-stakes court battle with the taxman over demands they pay tax on an extra $125m of income.
There are renewed calls for people to wear glasses and a mask to protect themselves from Covid-19, with sunnies and even ordinary spectacles helping reduce the risk of infection.
Every Australian who uses an online betting account will receive a monthly statement outlining their wins and losses under new laws to help problem gamblers from next week.
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It's despite Victoria's higher population and Covid lockdowns.
More Queenslanders are on unemployment benefits than before the pandemic kicked off as well, despite the state’s jobless rate having fallen from 5.7 per cent to 4 per cent in that time.
Parents are being told to make their children wear a mask at school amid warnings the state’s third Covid wave could take another four weeks to peak if Queenslanders don’t “take control”.
A court has heard A Brisbane man charged with attempted murder waited at least 30 minutes to call Triple-0 following a “violent” altercation with his former housemate, who had to be placed into an induced coma for two weeks
Gale-force winds and 4m swells are expected to lash parts of the Queensland coast today, caused by a developing low off the Fraser Coast.
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Twelve Queenslanders including a powerful businessman will carry the weight of the state after being hand-picked by the Premier for a critical Olympic Games taskforce.
Queensland’s medical peak body has warned lifesaving Covid-19 antiviral drugs are proving “difficult” to access.
Queensland's top traffic cop has described seeing chilling footage of drivers panicking and uselessly hitting their brakes while being washed away in floodwaters, as the state braces for another severe weather event.
Businesses are operating “as usual” following conflicting advice from the state and federal governments on whether employees should work from home amid Queensland’s third Omicron wave.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed the extensive investigation will include everything from its objectives to its culture.
It’s been revealed the Palaszczuk government forked out $7m more spruiking its economic recovery plan than what it spent promoting the Covid-19 jab to Queenslanders.
There are fears Queensland’s hospitals are at breaking point with most departments operating at a “high” impact Tier Three pandemic response.
A market analysis has found Australian domestic airfares have shot up by as much as 96 per cent since May.
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Queensland is officially in the grips of our biggest Covid wave with hospitalisations soaring as authorities admit modelling failed and they “don’t know what’s coming”.
Queensland Labor is at risk of being unable to reach its affirmative-action targets after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk backed all of her MPs to run at the next state election.
Suncorp customers have been assured there will be no change to their banking despite the Queensland company’s $4.9bn sale to ANZ.
British Open outcast Greg Norman has been blown away by Cameron Smith’s historic win in the 150th championship at St Andrews.
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A domestic and family violence court will be established in Brisbane to help vulnerable Queenslanders navigate the justice system. Just 12 interstate tradies have applied for the state government’s cash bonus for helping to rebuild flood-affected homes. A scathing new report has found Australian politics has a growing “jobs for mates” culture. Catch-and-release shark drumlines could be rolled out in new locations in the state’s north. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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An investigation is launched into allegations made in a letter purportedly written by a group of doctors from Caboolture Hospital. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk makes a personal plea for Queenslanders to wear masks indoors again. One of Australia’s most prolific sperm donors jets into Brisbane for a baby-making mini-tour. More than 3500 flood-affected Queenslanders want their homes raised, rebuilt or voluntarily bought back under the disaster response package. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Secret documents have exposed chaos inside the Palaszczuk Government over the decision to close South East Queensland schools. Queensland’s rental crisis has reached catastrophic levels. Anthony Albanese says workers don’t need pandemic leave. Malcolm Turnbull is our most expensive former Prime Minister. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Current and former police officers have told a commission of inquiry about colleagues going to great lengths to avoid domestic violence jobs. A Brisbane cafe worker who angered her boss by failing to use a smiley emoji on messages has won an unfair dismissal case. Brisbane's old Albion Park Raceway will be moved and the precinct around it transformed for the Olympics. Brisbane institution Eagle Street Pier will farewell all but one of its tenants this weekend. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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The magnificent Maroons have engineered another Blues boilover to reclaim the Origin shield with a nail-biting 22-12 victory. Queensland teachers have been offered an 11 per cent pay rise over the next three years. The state’s leading metropolitan race club has refused to stand down its chief executive after he was charged with rape. Leaders from 16 nations will gather today for the final and most important day of the Pacific Islands Forum. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Daly Cherry-Evans says he’s ready to deliver a captain’s knock for Queensland but enters tonight’s decider under enormous pressure. The Palaszczuk government’s failing to build enough social homes to keep up with the surging demand for housing. The Queensland Police Service is recruiting members who have survived abusive relationships.Queenslanders have become alarmingly complacent about a surge in Covid-19 cases. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Footage of a Fortitude Valley stabbing has emerged, showing a heated fight before a young man was tragically killed in a food court. Dramatic rise in the amount Australians are losing to SMS scams prompts new regulations. Volume of domestic violence callouts burning out police, who are unable to sleep and terrified of making a mistake. Queenslanders have been warned there is “no escaping” Covid-19 amid the third wave of the year. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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A boutique 20,000-plus seat stadium could soon be constructed at the Main Arena in the Brisbane Showgrounds to host AFL games and potentially Big Bash cricket fixtures.
Being drunk in public and begging could be decriminalised, while the offence of urinating in public could also be repealed, under a state government review of the offences.
Former Australian Federal Police officers, anti-corruption organisations and civil liberties groups are calling for the urgent establishment of a federal ICAC that also investigates law enforcement officials.
Queensland has the lowest take-up of Covid-19 booster shots in the nation amid grim warnings the state’s current virus surge has all the ingredients to be as bad as the first wave.
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RUGBY league Immortal Wally Lewis has confronted his mortality and spoken about the family split which rocked the Queensland legend.
Two young children conceived with sperm donations from a man killed in the Dreamworld ride tragedy are set to receive $300,000 from the theme park’s owner to help pay for top private school fees.
Millions of Australians will gain access to life-saving antiviral treatments for Covid-19 even if they don’t have an underlying medical condition, as case numbers and hospitalisations soar.
Hundreds of Queensland couples are each year seeking out budget IVF ...as doctors say the chance to have a baby should not be restricted to people in well-off postcodes.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday by a gunman who opened fire at close range as the hugely influential politician delivered a campaign speech.
Regional federal Liberal National MPs are set to challenge their state counterparts to support a reversal of Queensland’s controversial mining royalty rise.
A world-first weight loss device that requires no medical procedure and is simply swallowed has been released into the Australian market.
Queensland grocery costs have soared to almost $180 a week with people eating less meat and more frozen foods to save money at the checkout...
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Queenslanders have been warned they may need further Covid booster shots by the end of the year, with some hospitals suspending services as the latest wave decimates the state’s health workforce.
The health and wellbeing of Australians will become part of the success yard stick of the federal budget alongside GDP and debt for the first time, under a revolutionary New Zealand-style plan to track policy outcomes on how much our lives are improving.
Regional Queensland has shunned Annastacia Palaszczuk and her government on a range of issues, sounding a blistering warning about the Premier’s popularity.
Nick Kyrgios says he isn’t going to be distracted from his goal of winning Wimbledon even after it was revealed he has been summonsed to an Australian court over an alleged assault.
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Queenslanders are being warned to brace for the state’s worst ever Covid-19 wave, with the latest sub-variant evading the immunity built up in the vaccinated and those who have already caught the virus.
Queensland’s new coalmining tax regime has put the lucrative business relationship with Japan at great risk
The ex-girlfriend of tennis star Nick Kyrgios has told why the charges came about on the eve of his Wimbledon quarterfinal, seven months after she was allegedly assaulted.
AND.. island elders believe a specialised Australian Institute of Sport should be built within the Torres Strait to ensure more indigenous athletes can represent their country at Brisbane’s Olympic Games,
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Fourteen people ranging in age from 19 to 65 will now face murder charges over the death of an eight-year-old diabetic girl who police will allege was taken off her insulin to let God “heal her” or resurrect her once she was dead.
Queenslanders have been hit with an historic double whammy as the official cash rate climbs another half a per cent for the second straight month.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have spent more time overseas in his first eight weeks in office than John Howard did in his first year.
Weather forecasters are predicting a brutal cold blast to hit Queensland next week.
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Exclusive polling reveals the ongoing integrity scandal facing Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has seen Labor’s support plunge to its lowest level in three years.
Australia's top doctors will this week consider rolling out a fourth Covid dose to the nation amid warnings of a huge spike in people being admitted to Queensland hospitals with the virus.
A court has heard one of 13 men charged over the fatal stabbing of a man in a Zillmere park was allegedly overheard saying “we rocked up with murder on our mind” at the watch-house after his arrest.
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer in Australia – overtaking breast cancer.
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Business closures will be the result of skyrocketing energy costs, according to industry leaders who are warning of economic carnage. Passengers left shocked after flying from Dubai with a big hole on the side of their A380. Grave fears for a young Brisbane-based jockey left in critical condition after an accident in Grafton Sunday afternoon. 12,000 tonnes of rubbish has been in the Sunshine State in the last financial year For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Redlands Mayor Karen Williams has ignored calls for her resignation but last confirmed she would be taking unpaid leave from Monday. A record number of sharks have been caught in nets off the Queensland coast in the past year. A leading infectious diseases expert has warned against the enforcing the use of masks amid Queensland’s worrying new Covid-19 wave. Robert Irwin has sneaked in a glow-up, as revealed in this exclusive first ever fashion shoot for Stellar magazine. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Queensland could have mask wearing reintroduced as the current Covid-19 wave is predicted to get “significantly worse” in coming weeks. An overhaul of Queensland’s sex crimes laws has been recommended. New research has found parents are now increasingly allowing their kids to decide how much they eat. A new “dawn” has broken in Australia’s fraught relationship with France. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Disposable coffee cups and lids are among items set to be banned in Queensland to protect the environment from single-use plastics. The company behind Brisbane’s Queen’s Wharf development will face an inquiry with royal-commission-style powers. Annastacia Palaszczuk says her government will “take responsibility” for the poor culture within the public sector. Brisbane home prices have finally peaked, slipping into negative territory for the first time since April 2020. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Annastacia Palaszczuk has blamed dental surgery for being unable to front Queenslanders following a damning report into the public service. A coroner has called for urgent changes to domestic violence policing and training in Queensland in the wake of the Clarke family murders. Energy Minister Chris Bowen won’t guarantee Labor can still deliver its election promise of a $275 cut to power prices by 2025. Australia’s much touted free trade deal with the UK is set to be derailed. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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The review by Professor Peter Coaldrake has called for the “rejuvenation” of the public service amid damning findings into its culture. RSPCA Queensland’s been ordered into mediation with two long-serving former executives who have launched unfair dismissal claims. Incoming Queensland Greens MPs have hit back at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s crossbench staff cuts. Queensland crowned Australia’s tourism capital for the first time. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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The Prime Minister stopped in the UAE where he told troops the invasion of Ukraine shows why global order must be actively defended. Queensland retailers are hoping last year’s surge in spending at cafes and on cosmetics is repeated to ward off inflation fears. A coroner has delivered a scathing analysis of the Queensland Police Service’s treatment of murdered mum Doreen Langham. Agriculture and transport have driven the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Kindy kids who play outside in the bush or at the beach are more likely to perform better in maths, science and technology when they start school.
A labor stalwart says the Palaszczuk government should use the looming Coaldrake review as a “reset”, as another warns it will make for a “challenging time” for politicians and bureaucrats.
Queensland parents already feeling the pinch amid the cost-of-living crisis have been slugged with extra daycare fees, with some centres hiking prices by as much as 8 per cent.
And a deal to secure supply of Moderna’s Covid jab for Aussie kids aged 5 and under has been left to the health department, despite Labor previously criticising the former government for not taking leadership on vaccines.
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Drink-driving mayor Karen Williams held a Zoom meeting with families who lost loved ones to drunk drivers before getting behind the wheel, losing control of her car and crashing into a tree.
Queensland school kids who suffered injuries after slipping on concrete, running into a basketball pole and getting into fights have been paid more than $1.2m in compensation.
North Queensland is experiencing a “mystery” rise in cases of a potentially deadly soil-borne disease as concerned doctors search for a reason why.
And a Brisbane father has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm to his six-week-old baby son who is in hospital with serious injuries, including a skull fracture.
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THE mayor who vigorously led calls for a drunk driver who killed a young family to be given a harsher penalty has admitted she was drinking before she crashed her car this week.
Queensland researchers have made a world-first breakthrough that will help bring more effective treatments for people who suffer from debilitating migraine headaches.
Hundreds of unvaccinated Queensland teachers have been ordered to return to the classroom for the first day of term 3 after the Palaszczuk government announced the end of jab mandates for schools, aged care and corrective services facilities.
A retired Brisbane nurse who collected medical students’ sperm donations at a fertility clinic in the 1970s has claimed the pioneering doctor leading the conception program kept records “in his head” and that a veterinarian was brought in to examine specimen quality.
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FOUR Labor MPs accused by the Opposition of protecting Jackie Trad are facing pressure to reveal whether there is a “Labor puppet master” handing down “orders from above”.
Queensland’s mental health boss has urged the State Government to invest its record funding into community-based care, including hospital-in-the-home services, as he warns the state’s stretched system needs more than just money.
The term “maternity leave” will be scrapped from Queensland’s industrial relations laws and replaced with the gender-neutral term “birth-related leave”.
QUEENSLANDERS can expect to keep forking out up to $11 for a head of lettuce, with some produce items not returning to normal supply levels until the end of August.
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QUEENSLAND’S new coal royalties regime threatens to damage the sector, according to global investment banks, as industry figures claim future projects have been thrown into “jeopardy”.
Union boss Michael Ravbar has taken aim at Annastacia Palaszczuk, urging the Premier to take swift action against lobbying if she is serious about restoring public trust.
QUEENSLAND children are failing to meet basic literacy and numeracy targets, with new data showing the alarming levels state school students are falling behind.
Queensland researchers have developed a world-first vaccine against a common virus that can cause severe disabilities in unborn babies.
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AN off-duty firefighter and dentist fought frantically to save the life of a 29-year-old woman killed in a buggy rollover while honeymooning on Hamilton Island.
WITH “gritted teeth” a judge has delayed the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins after TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson “completely obliterated” the line between allegation and guilt in her Logies acceptance speech.
BIG business will be slugged with new taxes including a levy to help fix the state’s fractured mental health system in a move that’s been slammed as a broken election promise.
A Queensland Government body is ringing alarm bells on new data that shows shocking numbers of Queenslanders can’t afford to include vegetables in their diets — and the state opposition says it’s time for the government to listen to its own research and help ease cost of living pressures.
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Housing support services say Queensland families in desperate need of a home face the harrowing decision of leaving children at homeless shelters while the parents sleep in cars.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has defended her worth ethic and insisted she has “fresh strategies” for the state
Australian navy officers would receive rigorous training aboard US nuclear submarines under a “milestone” piece of legislation introduced in Washington.
A deep look into the back of a person’s eye may provide an early warning into their future risk of dementia.
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New data has revealed Australians are searching for better power deals in droves, as retailers warn there are just days left before a guaranteed increase in electricity bills.
Home birth services could be publicly funded in Queensland in a move being considered by the Palaszczuk government that would make the option more widely accessible for mothers.
An alleged Queensland drug smuggler has been given the green light to move interstate for a $240,000-a-year job he landed through mates.
“Build-to-rent” apartment complexes complete with concierges, yoga instructors, personal trainers, cooking courses, gyms and theatres are set to spring up in Queensland to help solve the state’s housing affordability and rental crisis.
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An explosive investigation by the state’s corruption watchdog has laid bare the disproportionate access key figures with political connections appear to have with the Palaszczuk government.
Firebrand politician Pauline Hanson has been re-elected to six more years in the Senate after a tight election
A simple heel price test used to detect serious genetic conditions in newborns will be expanded to include two new illnesses in Queensland
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Undercover police posing as drug buyers in a new hi-tech sting have arrested 12 South East Queenslanders
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It’s been revealed three-quarters of all new jobs created in Australia last month were in Queensland, with the latest figures revealing more than 46,000 people were added to the Sunshine State workforce.
Australians' average superannuation balances have climbed during the pandemic but there is a big gap between the nation’s wealthiest super savers and the rest.
Retired federal MP Andrew Laming has broken his silence about the real reasons he did not recontest his seat.
Notorious Gold Coast conman Peter Foster claims he’s the victim of “an old-fashioned State of Origin stitch-up” over his latest fraud charges.
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The major change has been welcomed as a “common sense move” with Qantas suggesting in-flight masks should be the next to go.
The entire national electricity market has been suspended in an unprecedented move designed to avert catastrophic rolling blackouts in Queensland and across the country.
It’s been revealed the Palaszczuk government has only overseen a 0.6 per cent increase in state-owned social housing since the end of 2020, as more than 50,000 people wait for a home.
A court has heard that a Townsville woman repeatedly begged police to do something about her estranged husband, telling them he had guns and had threatened to kill her, before he shot himself.
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Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman says she will look at the minimum age of detention in Queensland following Tasmania’s move to increase it from 10 to 14.
Queenslanders are being asked to cut unnecessary power use as they are warned of a “bumpy winter ahead” amid the ongoing energy crisis.
Brisbane residents are bracing for a sharp rates increase after Gold Coast homeowners were slugged with the biggest hike in more than a decade.
An investigation has found hundreds of thousands of Australians are having their “faceprints” captured by major retailers without their knowledge.
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Queenslanders’ power bills risk a second price hike this year while some smaller electricity retailers face closure ...if government and industry ...can’t resolve the energy crisis that’s driving wholesale prices through the roof.
A $750 million world-class cancer hospital will be built in Brisbane, providing 150 new beds and more than 2000 construction jobs.
A Daycare manager who forgot a young girl on a bus for more than an hour has been given a slap on the wrist with a $1000 fine.
Desperate Queenslanders unable to purchase new or second hand vehicles are being forced to fix them themselves on top of being hit with a “ridiculous” surge in car part prices and six months wait.
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Central Queensland will host the first of a series of “regional Cabinet meetings” hosted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as he seeks to reach out to the state and rebuild trust in areas which turned their back on Labor in recent elections.
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has warned government agencies to be on the lookout for thieving public servants who will be motivated to steal fuel as prices continue to surge.
In sport, Queensland is eyeing off a basketball slam dunk with plans to bring an NBA game to Brisbane.
And Shane Warne’s family say the cricket great’s posthumous Queen’s Birthday honour is due recognition for all he achieved and did for others.
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An accused international crime kingpin allegedly at the centre of an Asian cartel that controls Australia’s drug trade has sensationally been dragged here to face trial.
Fraudsters are ripping off the NDIS by up to $1.45bn a year with the disability scheme now the target of organised crime gangs, according to intelligence provided to the federal government.
Penny-pinching Queenslanders are living with their parents longer to save money and are growing their own produce as cost-of-living pressures squeeze household budgets.
And speed limits will be slashed and warning devices made mandatory for e-scooters in Queensland, under sweeping safety reforms that will kick off from November.
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Top doctors who were lured as bright University of Queensland medical students four decades ago to “anonymously” donate sperm are now living in fear of a knock on the door from the children they helped conceive.
Australia has signalled a softening of a divisive rule which has resulted in thousands of New Zealanders convicted of crimes being deported regardless of how much time they had spent across the ditch.
The boss of Queensland’s biggest tourism body has decided to call it quits after guiding the industry through its darkest days.
And a disability worker who allegedly defrauded the National Disability Insurance Scheme of more than $300,000 has been arrested at Brisbane Airport after a series of tip-offs sparked an investigation.
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The heartbroken parents of Matty Field and Kate Leadbetter say the sentence given to the teen who killed the young couple and their unborn child was “grossly inadequate”
Hundreds of Queensland property owners affected by the recent floods have applied for changes to be made to the land valuations
Justis Huni’s father fears his son could be the victim of a hate campaign after the Australian heavyweight boxing star was rocked by a drive-by shooting
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Brisbane fuel prices have rocketed to their highest ever
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Kate Leadbetter and Matthew Field’s killer will walk free from prison the very same week their unborn son Miles was due to start year 1.
A Labor linkedlobbying firm representing Tabcorp met with senior Palaszczuk government officials more than 40 times before their online bookmaking competitors were blindsided by a new betting tax
Medical groups have raised “significant concerns” about a Queensland-led proposal to publicly name health professionals whose actions pose a “serious risk” to patients.
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A youth advocacy body is calling for changes to sex crimes laws that led to an intellectually impaired child being charged with sending explicit photographs to a man after her mother approached police for help.
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Queensland families have been hit with the biggest one-off interest rate rise in more than two decades
Soulmates Matthew Field and Kate Leadbetter were just three months away from welcoming their first child when they were tragically killed by a drunk teenager
The latest CityCat to be launched on the Brisbane River will offer shade protection for those wanting to lap up the views from the top deck.
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Gym patrons are outraged at a major franchise’s decision to cut all of its creche services across the country
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The Opposition has called for the government to rule out a new tax to fund solutions to the state’s mental health crisis
Australia will seek greater defence ties with Indonesia and other southeast Asian nations
Punters could lose lucrative gambling incentives as blindsided bookmakers slam the Queensland Government’s betting tax increase
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Whoever shot up a Gold Coast police station is “sending a message” and needs prosecuted to the fullest extent, says a leading criminologist.
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Thousands of Queenslanders who toughed their way through hotel quarantine have called on health authorities to reassess the billing process as lengthy delays continue to plague their day-to-day lives.
A creep staffer caught filming up more than 60 women’s skirts could cost a major variety store hundreds of thousands of dollars after they allegedly failed to take serious action against him.
Record-Low vacancy rates, blown-out housing waitlists and an unrelenting property price boom have deepened Queensland’s rental crisis, with families still scrambling for shelter.
Desperate buyers are forking out “whatever it takes” to secure a second-hand car and paying tens of thousands of dollars more than its original price on the most sought-after models.
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The remote Torres Strait islands, have been largely untouched until now, but a new venture launched on Saturday during Reconciliation Week is the first step in opening the region for cashed-up post-pandemic travellers.
Australian’s should brace themselves for more cost-of-living hikes, with Jim Chalmers warning inflation is now running at a “significantly higher” rate than the 5.1 per cent announced in April.
Obstetricians claim they are being treated like the enemy by parents in birthing suites and have linked labour ward tension to a startling rate of doctor suicides and even some preventable baby deaths.
Hollywood legend Tom Hanks has lauded the "joy and zest for life" of Queenslanders in his triumphant return to the Gold Coast for the biggest film event to hit the state in four years.
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The spiralling violence by students, and sometimes even their parents, has sparked calls for teachers to undergo self-defence training and for schools to hire armed security guards and install more cameras.
Life expectancy in Australia is set to go backwards for the first time since World War II as a result of Covid-19.
Queensland's Police Commissioner insists she is sticking to mandatory Covid-19 vaccination directions for all police officers and staff.
The lowest-paid Australians could soon be about $40 a week better off, with the federal government moving to back a pay rise of 5.1 per cent to the minimum wage.
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The energy and gas crisis is putting the Albanese government under pressure after it did not rule out increasing coal-fired power output to deal with shortages, sparking a fiery response from the Greens fresh off record-breaking election wins.
The number of foreign backpackers in Australia has plunged nearly 90 per cent during the pandemic..
The Queensland government has lifted its public service hiring freeze in a move that will allow the state’s departments and agencies to hire more staff and bureaucrats.
Queensland is on track to become Australia’s cruise capital as the industry goes full steam ahead for the Sunshine State.
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Victims of sexual assault have told horrific stories of being laughed at, ignored, and re-traumatised while navigating a slow-moving, insensitive and “broken” system where very few complaints lead to a conviction in court.
It’s been revealed About a quarter of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s ministers – including Deputy Premier Steven Miles – are yet to oversee the passage of any laws related to their portfolio during this term of parliament.
Queensland golden girl Ariarne Titmus is on a collision course with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas after the American signalled her ambitions to compete at the Paris Olympic in 2024.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says A “perfect storm” of energy price spikes is smashing businesses and household budgets as the economy unexpectedly lurches to a standstill.
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It comes as Anthony Albanese vows to “change the way politics works in this country”.
A Townsville mother charged with killing her young daughter allegedly Googled if she would go to jail for leaving a child in a car a day before the girl’s lifeless body was found inside a vehicle.
Smoking could be banned in some carparks and outdoor markets, and drinking could be prohibited in outdoor smoking areas at pubs, under proposed reforms being considered by the Queensland government.
Troubled former star of The Block Suzi Taylor has been accused of having three bank and identification cards that did not belong to her.
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David Littleproud has declared the new-look Queensland-led Nationals will not chase political “extremities” , as the Leader signalled a shift toward whole hearted support of net zero by 2050 as a policy that “protects” the regions.
A Catholic girls’ school in Brisbane’s north has come under fire for requiring formal dresses to be approved to ensure there were “no plunging necklines or low backs below the waist”.
An expert has warned that a shortage of an important diabetic medication could continue for months following a social media frenzy promoting it as a weight loss drug...
And it’s been revealed unvaccinated Queenslanders account for one in four Covid-19 deaths in the state
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A Queensland- based leadership duo could end up in charge of the Coalition amid growing speculation David Littleproud may emerge victorious in a three-cornered fight for the Nationals leadership.
Some of Australia’s most-loved books, have been labelled too old and not culturally diverse enough by literacy experts.
Australian adults suffering from a degenerative spinal condition have been thrown a lifeline, with a drug costing more than $100,000 per dose set for PBS listing.
And counsellors say they are expecting a wave of children to come forward with sexual assault claims once consent education becomes mandatory in schools.
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The Sunday Mail has obtained video from the scandalous closed-door practice match that ended Liz Cambage’s Opals career. A coal mine expansion at the centre of a 15-year quest for approval has finally cleared its last hurdle. An Australian who volunteered to provide humanitarian aid has been killed during fighting in Ukraine. A young woman allegedly shot dead on the Sunshine Coast had recently shared her excitement at getting engaged. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Widow of murdered police officer Brett Forte has been told her views on her husband’s death are “irrelevant” as she fights being silenced. A homicide investigation’s been launched after the death of a young woman driven to a Sunshine Coast hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. The construction sector’s seen the collapse of two more building firms in Queensland. Prosecutors submit Vince Colosimo should go to jail on drug-driving charges. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Over 40 per cent of Queensland hospital patients were ramped with paramedics despite emergency department presentations falling. Labor’s Macalister MP Melissa McMahon to take leave from parliament. Attendance rates at Queensland state schools have plummeted to their lowest levels since the pandemic began. Queenslanders will have $175 slashed off their next power bill. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed China would need to start dropping trade sanctions before relations could thaw after two years. The Queensland College of Teachers has appeared in more than half-a-dozen cases before QCAT in a bid to keep teachers from returning to classrooms. Over 10,000 motorists’ fines and private details have been sent to the wrong people. Peter Dutton’s wife has mounted an impassioned defence of her husband’s “compassion”. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Labor MPs blocked releasing how much money the CCC has spent fighting to release a report into an appointment made by Jackie Trad. Record-breaking rain has racked up more than $2 billion in damages for Queenslanders. Autopsy results expected today following death of a five-year-old boy released from Logan Hospital. Working holidaymakers haven’t returned to Queensland in the numbers hoped. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Anthony Albanese was sworn in as PM on Monday morning and boarded a plane to Tokyo only hours later for a Quad leaders meeting. Concerns over how long it’s taking QLD government officials to respond to information requests. All Queenslanders who don’t already qualify for free flu vaccines will get them from today. Cody Simpson has revealed that he broke down in tears the moment he found out he’d made the Australian swimming team for the Commonwealth Games. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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A Queensland paramedic has been banned from the profession for at least two years after asking his teen babysitters to give him oral sex...
Ipswich residents suffering nausea and chest pains due to a worsening odour crisis will demand the state government launch a probe into the health effects of the stink.
The neighbour of an elderly woman heard screaming for help in a fatal house fire southeast of Brisbane tried to break down the front door with a sledgehammer to save her from the flames.
Shocking statistics have revealed QUEENSLANDERS are being killed in crashes at an alarming rate, with the start of 2022 the worst for driver and passenger fatalities in at least six years.
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A tribunal has heard that a woman with her hands cuffed behind her back was tasered by police without warning at the base of her neck, causing her to collapse outside a Gold Coast nightclub,.
Regional Queensland teachers are facing hikes to subsidised rents designed to attract workers to the country, even as the education department struggles to fill vacancies in a growing number of rural schools.
Experts say Queensland's coal-fired power stations must close within the decade for the Palaszczuk government to meet its ambitious renewable energy target
A third of practical driving tests have been failed by Queensland learner drivers over the past seven years.
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LABOR leader Anthony Albanese remains in front going into election day in a nailbiting finish to the campaign, despite running a gaff-ridden campaign.
Brisbane’s richest and poorest schools have been revealed, with a Courier-Mail analysis showing some state schools are pulling in half the funding of their counterparts just suburbs away.
Queensland Health doesn’t know exactly how many elective surgeries it will need to postpone amid a worldwide shortage of iodine.
The flood history of properties would have to be disclosed to prospective buyers in Queensland under a real estate shake up being considered by the Palaszczuk government.
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Labor is gunning to make a dent in “Fortress Queensland”, with up to three seats in its sights in the final hours of the campaign as it seeks to fall over the line into a majority government.
Regional doctors are experiencing their worst stress in three decades and patients can’t get care despite taxpayers pouring $152 million into temporary “band-aid” solutions in just 15 months.
A Sydney court has heard Alleged murderer Chris Dawson once drove a teenage babysitter who felt like a “sex slave” to a building site in Western Sydney to make inquiries about hiring a hit man to kill his wife,
Brisbane City Council will delay construction of two green bridges and cancel the major extension of a key bikeway to focus on rebuilding the city after this year’s devastating floods.
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The government urges Queenslanders not to contribute to the escalating pressures by refusing to get a Covid-19 or flu jab.
Anthony Albanese is favourite in the polls to be Australia’s next prime minister after reinventing himself as a politician for all people.
Lawyers for a man accused of murdering his baby in Central Queensland have applied for listening device related material to see if police were treating his wife as a suspect.
A shocking new report has found Sexual assault victims in regional areas are forced to drive for up to 10 hours to be medically examined following an attack
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Health Staff are warning Queenslands Hospitals are in the worst state they’ve seen....with a “dangerous” shortage of nurses, too few GPs, growing mental health presentations and a spike in Covid and other respiratory cases..
In a stunning rejection of transparency, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has declared Australian voters only need to know if Labor will deliver a higher deficit than the Coalition 48 hours before polling day.
It's been revealed Taxpayers have been forced to pay $127m for variations to major projects across Queensland with bureaucratic bungles and poor planning leading to cost blowouts.
Cities and towns across Queensland have already exceeded their average annual rainfall with some already recording their wettest year on record.
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Convicted triple-murderer Vincent O’Dempsey has claimed he’s an innocent man, denying he slayed the McCulkin family or had anything to do with the mass murder of 15 people in the Whiskey Au Go Go inferno.
A murder trial has heard the babysitter who moved into the home of Christopher Dawson just days after the disappearance of his wife Lynette walked around their northern beaches house wearing a G-string and nothing else.
The sister of Andrew Symonds says her “heart is broken” as police continue to search for answers over the crash which killed the cricket legend.
The coalition says a housing scheme allowing first home buyers to dip into their superannuation to break into the market would have “limited impact” on property prices..
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The couple who rushed to the tragic car crash death of cricket legend Andrew Symonds say his dogs refused to leave his side as they desperately tried to help him.
Tributes are flowing for the late Andrew Symonds, after the shock passing of the cricket star.
The wages bill for Queensland small businesses has reached an all-time high, with employers having to pay premium salaries in a bid to retain skilled staff.
A landmark scheme that will allow Australians to dip into their super to buy their first home had been unveiled by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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The family of a woman convicted of her child’s manslaughter, who later suffered catastrophic head injuries, have revealed their extraordinary four-month bid to keep the mother and her unborn child alive after the baby’s tragic death in hospital.
Queenland's latest round of wild weather will continue to ease further today but the Bureau of Meteorology has warned another rain system could hit as soon as the weekend.
An ex-Gold Coast AFL player has been revealed as a secret Aussie confidant of screen siren Amber Heard during her time in Australia in 2017.
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Roger Rogerson has been a much-anticipated witness at an inquest investigating decades-old allegations into the Whiskey Au Go Go fire
Embattled Lockyer Valley residents will begin cleaning up on Saturday after another “soul destroying” flood left hundreds of homes inundated by an inland sea.
Patients will be given better access to GPs and doctors offered grants of up to $50,000 to improve their practices
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Elon Musk has announced his $US44b (A$63b) deal to buy Twitter is temporarily on hold
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Roger Rogerson will be called to give evidence at an inquest into the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing today.
Voters won’t know the true cost of Labor’s policies until the final days of the campaign.
A stubborn La Nina has fuelled Queensland's wettest May in seven years but the state’s southeast is expected to be spared of the widespread devastation that torrential rain brought in February.
A two-decades-old agreement’’, that deprived employees of Queensland’s largest hospitality group of penalty rates, has been described as unconscionable by a Fair Work Commissioner.
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A new report has revealed above average water temperatures led to a mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef over summer, as the Aussie icon was impacted by “escalating” climate change..
A court has heard Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub may have been torched as retribution for its links to an illegal heroin trade.
Anthony Albanese has doubled down on his move to support a 5.1 per cent increase minimum wage hike in order to keep up with inflation
Suncorp Stadium has retained Magic Round with Queensland staving off a poaching bid from the NSW government.
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Police have accepted a commission of inquiry into widespread cultural issues that are denying domestic violence victims justice just months after railing against the need for one.
More than 1000 Queenslanders have been struck down with the flu this month, with experts warning the virus was spreading earlier than expected.
Year 3 students will be asked to add three-digit numbers without a calculator and Year 5’s introduced to complex graphs previously taught to teens as part of the Australian curriculum’s mathematics overhaul.
A detective who investigated the deadly Whiskey Au Go Go inferno says he does not believe the culprits were “verballed” during their police interviews.
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A little girl who made a remarkable recovery after being left stranded on a hot daycare bus for six hours, has returned home to Rockhampton.
Broncos rising star Selwyn Cobbo admits he has copped a stinging reality check after becoming the latest Brisbane player embroiled in an off-field incident.
There has been a strong turnout to the first day of pre-polling on Monday, as the leaders gave their pitch to early voters.
A court has been told Footballer turned high-school teacher Chris Dawson allegedly wanted to hire a hit man to murder his wife Lynette after the couple was unable to have children early in their marriage.
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Indigenous groups are pushing to finally secure a Voice to Parliament five years on from the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Tensions between police officers and hospital staff boil over at emergency departments amid the state’s escalating ramping crisis. Building industry figures warn Far North Queenslanders could face increased power bills if the construction watchdog is scrapped. Mexican police have revealed the frantic moments before Australian woman Tahnee Shanks disappeared in Cancun. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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John Howard has launched a scathing election attack against Anthony Albanese labelling him a “left wing inner-city bomb thrower”. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has given 2032 Olympics host Brisbane his seal of approval. A group of specialist doctors and GPs launch a legal challenge to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will remain the Solomon Islands’ security partner of choice. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Anthony Albanese used the safety of his own electorate to try and brush off his NDIS policy blunder and refocus the Labor campaign. Plastic cups will be ditched at Queensland stadiums to make way for recyclable and reusable alternatives. People with Type 2 diabetes are unable to get supplies of a crucial treatment after demand surged when it was touted as a weight loss treatment. Friends of missing Queensland woman Tahnee Shanks have revealed she feared for her safety in Mexico in the weeks before she disappeared. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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The boss of Queensland’s embattled council watchdog acknowledges the distress councillors feel in sometimes over-the-top charges. Body worn cameras are being trialled in major retail outlets in an attempt to curb a rise in abuse directed at staff. A charity’s accused federal Member for Brisbane Trevor Evans of using an endorsement from its CEO in election material without its consent. The new owners of 4KQ say the radio station is set to become Queensland’s “new home of sport”. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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A three-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being found in a critical condition on a minibus at a Central QLD childcare centre. Olympic heavyweights are crazy for Queensland after being “blown away” during a whirlwind tour of the state. The State Government’s unwillingness tonotify Queenslanders when their private data is released without authorisation has been raised by the state’s Privacy Commissioner. Australia will develop unmanned submarines and purchase upgraded missiles to boost the Navy’s warfighting capability. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Queensland teachers have been paid out over $322 million dollars in workers’ compensation over the past six years as claims skyrocket. Doctors warn influenza is much more dangerous for small children than Covid-19. Banks pass on 0.25 per cent interest rate hike overnight. The Queensland Government has failed its own gender test with just 41 per cent of directors of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics Organising Committee women. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Commonwealth, paralympic and indigenous representatives snubbed at a Brisbane Olympics meeting the Premier’s boyfriend attended. Plans to build an Olympic whitewater rafting venue hit a setback over heritage-listed land. Homeowners under Labor’s proposed shared equity scheme wouldn’t be able to rent out the property and may be unable to keep the asset in the family. The odds now favour an official interest rate increase today as the Reserve Bank of Australia combats strong inflation. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Annastacia Palaszczuk will showcase proposed venues for the Brisbane Games to senior members of the International Olympic Committee..
Anthony Albanese promised it will be easier to buy a first home and a major hurdle to Australians buying electric vehicles will be removed under his Government...
A survey has revealed six of the top 10 postcodes nationwide for mortgage stress are in Victoria.
Taxpayers have spent $50,000 on a training course to teach ministers and their staff how to do their jobs with integrity.
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Australia's golden girl Lisa Curry has opened up about the death of her daughter Jaimi, calling for a debate on ways to improve the mental health system.
Scott Morrison says smartphones and tablets will have to have parental controls that are easier to activate and harder for kids to disable under a newly elected Coalition.
A Police officer labelled a “sleazebag” and forced out of serving in a tiny Queensland town is fighting to return to work in the community.
A bus company that sacked a driver, after she asked a passenger to get off a bus, after he refused to put his mask on, has been ordered to reinstate her.
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Controversial dog collars – including ones with metal prongs that are designed to tighten around a dog’s neck when pressure is applied – could be banned in Queensland.
It’s been revealed The State Government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to house displaced flood victims in hotels as its Wellcamp quarantine facility sat largely empty.
A former Gold Coast solicitor swindled over $12 million from loved ones and clients – including a friend of 41 years whose wedding he attended, and their elderly parents who lost almost $500,000.
Changes to aviation safety regulations have made it lawful to carry pets in aircraft cabins but Australia’s major airlines are still deciding whether dogs and cats should be allowed out of the cargo hold.
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The average homeowner needing to fork out an extra $100 a month – after massive inflation of 5.1 per cent was recorded.
A former Labor minister has called on Queensland’s corruption watchdog to use its powers to hold an inquiry into the integrity woes within the State Government.
One of the world’s biggest airshows is winging its way to the Gold Coast in what’s being billed as a global event spectacular to rival the Glitter Strip’s famous IndyCar race.
Queensland’S NRL grand final hopes are still alive, with NRL boss Peter V’landys confirming no deals had yet been made.
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Soaring numbers of public servants have been reporting wrongdoing under the state’s whistleblower laws, with the numbers tripling between when Annastacia Palaszczuk was first elected to last year’s election year.
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Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee will today meet for the first time to start drawing up its priorities for the transformational event in 10 years’ time.
THE state’s Chief Magistrate has denied an application by media companies for access to CCTV footage showing an incident involving NRL player Anthony Milford.
A new standard for opioid use in hospitals is being launched today in a bid to wind back the prescribing of the highly addictive pain killers.
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Teachers and education bureaucrats are being encouraged to dob in their dodgy colleagues anonymously in a new integrity push.
COVID-19 outbreaks in residential aged care facilities have doubled in just one month, forcing a number of homes to revert to a more “flexible” lockdown process.
Pacific Islands soldiers would complete operational training courses in Australia as part of a Labor plan to shore up security in our region.
And a rotting heritage home is set to be demolished to make way for a new development despite a community group’s last ditch effort to save it.
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A top lobbying company led by Labor heavyweights Evan Moorhead and David Nelson says it welcomes further regulation of lobbyists in Queensland, including in the role they take in political campaigns.
Labor has been accused of again saying one thing to coalmining communities and another to the rest of Australia, as mining giant Adani lashed out over “deeply troubling” mixed messaging on its emissions reduction scheme.
More than a dozen Labor MPs including potential ministers in an Albanese government have publicly opposed the government’s policy of turning back asylum seeker boats
The detective who headed the investigation into Allison Baden-Clay’s murder has called for a centralised “go-to point” to battle the increasing scourge of domestic violence in Queensland.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison will promise that a re-elected Coalition won’t raise taxes during the next parliament.
A Broncos fan filmed getting punched for reportedly yelling out during the Anzac minute of silence at Suncorp Stadium has been hit with a second blow in the way of more than $1650 in fines.
The opposition has claimed more than 100 intensive care beds could have been bought with the money that’s been spent on the Palaszczuk government’s Wellcamp quarantine facility.
An animal rights activist and vegan model has told of the pain and humiliation of wearing a police ankle bracelet for more than 400 days as she awaits sentence for allegedly trying to free chickens from a battery farm.
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Close contacts and unvaccinated international travellers will no longer be required to quarantine in Queensland as the state eases one of the last Covid-19 restrictions.
The Palaszczuk government’s Wellcamp facility has been effectively rendered useless with quarantine scrapped for unvaccinated travellers and close contacts.
Distressing new data from Queensland Health has revealed children under four with mental health problems have turned up at the state’s emergency departments more than 2800 times in three years.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has confirmed he will run for a record fourth term in 2024, saying he still has the “fire in the belly” for the city’s top civic job.
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An interim review into the culture and accountability of Queensland’s public service has raised concerns that biased staffers with no life experience are wielding their minister’s powers over a compliant public service who are working to protect and pacify the Palaszczuk Government.
Defence strategists say Australia's two-decade long focus on the “war on terror” and Afghanistan meant relationships within the Pacific were left by the wayside, ultimately leaving us “blindsided” by China’s security pact with the Solomon Islands,
Federal Labor is refusing to clarify it's position on transgender players in sport after gold medallist Emma McKeon reignited the debate.
A new study has found one in three psychologists are being forced to turn new clients away, up from one in 100 before the pandemic.
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One of Queensland’s largest builders is demanding tens of thousands of extra dollars from clients to complete their homes amid the deepening financial crisis in the construction sector.
Queensland will consider whether to scrap isolation requirements for close contacts of Covid patients as southern states move to ease the strict rules from today.
The PM has declared Australia is the target of China’s coercion because of his government’s strong stance, as Scott Morrison rejected claims Beijing’s security deal with the Solomon Islands has damaged our standing in the Pacific.
A senior Labor frontbencher has admitted the Morrison Government has not called for the cashless welfare card to be expanded to pensioners, despite Opposition leader Anthony Albanese refusing to drop its claims.
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Health experts fear the true number of Covid-19 infections could be “10 times” more than the official numbers show and have warned to expect further outbreaks as GPs are warning Queenslanders not to trust negative RAT tests.
China has signed a security pact with Solomon Islands, despite Australia urging the Pacific nation not to forge ahead with closer defence ties.
Unions would have the power to spend millions more than mayoral candidates in Brisbane’s council elections under proposed spending cap changes that have been slammed as an “assault on democracy”.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Labor is “peddling lies seeking to scare pensioners” about going on a cashless welfare card, as another senior’s group condemned the false claims.
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A young boy has died in an Easter tragedy after a ferocious blaze tore through his family home in Brisbane’s north, despite desperate attempts of firefighters to save him.
It’s been revealed Air traffic controllers are regularly being forced to close airspace to aircraft because there is no one available to staff towers due to Covid infections and a high take-up of early retirement packages during the pandemic.
Scott Morrison went for the jugular on day eight of the election campaign, shifting the focus to border security — the very issue that has dogged his rival.
A key witness for Nine newspapers in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial has been recalled and quizzed over concerns he lied to the court.
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FIRST-home buyers will be able to purchase more expensive properties with a five per cent deposit.
A HARD-of-hearing Anthony Albanese has again been forced to clarify Labor’s boats policy after he accidentally reversed the party’s stance on temporary protection visas.
ANTHONY Albanese arrived to a rockstar’s welcome at Bluesfest on Easter Sunday, making good on his vow to “shake off” a rough first week of election campaigning.
CHRILDREN are facing a “generation-defining disruption” from the Covid pandemic even though its health effects on young people are generally not serious, a major new study has found.
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Labor's “fully costed” plan to trial 50 urgent care clinics across Australia with $135 million to top up running costs only covers the equivalent of one extra GP per centre.
One of Australia’s richest men has called for an inquiry into how charities use donated money after his $1 million was not spent how he intended.
The Courier-Mail can reveal that during 2021, there were 1.002 million infringement notices issued to speeding drivers – up 8.6 per cent from the 922,837 that were dished out in 2020.
Some of the state’s wealthiest private schools including Cannon Hill Anglican College, Brisbane Grammar and St Margaret’s are set to receive more than $650m in “over funded” Federal Government cash over the next six years, new analysis has claimed.
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Health experts are calling for the Palaszczuk government to fast track funding from its $2 billion hospital fund that was announced almost a year ago amid ongoing pressures in the health system.
A quaint Queensland town has become the surprising new home of Bollywood royalty, Evelyn Sharma.
Queensland’s tourism industry has performed its own Easter resurrection with a record-breaking weekend filling hotels, restaurants and airports across the state.
The alcohol ban on Mornington Island in the state’s far north will be lifted in a bid to address the devastating impacts of homebrew in the remote Indigenous community.
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The man behind the proposed Collinsville coal-fired power station has lashed out at the Morrison Government for “gaslighting North Queensland” in a scathing statement.
The “victim’’ of a violent assault outside a Gold Coast gym, that resulted in five alleged Mongols bikies or associates being charged, has signed a statutory declaration saying it was a “consensual fight”.
Uncle Barry Watson was in the best possible hands when he suffered two consecutive heart attacks while at a graduation ceremony late last year.
Mandatory check-ins have officially been scrapped in the Sunshine State, just in time for the Easter long weekend.
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Queensland is headed for a $2 billion golden Easter egg with research revealing the Gold Coast as the top destination in the country for the long weekend.
More than $5bn in maintenance needs to be carried out on Queensland roads, as the state’s Transport Department continues to add up the costs from the recent devastating floods.
It’s been revealed Police are sitting ramped outside Queensland hospitals for hours minding mental health patients because health workers are too busy.
New research has revealed student who play sports during the school day are more likely to achieve higher grades..
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Families will get urgent medical care for broken bones, sprains, stitches or minor burns bulk billed without having to wait hours in hospital emergency departments under a $135 million Labor pledge.
Infectious disease experts have warned the high positivity rate of Covid-19 tests could indicate a large number of cases are going undetected, as the state battles with a spike in triple-0 calls.
Taxpayers won’t recover $96 million in job support loans the Queensland Government made during the pandemic.
It has repeatedly refused to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, now India will go one step further boosting oil imports from Russia and creating a dilemma for Australia and its other Quad Alliance partners.
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In a shocking start to his campaign Labor leader Anthony Albanese floundered when asked to name what the interest rates and unemployment rates were.
Drivers caught speeding, running red lights or failing to buckle up will soon face heftier fines in a new safety strategy which has seatbelt stings soaring to more than $1000.
The Palaszczuk Government is weakening transparency, accountability and trust by delaying the release of its spending, according to the state’s auditor-general.
Coles and Woolworths are going head-to-head with an Easter seafood price war, where both are offering their popular rock lobsters for just $22 each.
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With Scott Morrison firing the starter’s pistol on a May 21 election, it will be bitterly-fought on cost-of-living, defence and trust. Online university cheating services are targeting students on their own campuses. Brisbane Airport has unveiled plans for a state-of-the-art aeromedical base. An inquiry into QLD’s health system gives only four recommendations aimed at the Palaszczuk government. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Brain implants are being used to treat patients with anorexia after the overwhelming success of a Queensland trial targeting OCD. PM could call the election as early as tomorrow. Queensland Olympian and businessman Mark Stockwell vying for AOC presidency. The property boom may be over in Sydney and Melbourne, but the heat is still on in Brisbane. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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QLD’s largest ever disaster recovery package will include federal government funding after all with the PM backtracking on his rejection. Vape detectors have been installed in toilets at an elite Sunshine Coast school. Original investigator of Annette Mason’s killing tells a court he had no doubt that infamous killer Allan McQueen was involved. Toyota Australia could face a compensation bill of more than $2bn, after losing a class action. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Just over half of the entire state is up-to-date with their Covid-19 vaccines, experts saying there’s been complacency to get the third jab. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out calling the election today. Taxpayers have been billed tens of thousands of dollars to redesign Translink’s logo. QLD records unprecedented demand for IVF services. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Uni bosses’ salaries return to pre-Covid levels, as Queensland’s higher education institutions bounce back from the fallout of the pandemic. Three out of every five aged care facilities are losing money, sparking warnings that nursing homes will close. A picture of Hitler has been accidentally used instead of a police officer in domestic violence training for the Queensland Police Service. Construction of the Sunshine Coast rail extension will likely still be taking place just prior to the Olympics. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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More Australians are addicted to retail therapy than ever, with regional towns taking out the top five spots making online purchases in QLD. Medical students abusing a scheme that sees taxpayers foot the bill in return for them practising in the bush. A “major step forward” for the plan to establish Australia’s first hi-tech missile factory. Opposition leader Anthony Albanese signals he’d borrow from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s playbook should Federal Labor run the country. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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Queenslanders are being warned the current wave of Covid-19 is expected to be “long and slow” as families are urged to keep getting tested over the school holidays to avoid mass outbreaks at the start of next term.
Police will be better trained to identify complex cases of domestic violence involving coercive control and technology-assisted abuse to support survivors who previously fell through the cracks of the justice system.
The famed ibis would be a contender to serve as a mascot for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games under an idea floated by the state’s Sports Minister.
Queenslanders are being warned a late-season cyclone is still likely to form over the Coral Sea this week, delivering the potential for wild weather as the school holidays get under way.
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A man who was fatally shot during a brawl on a suburban Queensland street allegedly punched and taunted the man with the pistol believing it was a toy just seconds before he was shot, according to court documents.
Queensland’s powerful teachers’ union is pushing for more deputy principals to be deployed across state schools as primary school principals argue extra support is needed to lift student performance.
Mum-and-dad investment property owners in more than 60 South East Queensland suburbs face being slugged with hefty land tax bills for the first time after controversial new land valuations.
People who follow former partners, track their phones or monitor their text messages will be charged under stronger stalking laws set to come before state cabinet.
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A decluttered Australian Curriculum featuring a renewed focus on history and a clearer maths curriculum will be rolled out to students from next year, as a final version gets the tick of approval.
A Brisbane model bullied at school for her size is continuing to break down barriers in the global fashion industry, landing a coveted campaign for Sports Illustrated.
Mark Bailey has been referred to the Crime and Corruption Commission following the release of his private emails, which the LNP says raised concerns about breaches of Cabinet confidentiality.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has slammed Anthony Albanese for making things up after the Opposition Leader blamed Australia’s lack of action on climate change for the Solomon Islands decision to sign a security pact with China.
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Thousands of devastated homeowners are at risk of hefty rate rises after land values in flood-wrecked suburbs suddenly jumped by as much as 30 per cent.
Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman is refusing to release the legal advice sought by someone in her office about how corruption watchdog boss Alan MacSporran could be sacked.
Australia’s online safety watchdog did not issue a single formal notice to teen cyberbullies ordering them to remove harmful content despite receiving special powers to do so seven years ago.
Vulnerable Australians in aged care would be better fed and cared for by higher paid workers and around-the-clock nurses under a $2.5bn bolstering of the struggling system, should an Albanese government be elected.
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A psychologist who treated Rowan Baxter has been criticised over her dealings with the killer for whom she wrote a “glowing endorsement” days before he began penning a “death note” and went on to murder his entire family.
School internet speeds are set to skyrocket, with Annastacia Palaszczuk promising significant upgrades at every Queensland state school.
Melanoma deaths are predicted to increase by a shocking 68 per cent in less than 20 years, new international research that includes the work of QIMR Berghofer researchers has discovered.
More than 85 per cent of the billions of dollars in cash for roads, rail and dams promised to Queensland before the budget won’t be delivered in the next term of government event if the Coalition wins.
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Queensland school staff are being assaulted and subjected to violence in record numbers.
Rental prices are tipped to soar in Brisbane as desperate house hunters offer up to 20 per cent above advertised prices as the market is squeezed further following the devastating floods.
Another Queensland family has been shattered by a dangerous deluge in the state’s south as the death toll from recent flooding rose to 15 on Tuesday.
A heartbreaking blunder has resulted in a Queensland Health patient suffering serious injuries after doctors performed an operation on the wrong person.
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Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook and indigenous sprinter Patrick Johnson will join Brisbane’s powerful Olympic Games organising committee after receiving the call-up from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
A blood test could hold the key to early detection of CTE in patients before death.
A deadly weather system which claimed a man’s life yesterday is expected to move into northern New South Wales today but authorities warn Queenslanders aren’t yet out of the woods.
Direct cash payments to people earning under $126,000, a cut to petrol prices for six months, and money for pensioners will headline the make-or-break budget to be handed down by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday.
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An extra 370 police officers are expected to hit the streets in the next financial year in a major recruitment ramp up by the Queensland Police Service.
Queensland tourism is aiming to Make America Great Again as the sector looks for a new poster child in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
It will be full-steam ahead on major rail projects for the Sunshine and Gold Coasts to get commuters home faster and prepare the southeast for the 2032 Olympic Games.
Doctors are claiming the critical shortage of GPs in Queensland is being fuelled by a lack of maternity and paternity leave for general practitioner registrars.
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Under-pressure hospitals have declared 57 bed shortage emergencies in just 76 days as they scramble to keep up with growing demand across the state.
The wages of 35,000 new apprentices and trainees would be subsidised under a $365.3 million Coalition pledge in Tuesday’s budget.
It’s been revealed parents are going to extraordinary lengths to keep their children off social media, including splashing cash and promising cars and overseas holidays when they turn 18.
And pet chickens can ditch the hen house and lay claim to a place in the family home, with a Queensland-based business selling unique outfits to help stop the unwanted mess.
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Broncos legend Darius Boyd has called for resilience training to be given a permanent slot in the curriculum, saying more needs to be urgently done to tackle kids mental health.
The family of a man who killed his own brother in a sickening coward punch attack at their niece’s birthday party have hit out at the man in court..
A court has heard that Police were unable to prosecute Rowan Baxter after he traumatised his four-year-old daughter by abducting her and fleeing interstate.
The state’s former top judge proposed changing legislation so courts could set fixed parole release dates when sentences were five years or less to combat a growing parole board backlog.
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Two breakthrough Melbourne made Covid vaccines will soon be given to patients in a trial aimed to deliver the world more powerful and protective second-generation jabs. It’s been revealed Hannah Clarke’s best friend warned police that she feared Rowan Baxter would kill his family just six days before he went on to murder them all in a horrific attack.
Authorities admit they didn’t know where one of Queensland’s most notorious rapists was living for “lengthy periods” this year after he failed to follow his reporting obligations.
Ash Barty has closed the door on tennis but admits “it’s not padlocked’’ as her sporting future remains shrouded in mystery.
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Ash Barty is set to follow her inspiration Evonne Goolagong Cawley and nourish her connections with Indigenous Australia following the retirement announcement that shocked the sporting world.
Thousands of Queensland aged-care workers are on the verge of going on strike in a bid for a pay bump, as the sector warns residents can’t get proper care when staff are being pushed to the brink of poverty.
Mandatory mask-wearing at additional Queensland private schools has been enforced as Covid case numbers surge, with fears school camps are becoming super-spreading events.
And congestion on the Bruce Highway would be eased by a $400 million budget commitment to take trucks off the major road by upgrading the Inland Freight Route.
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In a game changer for the state’s north, the Hell’s Gate dam is on the verge of finally being built after it was first proposed 84 years ago, in a bid to deliver a $6 billion economic and jobs boom for the regions under a Morrison Government budget pledge.
Anthony Albanese has declared that Labor will be the party of mainstream Australia — not the woke left — and a friend to business and aspirational Australians.\
Exhausted paramedics have been stood down from shifts due to fatigue, left to sleep at their station and forced to use personal cars due to an ambulance shortage as Queenslanders wait hours for assistance.
And Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged mistress has sobbed in court claiming the SAS veteran struck her in the face during an “all-consuming” affair in gut wrenching claims denied by the decorated former soldier.
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An inquest has heard that Hannah Clarke desperately fought to save her young children from their fiery deaths at the hands of Rowan Baxter after he doused them in petrol, tearing his shirt in a struggle for the lighter that he used to kill them.
A Gold Coast man accused by Police of bashing his elderly landlady to death was not the violent type and ‘must have been tipped over the edge if he did do it’, according to his friend and former housemate
A Brick house near Sunnybank Plaza has sold for $17.25m to become Brisbane’s biggest residential sale of the year, easily eclipsing the sale of an Ascot mansion.
A Queensland councillor was forced to defend herself against a now dismissed misconduct charge for lending the keys to a local town hall to a church group.
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A pipeline of infrastructure projects worth $1.8bn has been locked in for South East Queensland, with all three levels of government to sign off on a landmark City Deal that includes a major addition to the Brisbane Metro.
Detectives are treating the deaths of a man and a woman – who were found tied together in a Queensland dam – as non-suspicious.
Labor women have avoided questions about the party’s track record on bullying in the wake of allegations Kimberley Kitching was isolated by senate leadership.
Victoria has flagged scrapping isolation rules for Covid close contacts however it has come with a warning from Premier Dan Andrews with winter around the corner and a sub-variant driving up case numbers.
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Paramedics have issued a stark warning about a dangerous TikTok fainting challenge...with Queensland kids being treated for head injuries and seizures..
The largest disaster assistance package in Queensland’s history will see up to 7000 flooded homes retrofitted, raised or bought back by the government – but there are few details about who will be eligible for the cash.
Anthony Albanese has refused to call any inquiry into the treatment of Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching in the lead-up to her death.
Nine people, including a former Fortitude Valley nightclub part-owner, have been charged with drug trafficking.
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Young people who lack basic skills to make their way in the world will be targeted with a $46.8 million investment to try and get 5000 of them into education or work.
The woman who held Labor senator Kimberly Kitching’s hand as she died has revealed the heartbreaking final days of her life.
It’s been revealed a young worker crushed to death at a drill rig north of Roma was still in the “danger zone” when the heavy machinery that killed him was activated by another worker.
And a major health fund is raising the premiums of its Gold cover by a massive 11.4 per cent, which is more than three times the inflation rate and more than four times the industry “average”.
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It’s been been revealed the premier hasn’t finished reading a scathing report into her Minister’s use of private emails...
A memorial for spin king Shane Warne will be simulcast at The Gabba with Queenslanders invited to pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest cricketers.
Enforcement officers who chase down unpaid fines and tolls owed to taxpayers will be given the power to wear body worn cameras to protect themselves.
A former Olympic kayaker jailed over a failed plot to smuggle more than 650kg of cocaine into the country has launched an appeal of his 25-year prison sentence.
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Groceries, holidays and transport could become more expensive for Queenslanders as experts warn of worrying flow-on effects from the sudden surge in petrol prices.
Explosive emails have revealed an insight into the inner workings of the Palaszczuk Government...
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has ruled out an investigation into allegations a “mean girls” culture in the ALP led to the late Kimberley Kitching being ostracised by senior women...
Hollywood stars will be mixing with locals as the Gold Coast Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary next month.
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One of Australia’s biggest banks has forecast that the Brisbane property market will hit its ceiling soon, with median prices to drop by around $40-50,000.
Queensland dreams of becoming Australia’s cruise ship capital are back on track after the Federal government gave the green light to the industry’s return.
A man is fighting for his life after being shot in the head on the streets of Toowoomba early yesterday morning.
Queensland state schools have topped the charts ahead of private instutitions in the first NAPLAN individual school results in two years.
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A leading infectious disease expert says Queenslanders should not fear a return to masks and restrictions despite a new Covid subvariant..
The Premier has told two warring watchdogs to sort their issues out after one claimed she’d been called an offensive name and the other raised concerns over the “psychological safety” of staff under her.
It’s been revealed Brisbane drivers were already being ripped off at the petrol pump compared to other capital cities before Russia‘s war and the OPEC cartel drove prices over $2 a litre.
Health experts did not believe Anthony O’Donohue was a threat to the community when they ceased his treatment before he went on to kill a beloved Brisbane bus driver in a petrol bomb attack.
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Stanley Obi has been remembered as a “great man” at an emotional memorial service outside the charred remains of his Logan home.
A ute that slammed head on into a marked police van, injuring three officers, did not appear to slow down before it crashed.
The Palaszczuk Government is refusing to name the three “wildcard’’ magistrates she appointed in 2017, even though they were not on a list of 20 potential appointees recommended by a review panel.
Notorious Tinder identity Gable Tostee claims he had been sleep driving when he was found “utterly buck” naked and covered in blood in his wrecked car.
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Three young Queensland Police officers were seriously injured after a man involved in a stabbing collided with their police van as they raced to the scene of that serious attack.
Petrol prices in South East Queensland have surged to record highs, with some motorists forced to pay more than $200 a tank at the bowser.
A house in trendy inner-city Paddington that was secretly transformed into the iconic cottage from mega-hit cartoon Bluey
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Parents are being forced to fork out thousands of dollars for organised out-of-school activities as many sports struggle to generate revenue due to limited funding.
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31 year old Sarah Mudge, was killed in the blaze she is believed to have started in the bedroom of her ex-partner Stanley Obi in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Ukrainian emergency services were still combing the rubble of a maternity hospital at the seaside port of Mariupol on Thursday after it was hit by a Russian barrage of bombs.
Queensland is set to add 255 new jobs each day for the next three years in an employment boom driven by the healthcare and accommodation sectors.
Shane Warne touched down on Australian soil for the final time, returning home to devastated family and friends on Thursday evening.
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The recent Queensland floods have been the deadliest disaster the state has faced in more than a decade
Annastacia Palaszczuk continues to refuse to say whether a multi-billion dollar submarine base should be built in Brisbane
A naked Gable Tostee had to be extracted from the wreckage of his car by emergency crews after he crashed while drink driving
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Shane Warne’s body is set to be flown home today according to Thai police sources.
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Shane Warne’s final farewell at the MCG is expected to be held on Wednesday March 30
The Kremlin has spectacularly issued four formal demands on Ukraine and has vowed to maintain its devastating missile and artillery barrage until they are met
Critical domestic violence training was “fast-tracked” for a police rookie sent to domestic violence murder victim Doreen Langham’s home for a welfare check
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Queensland public servants have taken thousands of days in pandemic leave since new entitlements were introduced in response to Covid.
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Cricket great Shane Warne’s body was being driven 600km to Bangkok on Monday night, with a police convoy providing security.
The repairs and recovery bill from the devastating floods that wreaked havoc across South East Queensland will cost taxpayers up to $2.5bn
Police door-knocked domestic violence murder victim Doreen Langham just hours before she and her ex-partner died in a house fire
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A world-first study led by Melbourne researchers is aiming to uncover the treatments and strategies needed to ensure the lives of girls and young women are not ruined by period pain.
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To the world, he was the greatest leg spinner of all time — but to Shane Warne’s three children he was simply ‘Dad’.
The Commonwealth Bank has been accused by the Finance Sector Union of pressuring staff to stay silent about their pay.
Queensland’s tourism popularity has soared beyond pre-Covid levels as the state makes the nation’s fastest recovery from the pandemic.
Queenslanders are digging deep to help with the recovery from the devastating floods that have swept through the South East, with the damage bill estimated to be in the billions.
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A boys’ trip to the Thai island resort of Koh Samui for some rest and relaxation before cricket great Shane Warne worked on the next phase of his life. But less than 24 hours after arriving on Koh Samui with three mates the greatest leg spinner Australia ever produced was dead.
One person remains missing after Queensland’s flood death toll rose to 11 yesterday with the discovery of a woman’s body in waters at the Gold Coast.
A heartbroken Gold Coast doctor has sued his bikini model ex-fiancee in a bid to force her to return the $63,000 diamond ring he gave her, or pay him what it’s worth, claiming she ghosted him.
Coercion and discrimination could become rife in Queensland’s construction sector through a “legally risky” deal done between the Palaszczuk government and unions, Australia’s building regulator has warned.
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Queenslanders in their eighties have emerged as the main casualty of the Covid-19 Omicron wave new data has revealed, just as the state prepares to ditch all remaining pandemic restrictions.
Tourism Australia will feature the traditional Aboriginal names of key cities and locations in its marketing material as part of a new strategy to attract international visitors.
Queensland’s floods have racked up an insurance repair bill of nearly $700m in just days, with the full extent of the damage yet to be realised amid the threat of more severe storms.
Queensland beer judges swilled over 570 entries to determine the best beer in the country.
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Queenslanders in flood zones have been told to stay home, with river levels expected to rise over the coming days as a deadly and “unrelenting rain bomb” begins to move south.
The Brisbane River is expected to peak about 76cm lower than during the 2011 floods, as authorities defend the release of water from Wivenhoe Dam that has put low-lying communities on edge.
Thousands of Ukrainian residents remained underground in Kyiv overnight, as besieging Russian troops vowed to capture the capital in 48 hours and force their President to formally surrender
Aged care residents would receive a fourth Covid jab and a flu shot at the same time under plans being drawn up to protect elderly Australians before winter.
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Thousands of homes in the state’s southeast are still in the firing line of Queensland’s deadly deluge as a perfect storm of high tide and roaring floodwaters forge a new threat.
A former integrity head claims Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk breached the Public Records Act when her former chief of staff’s resignation letter disappeared, but he was barred from making his finding.
The actions of officers who shot a knife-wielding man have been defended by Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers.
Clive Palmer has purchased Adolf Hitler’s bulletproof Mercedes-Benz...
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Desperate couples are on a dangerous mission to rescue their surrogate newborns from Ukraine as the Russian invasion intensifies.
Australia's most wanted fugitive claimed he’d spent the past 12 years “avoiding being killed” ...
Hospitality experts predict a piece of fish will soon cost $100 at restaurants as food and staff costs skyrocket.
Digital drivers licences will be rolled out in Townsville by the end of this year ahead of the technology being deployed statewide next year.
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More than 40,000 children will benefit from a $1 billion state government investment in kindergarten, reducing the price for their parents by thousands of dollars.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has had to block her own department from picking public servants to help work on the state government’s integrity review.
The state government has quashed calls for Queenslanders to vote on daylight saving as business and tourism leaders throw their support behind an impassioned plea from Brisbane’s Lord Mayor.
The search is on to find 12 of Queensland’s brightest and passionate minds to ensure the state benefits from the Olympic Games long after the final gold medal has been won.
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Australia’s most wanted fugitive Graham Potter has been arrested....ending a 12 year manhunt.
Queensland is set for a faster rail service between brisbane and the gold Coast.....with additional tracks to be laid, level crossing bulldozed and stations upgraded as part of a $1.121 billion plan.
A Far North Queensland Banana picker was allegedly paid thousands of dollars to use a circular saw to amputate a man’s leg in what police believe was a predetermined agreement made between the pair.
The Queen’s Covid diagnosis has reignited debate over which members of her family will carry out her official duties when she is unwell.
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Planeloads of international tourists will land in Queensland today for the first time in nearly two years
Hi-Tech drones could be used by police to help tackle youth crime in the state’s north
Russia’s national security service has reported two mortar shells have landed on a building inside Russian territory
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Queensland diving great Melissa Wu says she may need to consider an early retirement
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Australia has reacted with fury after a Chinese warship fired a military-grade laser at a RAAF aircraft that was monitoring it as it passed Northern Australia
A Gold Coast family man and butcher shop owner has been accused of leading a double-life helping to smuggle black market guns to Islamic extremists in NSW.
A major new health report says demand for Queensland hospital services is “unsustainable” and recommends sweeping changes including increased “virtual care” and less “low value” surgery to help cut waiting lists.
Queensland building industry is facing cost blowouts of up to 20 per cent as tradies battle to deliver almost 40,000 new homes across the state, according to a forecast report.
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Controversial Broncos star Kotoni Staggs has laid bare his tumultuous childhood - which included coping with the repeated jailing of his mum - and revealed how a showdown with the boss of the NRL was the moment that saved his career.
Three government officials from Australia defied the country’s diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics and attended the Winter Games.
A Brisbane businessman who was charged with allegedly plotting to smuggle military equipment into China has faced court.
And a small Queensland community has found an extraordinary way to avoid a fate worse than a pub with no beer – an entire town without a pub.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszcuzk will call a wide-ranging, independent review into the culture and accountability of her Government in a major win for integrity crusaders.
More than 17,000 Queenslanders landed jobs in January despite the escalating Covid-19 Omicron wave, as the state notched its lowest unemployment rate in 13 years.
Electricity bills in the Sunshine State will be slashed by $50 in a dividend windfall for Queenslanders to be delivered later this year.
And Queensland Health’s chief mental health specialist says the state needs $900 million to improve services for struggling patients, but he also concedes that’s probably not going to happen.
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Tensions over China and national security are increasingly becoming politicised as Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared that he would “never be their candidate” and called a Labor frontbencher “the Manchurian candidate”.
Brisbane is now the most expensive city in Australia to buy fuel, with prices at a record high and expected to continue rising with motorists back on the roads and restrictions easing.
Prince Andrew and his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre will settle a sex abuse civil case against him out of court with the British royal to donate to a women’s charity and avoid trial.
And Queensland’s brightest and most passionate minds will be recruited within weeks for a unique Olympic Games committee tasked with securing long-term benefits for the state.
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The Coalition will need the “focus and discipline” of “sports stars” to win the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said as he attempted to put the disastrous last week where MPs crossed the floor behind them.
Momentum towards planning Brisbane’s Olympics has stalled as Annastacia Palaszczuk delays the selection of her four appointments to the powerful Games’ organising committee.
A depraved and sadistic child killer and serial kidnapper - one of the few Queensland prisoners to be jailed indefinitely - has made a bid for freedom after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
And masks and controversial proof of vaccination mandates could be removed within weeks as Covid-19 case numbers continue to fall across Queensland.
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James Packer is set to become $3.26bn richer after Crown Resorts accepted an offer to sell its entire Australian casino empire to a US private equity firm.
Funeral providers face being slapped with big fines if they don’t follow new regulations aimed at making funeral pricing easier to navigate for grieving Queenslanders.
Jarryd Hayne could walk from prison on bail as early as Tuesday as he gets set to face a jury for a third time over sexual assault allegations.
And Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex wife claims the elite soldier told her to lie about their marriage or she would lose her children even after his “affair” plunged the family into “chaos”.
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Queensland business confidence has returned to drastically low levels only seen when the economy was decimated by nationwide Covid lockdowns in March 2020.
Queensland’s top doctor has revealed the state has halved the number of patients hospitalised with Covid in just 19 days.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has denied she was aware of any of the allegations being raised by the state’s Integrity Commissioner before she referred her to a parliamentary committee.
A new congestion report has revealed an increase in stretches of southeast Queensland roads where traffic has slowed since 2019, despite swathes of residents working from home.
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Senior Australian Government officials now believe a Russian invasion of Ukraine to be imminent with fears fighting could begin as early as Wednesday.
The daughter of late mining magnate Ken Talbot is set for a $10m-plus windfall on the sale of two massive inner-city waterfront properties in Brisbane.
Leading Redlands business owners are demanding the state government fast-track environmental approvals to ensure the “international embarrassment” that is Toondah Harbour is overhauled before the 2032 Olympic Games.
And forget work from home – Cat Dark says she’s got the best job in Australia and wants more people to come and see why.
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Anthony Albanese has said he has “total confidence in all of my candidates” after allegations emerged that a senior Chinese-Australian business figure had sought to influence NSW Labor preselections to select candidates sympathetic to China.
Drinkers will get 30c off a schooner of beer as Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeks to resurrect his election fortunes and at the same time rescue flailing pubs and clubs.
The face of Queensland Police Service’s fight against domestic violence has been suspended following an allegation he failed to report a domestic violence claim involving someone close to him.
Mystery still surrounds the violent deaths of Ipswich couple Joe and Christine Stephan, as tight-lipped detectives release images of a man they believe could assist police.
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Two teenagers allegedly involved in a horrific crash that left a young girl fighting for life and a house on the verge of collapse have been linked to a crime spree across South Brisbane.
Pharmacists would diagnose and treat serious conditions like heart failure and asthma under a trial proposed by the Queensland Government and the “risky” plan has enraged the state’s doctors.
Controversial religious discrimination laws have been all but shelved, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison lost control after five of his own MPs crossed the floor to back changes from an independent.
Queensland’s covid peak was far less destructive than experts predicted, with new modelling revealing the overwhelming scale of hospitalisation and serious illness avoided.
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More than $288,000 worth of fines are being dished out every day from new hi-tech cameras.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has finally apologised to public servants who have felt their integrity concerns have been ignored.
Nearly one in four Queensland aged care residents eligible for a Covid-19 booster shot are yet to get one new data has revealed, amid the state’s deadliest day of the pandemic.
The source of a threatening call made to Grace Tame begging her not to say anything “damning” about Scott Morrison close to the election is being investigated and will be told to apologise to the former Australian of the Year.
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There’s no end date to Queensland’s mask mandate or for when unvaccinated people will be allowed back at the pub, as new figures reveal more than 500 health staff are currently subject to a disciplinary process for refusing to get the jab.
A ban on new coal and gas projects would put 53,000 jobs and $85bn in investment at risk in Queensland alone, with central regions copping the brunt, according to new analysis.
Now even babies can go vegan in what’s claimed to be the world’s first organic plant-based infant formula, developed by a former Gold Coast Titans NRL player, has been
An SAS soldier has told a court he has “doubts” about Ben Roberts-Smith’s bravery medals, despite not being on the mission that saw Mr Roberts-Smith awarded the highly coveted Victoria Cross.
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The Palaszczuk Government has given yet another excuse for not probing integrity claims engulfing it
Two hundred Queensland aged care facilities are grappling with active Covid-19 outbreaks
Eleven police officers have been disciplined over their social media use
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Queen Elizabeth II has revealed her wishes for royal succession as she celebrates a new record on the throne.
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Queensland’s mental health crisis continues to worsen as the underfunded and overwhelmed sector fails to provide the intensive long-term psychological treatment for patients.
International tourists will be back in Australia before the end of the month, with the federal government set to announce a return date as early as Monday following Cabinet’s National Security Committee.
.A former Virgin Australia worker who lost her job through Covid has helped save the life of an elderly man who fell off a roof on her second day as an emergency medical dispatcher with the Queensland Ambulance Service.
And retired Olympic hurdler Sally Pearson has reached out to the universe for guidance on what to do next post life on the track.
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Melbourne researchers have found two new treatments that are allowing about half of children with peanut allergies to eat the once dangerous allergen freely, even after stopping therapy.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been rocked by the leaking of another damaging private text in which Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce attacked him as “a hypocrite and a liar”.
Melbourne researchers have found two new treatments that are allowing about half of children with peanut allergies to eat the once dangerous allergen freely, even after stopping therapy.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been rocked by the leaking of another damaging private text in which Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce attacked him as “a hypocrite and a liar”.
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The Federal Governement says Great Barrier Reef‘s “very poor” outlook was ”strongly driven” by climate change forecasts rather than its current condition.
MILLIONS of dollars is up for grabs on hundreds of thousands of go cards that have gone dormant after years of inactivity.
A SIGNIFICANT number of people have been walking around Covid-positive without knowing it, a new Gold Coast study has shown.
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has vowed to fast-track a law change preventing schools like Citipointe Christian College from discriminating against LGBTQI+ students.
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A SERVING member of the SAS has told a court Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith shot a captured Afghan man in the back minutes after ordering another unarmed man be executed.
SENIOR Liberals in NSW have lined up to deny being the source of texts exchanged with former premier Gladys Berejiklian calling Scott Morrison as a “complete psycho,” amid a warning the minister responsible for the leak should “out” themselves.
Thousands of Queensland kids at child care centres are getting so sick or injured they require hospitalisation or urgent medical treatment, as a shocking 25 per cent jump in serious incidents were reported.
GLENN Wheatley’s wife and three children say the respected Aussie musician, artist manager and entrepreneur had “a lot more he wanted to give” before his sudden death.
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ALMOST 20,000 public servants will be returning to Queensland offices next week under the government’s back to school and back to work plans.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison admits he hasn’t “got everything right” and has learned “invaluable” lessons during the pandemic, but has stopped short of extending a blanket apology to Australians for the failings.
MORE than 150 mid-range drink drivers have already had an alcohol interlock device fitted on their car under tough new laws aimed at curbing the rate of drunk driving on Queensland roads.
Hundreds of homes will be sourced from the private market and used for social housing amid warnings of already extremely low vacancy rates in the Sunshine State.
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Corruption-busting legend Tony Fitzgerald has been recalled from retirement to help chair a transformative review of the powers and responsibilities of Queensland’s corruption watchdog.
A more infectious strain of the Omicron variant set to become dominant across the country was first picked up in Queensland.
Queensland families took an average $1500 hit to their pockets last year to implement home learning due to Covid.
AND… Queensland pub owners have pleaded to be spared a tax hike on beer sales following a devastating Christmas period plagued by the Omicron outbreak as the cost of a pint rises again on Tuesday.
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The Queensland Government integrity crisis has deepened with allegations a senior state official felt pressured to water down a scathing report into Cabinet minister Mark Bailey’s private email affair.
The state’s top doctor has revealed masks are set to be encouraged for students above Year 3 when Queensland kids return to the classroom in a week.
Over-confident DIY-ers are ending up in hospital as a result of home maintenance repairs going wrong over the holiday period
And it’s been revealed the dinner table has become a battleground in Australian homes, with fussy eaters on one side and stressed parents on the other.
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The architect of Queensland’s integrity laws has backed an independent review into the state government’s checks and balances, warning it was crucial to maintain public trust.
Police say a couple found dead inside their Ipswich home after it was engulfed with flames died from an act of violence before the fire took hold...
Queensland health authorities were braced for a “worst case scenario” of thousands of Covid-infected people in hospital and hundreds in intensive care by the end of the month
HI-Tech drones will be deployed to save the koalas as part of a $50 million program to track, treat and grow more trees for the threatened marsupial.
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Women stressed out by “having it all” have helped fuel a surge in binge drinking, with new Australian research revealing one in five middle aged women consume dangerous levels of alcohol.
The average homeowner will be coughing up close to $170 a month extra to cover their mortgage by the end of the year amid growing expectations the Reserve Bank will soon start hiking interest rates.
The spread of Covid-19 in Queensland has been so aggressive there are suburbs where one in 10 residents have caught the virus new data revealed, with peak spread expected to hit parts of the state in the next seven days.
And Ash Barty is in a prime position to cash in on being Australia’s top and “most marketable” international sports star.
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A BIGGER-THAN-EXPECTED surge in prices has fuelled already strong expectations of a Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate hike this year, but banks are moving regardless.
There’s fears Queensland has too few beds, not enough ambulances, and Queensland Health continues to oversee shortages in critical clinical care by not hiring enough medical staff.
A coroner has found An armourer who supplied the sawn-off shotgun that killed a stuntman on the set of a Bliss n Eso music video would have been charged with manslaughter if he was still alive,...
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A BOMBSHELL report kept secret by top police has revealed allegations that suspects in the deadly Whiskey Au Go Go inferno were “protected from prosecution” and that investigators failed to act on information implicating offenders.
Queenslanders are being warned to prepare for significant and ongoing community transmission for the next month amid fears of complacency when the Omicron peak arrives within days.
COVID cases have quadrupled in Queensland’s aged care homes in a week...
The Australian Aboriginal flag has been made free for public use after the federal government settled a complicated longstanding copyright stoush.
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More than ten per cent of Queensland’s social housing stock is classed as under-occupied, as thousands of other public homes experience overcrowding.
Queensland's path out of the Covid-19 pandemic is edging closer with authorities “hanging out for” four days of consecutive falls in hospitalisations to signal the Omicron peak has passed.
Police are appealing for witnesses after An Ipswich real estate agent and his wife died in a house fire west of Brisbane in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Under pressure tennis boss Craig Tiley has put out the welcome mat for Novak Djokovic to return to the Australian Open next year.
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The man who stunned the world with his miraculous survival after being lost in the Himalayas for 43 freezing days, reveals for the first time how the terrifying ordeal changed him and what he’s done with his 30 bonus years of life.
The state’s top doctor says a million Queenslanders have likely already been infected with Covid..
One of Queensland’s biggest sporting events is in limbo as organisers battle a mass exodus of top-level executives.
Queensland motorists may soon be tested at random for cocaine..
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Annastacia Palaszczuk is yet to read a damning report into the conduct of the Crime and Corruption Commission and declined to reveal whether she has confidence in its under-fire chairman.
A Teenager allegedly murdered during a fight arranged on social media over a love interest died as family, friends and neighbours tried desperately to save his life.
Experts are warning Australia's childhood Covid vaccination program is a mess and it will be impossible to vaccinate every child aged five to 11 before school starts again this week.
Queensland has been crowned the world’s most-loved tourist destination as the Sunshine State prepares for the long-awaited return of international visitors.
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The man charged with murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten allegedly drove around Sydney for up to five hours with her body in the back of a boat while he tried to work out where to dump her.
Shocking revelations that Covid positive pregnant women are so afraid of having their babies in public hospitals they are planning free births at home with no medical help...
Major decisions planning Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games will remain the responsibility of its president despite the likelihood of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk joining the powerful committee..
The welcome mat will be rolled out for foreign students and backpackers in a bid to stem the workforce shortage crisis
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The states top doctor has issued a warning to those who haven’t had a booster shot....
Queensland's peak cancer body says years of warnings about an unfolding childhood vaping crisis have been ignored by authorities,..
First aerial images of Tonga shows “significant infrastructural damage” to the main island... ….
A unit owner has been barred from lighting up on their own balcony ...
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The state has been forced to back down on it’s controversial plan to extend the school year...
Queensland GPS are reporting an alarming increase in children requiring medical intervention for harmful conditions related to vaping.
Police are combing through Hours of CCTV footage from cameras around the Blue Mountains... in a bid to track the movements of a red ute belonging to the partner of missing girl Charlise Mutten’s mother.
And it’s been revealed Not a single fine has been issued under the Palaszczuk government’s new single use plastics ban.
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A new survey has revealed one in five young people are not proud of the nation’s history but only 15 per cent of the population wants to change the date of Australia Day...
Novak Djokovic was sensationally deported overnight after a unanimous federal court decision dismissed his fight to stay in Australia and compete for a record 21st Grand Slam.
KIDS as young as 10 are being caught at school with e-cigarettes as high school students puff in class on smoking “vape” devices disguised as highlighters...
The Palaszczuk government is still working out who will actually use the Wellcamp quarantine facility in Toowoomba when it opens in just a matter of weeks.
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Authorities say it's unlikely pop-up hospital wards will be needed in Queensland, with authorities comfortable that the looming peak in Covid-19 cases can be managed between public and private facilities.
A search is under way for a nine-year-old Queensland girl missing for more than two days in NSW after she travelled there with her family for school holidays.
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was again locked up in an immigration detention hotel on Saturday night as his lawyers prepared to launch a last-ditch bid to keep him in the country.
It’s been revealed hundreds of motorists have had their number plates cloned by crafty criminals...
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Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs was taken off her insulin medication a week before her death to allow her diabetes to be healed by God, police will allege.
The state’s debt collection agency has cleared tens of millions of dollars in debts from its books as it ramps up its field operations – seizing boats, jet skis and luxury cars.
More than 600 beds have been secured in private hospitals to ease pressure on the public system but Queensland Health is refusing to say whether ICU patients will be among those moved to make way for increasing Covid cases.
And Novak Djokovic faces deportation just two days out from the Australian Open after Immigration Minister Alex Hawke sensationally cancelled his visa for a second time.
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The recovery of domestic violence survivors will be at the forefront of a new national blueprint to end shocking acts of violence against women and children.
Australia’s defence force should be mobilised to address crippling worker shortages which decimated food supplies, and a Queensland transport mogul fears will only get worse.
A fight has erupted over the delays in the federal government’s decision on whether to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, as the deadline over his fate looms.
And it’s been revealed kids are waiting up to a year to get critical mental health treatment because of a nationwide shortage of child psychologists.
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The parents of an eight-year-old girl who died of illness in a Queensland home called a group of worshippers to come over to pray for God to save their child instead of calling paramedics, investigators will allege.
An internal investigation has been launched after a Townsville woman died while left waiting up to two and half hours for Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics to respond to a call for help.
Yvette D’Ath says only the vulnerable and unvaccinated should consider limiting their movements, as new figures reveal one in five retailers have been forced to close their doors or reduce services amid the Omicron outbreak.
And in sport, Novak Djokovic’s bid to remain in Australia has taken a hit after the world No.1 admitted to lying on his entry form and attending an interview while knowing he was Covid positive.
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QLD students will resume classes two weeks later than scheduled in a desperate bid to manage an expected peak of Omicron cases. Critical essential workers will be allowed out of quarantine to go to work to keep the state moving. Council crews have battled into the night in a desperate fight to save the Maryborough CBD from inundation. A push by a group of Queenslanders to introduce laws banning criminals from playing professional sport has failed.
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A man has been killed and a teenage girl remains missing after a deadly deluge dumped more than half a metre of water on QLD communities. Non-urgent elective surgeries will be halted across Queensland until at least March. COVID-19 back-to-school arrangements will be unveiled today. More than 80 Queensland-based Defence Force personnel sacked after testing positive for illicit drugs.
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Anthony Albanese kicks off his major campaign trip of the election year in Queensland, announcing a Great Barrier Reef cash splash. Brisbane City Council ordered to reinstate an employee sacked for failing to have a zero blood alcohol reading. Novak Djokovic will spend four nights locked in immigration detention amid visa legal stoush. Leaked communication from management at a Brisbane hospital reveals the facility is under duress.
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A new statue of the Queen to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70th year on the throne has been floated by a State MP to mark the historic occasion. Rapid antigen tests will be made free for six million Australians amid another major shake-up of Covid-19 testing rules. Remote learning for students has not been ruled out as kids‘ eligibility for Covid jabs clashes with surging demand for boosters. Tennis legend Rod Laver says he understands Aussie anger over Novak Djokovic being allowed to compete in the Australian Open.
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A 30-year-old Victorian man has been granted bail after being charged with deliberately setting fire to Old Parliament House. Inquiry recommends Transport Minister Mark Bailey rethink a plan to prohibit the repair of vehicles written off after a collision. The Palaszczuk government has pleaded with private testing companies to return to operation. Priscilla Hon’s extraordinary upset of world No.17 Petra Kvitova puts her in a strong position for the last Australian Open wildcard.
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The number of Queensland public servants earning at least $120,000 per year has jumped by 18 per cent in just 12 months. Diplomatic investigation underway after two police security cars crashed as George Brandis tried to join PM’s motorcade at the Glasgow COP26 climate summit. Queenslanders have been urged to “think seriously” about where they’re going as Covid-19 runs rampant through the community. Marnus Labuschagne opens up about losing his grandmother to breast cancer ahead of tomorrow’s Ashes Pink Test.
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It comes as a top infectious diseases expert predicts it could hit by the end of the month.
A government report has found The vast majority of people in immigration detention centres have criminal records which has created a “prison-like culture”
Former NRL star Blake Ferguson has been arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine in Japan...
It’s been revealed Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley rang alleged abuse victim Jamie Mitchell within 20 minutes of being told of his harrowing account of his time on an overseas tour.
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Queenslanders have been ordered to wear masks in all indoor venues as health authorities desperately attempt to manage a soaring Covid-19 caseload.
The state’s top doctor insists Queensland is just weeks from reaching 90 per cent vaccine coverage..
The Australian Federal Police and Cricket Australia are reviewing claims a teenage representative player was sexually assaulted in the 1980s.
It's been almost four years since the tragic suicide of 14-year-old Dolly Everett, whose death sent shockwaves throughout Australia and shone a light on the country’s sinister youth bullying epidemic.
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Australian batsman Travis Head has been ruled out of next Wednesday’s fourth Test after testing positive to Covid.
The Australian Pharmacy Guild has stressed that Rapid Covid-19 tests could be cleared from shelves just as panicked shoppers decimated toilet paper stocks.
A “substantial wave” of Covid-19 cases will arrive in Queensland earlier than anticipated, leaving the state’s top doctor “quietly optimistic” the pandemic will ease in 2022.
Southeast Queenslanders face a wet and wild start to 2022 as a new year cyclone spins off the coast, bringing big swells, strong winds and showers.
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Authorities say Queensland must “keep moving” forward in its Covid-19 response amid warnings people should brace for tens of thousands of daily cases and seriously ill patients in intensive care.
It’s been revealed Queenslanders with Covid-19 believe the vaccine saved them from serious illness and intensive care as they detail their experiences with the disease...
The embattled hospitality industry is “cautiously optimistic” about a more successful year ahead as venues gear up for New Year’s Eve celebrations across the state.
And Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared he is disgusted and appalled by the actions of Indigenous activists chanting “let it burn” as flames engulfed the entrance to Old Parliament House in Canberra yesterday.
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Netball Queensland has been ordered to reinstate membership rights of a netball organisation accused of trying to discredit its former chair, CEO and board.
Only Queenslanders living under the same roof as a Covid-19 case will be considered a close contact and the use of rapid antigen tests will surpass the traditional PCR swab amid a nationwide pandemic “gear change”.
Health experts are demanding governments urgently address the “chronic underfunding” of hospitals amid fears an explosion in Covid-19 cases will cripple an already stretched system.
Children are bombarded by ads for alcohol, junk food and energy drinks on popular live streaming gaming platforms, a new study has found.
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has called Johnny Depp a “deads**t” on breakfast television as he waded back into his infamous biosecurity row with the Hollywood actor and his ex-wife.
Heartbreaking stories of suicide and grief are expected to be laid bare during a critical review of Queensland’s “complex” mental health system.
A Queensland-based rapid antigen testing company said it is capable of producing millions of kits a year as the Palaszczuk government deflected responsibility for a supply shortfall.
Construction on a major congestion-busting project on Brisbane’s north is yet to begin despite a pre-election promise from the Palaszczuk government that shovels would hit the ground by the end of 2021.
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Schools have been labelled by Australian researchers “homo-cis-normative institutions” for their unwillingness to fully support transgender students.
Authorities have breathed a sigh of relief as police reveal there were no motoring related fatalities on Queensland roads during the Christmas period.
Foreign home buyers spent $6bn in the hot property housing markets of Victoria, NSW and Queensland in the 12 months to the end of June last year.
Day five tests for interstate travellers could soon be dumped in a move that would cut lengthy testing queues, as bookings open for Queensland kids to get their Covid jabs.
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A bitter legal battle has erupted over the custody of a trendy designer dog between a Brisbane grandmother and a South East Queensland dog breeder who both claim they own the beloved labradoodle.
Authorities are pleading for Queenslanders to avoid becoming complacent about the threat of Covid-19 and warned most people will know someone or be infected themselves within weeks.
A private debt collector has been hired by the state government to recoup more than $7.7m in “significantly overdue” unpaid hotel quarantine bills – with a further $21m likely to never be recovered.
The cost of everything from bread to beer is set to spiral after a key ingredient in fertiliser tripled in price on the back of China and Russia’s refusals to export it.
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Queensland is pressing ahead with demanding PCR tests for travellers despite the nation’s top doctor warning it was “interfering” with testing and tracing legitimate cases and contacts.
One of Queensland’s top restaurants has been forced to shut down over a positive Covid case in a “brutal” hit over the busy Christmas rush that has forced dozens of staff into quarantine and cost tens of thousands of dollars.
A German tourist who had a partial leg amputation, after he was struck by an out-of-control car that mounted a Noosa Heads footpath, has been awarded two million in compensation damages.
A dangerous doctor shortage has been flagged by Queensland nurses who have deep concerns the people in the Wide Bay community will not have access to local medical care over Christmas.
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A breakthrough from Queensland scientists offers new hope for people who experience side effects from antidepressant medication.
Fully-vaccinated Queenslanders exposed to Covid-19 will leave isolation before Christmas as the state slashes quarantine requirements from 14 to seven days.
A plane that crashed and killed four people was “reported to be returning to the aerodrome” when it crashed into the sea at Redcliffe, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.
Queensland Health’s new chief operating officer will report directly to Minister Yvette D’Ath in a major move that some see as a vote of no confidence in the department’s Director-General.
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The mother of two children killed in a horrific plane crash has devastatingly revealed she was wrapping Christmas presents for her kids when police knocked on the door to tell her about the tragedy.
Increased mask wearing, working from home and a drive to get people taking up vaccine booster shots will be used to flatten the curve of the omicron variant, amid fears its rapid spread could strain health system capacities without some intervention.
Thousands of Queenslanders are expected to be in isolation in coming weeks as cases continue to rise, sparking calls for the state government to urgently review its stringent close contact requirements.
Two children injured in the horror Devonport jumping castle tragedy remain in critical but stable conditions in intensive care and are both facing “very slow and long” recoveries.
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One of Queensland’s most popular bars has been evacuated after a Covid scare and people have been turned away from businesses across the state on the first day of the new vaccine mandate.
Queensland’s mask mandate is back for a number of venues and settings across the entire state amid a “dramatic escalation in cases” in New South Wales.
Alexa Leary’s parents have revealed the “horrendous” trauma of the moment the young triathlete came off her bike, and the extraordinary journey to get her back on her feet.
A major investigation has been launched into Tasmania’s jumping castle accident that tragically killed five children as the owner of the hiring company involved went to ground.
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Queenslanders could spend the festive season in isolation with warnings a significant outbreak of Covid-19 could come within weeks as southern states battle to contain the Omicron variant.
Queensland has catapulted from having the worst unemployment in the nation to almost the best – and there’s another 200,000 jobs on the way for the sunshine state.
High-flying travellers are chartering private jets to Queensland rather than risk being forced into quarantine by Covid-positive passengers on commercial flights.
Police have found $7 million of methamphetamine hidden inside a pot plant after stopping a truck at Yatala on the northern Gold Coast.
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Queensland kids in the bush are falling behind in basic literacy and numeracy levels, with less than half of students in remote locations meeting the national minimum standard in key areas.
A spike in jab rates has several Queensland regions closing in on the 90 per cent first dose milestone, as the chief health officer issued a blunt warning to the unvaccinated that easing restrictions for them was not on the agenda.
Teenagers and young adults will have a direct voice to the Federal Government to help fight back against online bullying and harassment, privacy and unwanted contact from strangers.
Massive rainfalls across the state have not translated into full dams, raising questions about Queensland’s capacity to slake the thirst of its growing population.
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Cameron Munster reveals the remarkable story of one of rugby league’s most colourful characters; his private battle to beat his addictions and the shocking impact they had on his playing career.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s then deputy chief of staff welcomed a decision to delay potentially listing the Great Barrier Reef as in danger, saying the state government could now “fleece” the commonwealth.
Ratepayers will avoid an $88 wheelie bin tax next year as part of a $2.1b waste package which will give households more recycling options and build new manufacturing infrastructure across Queensland.
And Queenslanders who come into contact with a Covid positive case will face new rules from January 1, as the immunisation regulator revealed it has cut the waiting time for booster jabs.
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A serving member of the Australian navy, who was badly affected after carrying dead asylum seekers out of the ocean, says he was told by an on-base psychologist to keep his feelings to himself, lest his career be affected.
A government incentive such as Peter Costello’s baby bonus is desperately needed to stop children disappearing from the Australian population.
Queensland’s vaccination rate has finally reached the critical 80 per cent double-dose milestone as the state braces for a potential surge in Covid-19 cases, which experts warn could overwhelm struggling hospitals.
And regional Queensland towns are pleading with the Palaszczuk Government to allow trade on Sundays and public holidays amid fears a tourism resurgance will bypass them over their ‘ghost town’ reputations.
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Unvaccinated Queenslanders should not rely on tough jab mandates ending in the coming months while border closures and lockdowns should be a thing of the past.
Fugitive conman Peter Foster was discovered hiding out in a luxury six-bedroom, three bathroom rental property with “mesmerising” views of the Melbourne skyline, complete with a games room and sunken fire pit.
Lawyers, mafia figures and bikies are among 160 people being targeted by police after being caught organising crimes, including drug-smuggling and money-laundering, via the secret police Trojan horse app AN0M.
And from the corridors of power in Ipswich to cleaning dead chickens out of a cage – fallen mayor Andrew Antoniolli has revealed his stunning story of survival despite losing almost everything at the hands of the Crime and Corruption Commission.
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Chinese hackers came within minutes of shutting down a series of power stations capable of lighting three million homes in a sneak cyber attack of a sort experts warn are becoming increasingly common – and which could be used to limit Australia’s ability to respond to a military crisis in the future.
Fully vaccinated Queenslanders who come into close contact with Covid cases could soon have to isolate only for seven days.
A 12-year-old boy is fighting for life while four other youths are in hospital after a high-speed joy ride ended in tragedy on the Gold Coast.
And any hidden fees and charges when paying at a checkout with a digital wallet on a mobile or buy now pay later apps will be revealed under the biggest reforms to how Australians pay for goods in more than 20 years.
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Families will be reunited, grandchildren held for the first time and stranded Queenslanders allowed to return home when the state’s border wall falls on Monday after almost two years.
Councils are spending up to $100,000 defending complaints, amid accusations that Queensland’s controversial Independent Assessor is improperly exercising its powers to stifle political freedom.
No Queensland coal-fired power stations will be forced to close early, nor coal mines forced to close under Labor’s climate plan, senior Opposition frontbenchers are pledging.
And more than a thousand kids are headed back onto the cricket pitch after pulling up stumps last summer.
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Queenslanders will not receive a lifesaving organ transplant until they are fully vaccinated against Covid.
A Townsville father has been charged with manslaughter over the death of his three-year-old daughter after she was found in a storm water drain.
The federal election is set to get personal, as Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese used an unofficial election campaign
rally to shape it as a contest of personalities, painting his opponent as “smug and a liar”.
The premier is expected to reveal today when Queensland’s borders will reopen for interstate travellers.
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A top Queensland academy has been accused of allowing parents to be misled by over-inflated 2020 Year 12 results on a national website
which ranks schools according to academic outcomes.
Queensland's stalling vaccination rates have received a boost as fears the Omicron variant coupled with new community
cases stoke concerns that the state’s Covid-free days are at an end.
A Fleet of space-age helicopters will operate zero-emission joy flights over the Great Barrier Reef in a landmark deal for eco-tourism.
QUEENSLAND State of Origin star Xavier Coates has been rocked by the arrest of his half-brother after a shocking stabbing on the Gold Coast.
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Annastacia Palaszczuk has failed to declare confidence in the embattled boss of Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission as calls grow for Alan MacSporran to resign.
Anthony Albanese has pledged Labor will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 if it wins next year’s election with the bulk of the cuts
to come from 215 of the country’s biggest polluters.
Desperate Queensland principals have turned to social media in a bid to plug dire staff shortages to ensure school kids have teachers in the classroom next year.
Fifty-five women from a Perth gym were part of a syndicate which took out Thursday’s $80m Powerball jackpot.
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Domestic violence perpetrators have been “emboldened” by police, lawyers and the courts in a scathing assessment of the failings of Queensland’s justice system.
Crime and Corruption Commission boss Alan MacSporran is refusing to resign despite an investigation finding serious failings within the corruption watchdog which have prompted calls for a Royal Commission into its powers.
The Federal Parliament has voted to legalise mitochondrial donations which will allow women to give birth without passing on genetic disease.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says long wait times in emergency departments for people in the midst of a mental health crisis are an “indicator of widespread healthcare system failure”.
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The worst is yet to come for some Queensland towns after the biggest floods in 33 years forced the evacuation of an entire town,
claimed the life of a driver and forced multiple swiftwater rescues.
Scott Morrison will seek a third term in power without two of his most senior colleagues, with Health Minister Greg Hunt set to call it quits and
former Attorney-General Christian Porter also retiring.
Australia's international borders will continue to reopen and faster than previously forecast, despite the omicron variant.
People in the midst of a mental health crisis seeking help in the state’s emergency departments are twice as likely to suffer a long wait
and in extreme cases are turned away because there are no beds.
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A toxic power culture in Australia’s parliament has uncovered one-in-three staff have been sexually harassed, more than that bullied, and 1 per cent suffered actual or
attempted sexual assault.
A parliamentary inquiry into mental health services in Queensland has been announced but it falls short of what the sector called for to fix the broken system
While the announcement was cautiously welcomed by experts, they were awaiting the terms of reference still to be released this week.
The Queensland Ambulance Service is fielding up to 180 mental health-related triple-0 calls a day, with an alarming rise in call-outs for young children.
Christmas holiday plans within Australia are not under threat from the Omicron variant for now, after state and territory leaders agreed to stick to the national roadmap
out of Covid-19.
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The planned reopening of Australia’s borders to international students and skilled migrants was last night being reviewed as the threat of the Omicron Covid-19 variant pushed multiple countries to again slam its borders shuts.
Queenslanders could be in for a drenching today with meteorologists warning up to 100mm could fall while much of the state is on flood watch.
Congestion is costing Queenslanders up to $1,875 a year just to sit in traffic as new data reveals the state‘s slowest corridors.
New mums suffering severe postnatal depression are being separated from their babies and housed in mental health wards full of mostly male, often violent, high risk patients.
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Australia’s top doctors are racing to discover the transmissibility and severity of the omicron strain of Covid-19...
There’s calls for an overhaul of Queensland's mental health system with revelations adults in crisis are waiting a year to see overwhelmed clinicians
A family fighting for answers from Queensland Health after the suicide of their son and brother say the system failed him after he was released from hospital countless times despite repeated cries for help.
Melbourne researchers are working out how to slow down, or even reverse, one of the most damaging effects of ageing.
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The Courier Mail and Sunday Mail can for the first time peel back the lid on the tight-knit Brisbane underworld ..
Trolls will be forced to step out from behind the keyboard... with tough new world-first laws that will give Australian courts the power to order social media giants to identify perpetrators or risk incurring hefty defamation payouts.
A police officer who was exposed to four dead bodies after the Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy in 2016 is suing the theme park’s parent company.
Authorities have warned anyone who fraudulently adds someone else’s Covid-19 vaccine certificate to their check-in app could face jail time or a hefty fine..
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A Father whose partner was ordered back into hotel quarantine after giving birth has revealed the first time mum did not want to leave the couple’s premature baby boy despite claims from the state government it was her choice.
There’s been an outpouring of grief for Keith De Lacy – regarded by many as Queensland’s best Labor Treasurer – who died yesterday after a long battle with illness.
The Melbourne Storm have stood down forward Tui Kamikamica after he was charged with assaulting a woman he did not know in the heart of Brisbane’s night-life precinct.
Australian swim coach Dean Boxall has revealed while working abroad in the early years of his career he was so focused he only called home to Brisbane three times in almost five years.
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Vaccine hesitancy in Queensland has fallen to its lowest level yet amid the government’s strict mandate...but the latest data shows securing the 90 per cent jab milestone is not yet guaranteed.
Brisbane housing prices grew almost three times as much as expected this past year, with prices set to rise further amid predictions the market will outperform all other capitals in 2022.
Fans say a relaxed George Clooney appeared like any other holiday-maker during his downtime in Queensland’s Whitsundays ….shooting big-budget flick Ticket to Paradise alongside Julia Roberts.
The Saturday Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail were last night awarded the prestigious News Corp News Awards’ Brand of the Year in a virtual awards ceremony broadcast around the country.
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People looking to enter Queensland from December 17 will not have to pay for a Covid test in order to travel.
Queenslanders hoping soak up the sun in the coming weeks might be out of luck...
Heavy rail could be expanded to the Sunshine Coast for the 2032 Olympic Games..
A manager who allegedly called his colleagues offensive names, and played a work game rating women... has been reinstated at the state’s biggest public hospital district.
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There’s fears Queensland's rigid border rules could mean tourism and hospitality industry will be “left behind” amid Australia’s largest international travel revival of the pandemic... as the Premier doubled down on a controversial Covid testing policy.
The state's new chief health officer says the state has done a “quite extraordinary” job keeping Covid out, but says “the time now is changing” and the virus “will be coming”.
New research has revealed Brisbane house prices will plunge by 8 per cent in the next two years when the Reserve Bank ramps up interest rates...
The woman at the centre of the Tim Paine sexting scandal is set to plead not guilty to accusations of stealing thousands of dollars during a two-day court hearing in January.
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Travellers into Queensland from mid-December will have no choice but to get an expensive Covid-19 test.
Women, small business owners and Asian Australians could be key to the federal election, with a survey showing a high percentage of voters in these groups are undecided or prepared to switch parties in 2022.
Tim Paine’s brother-in-law was forced out of a key role at Cricket Tasmania amid claims he sent X-rated messages to the same woman Australia’s former captain had sexted.
Queensland has recorded its biggest spring sales period ever as early home sales figures topped $6.23bn with weeks left to go.
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A high-ranking state government spin doctor who blew six times over the blood-alcohol limit has escaped a conviction.
Police are monitoring the safety of Queensland’s politicians after many were targeted with despicable threats of violence over the government’s vaccination mandate.
Millions of dollars worth of inner Brisbane property will be auctioned off for charity after mystery donors left the prime real estate to the city’s biggest hospital in their wills.
Brisbane’s skyline could soon mirror world-renowned cities such as Singapore and New York, as a major change to the council’s city plan will make it easier to include rooftop gardens on top of new buildings.
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The extent of cowardly wife killer Andrew Cobby’s “vile fiction” have been laid bare in police recordings.
Rising inflation is set to hit Australians’ cost of living harder in the coming months, adding to existing pressure from soaring house and fuel prices.
Labor has set up a special Queensland strategy group ahead of the looming federal election following its devastating 2019 drubbing that saw the party win just 20 per cent of the state’s seats.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palszczuk has been slammed for having no compassion after a traumatised young woman was forced to walk in pain across the border into NSW the day after a horror car crash.
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The Palaszczuk Government has launched a health inquiry that will zero in on the problems plaguing Queensland’s under-pressure health system.
Tourism leaders have called on the State government to scrap a plan forcing interstate visitors to take expensive Covid tests amid predictions it will cost the industry millions of dollars a day.
Jobseeker are being told to prepare for a major jobs boom ahead of the Christmas and Summer holiday season, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison signalling confidence the nation’s economy was reopening for good.
William Tyrrell’s foster parents have been charged over the alleged assault of another child.
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The furious biological grandmother of William Tyrrell says she is glad detectives have turned their attention to a suspect she has had eyes on “from the beginning”.
Queenslanders are sitting ducks for a rebound horror flu season in a double whammy with surging Covid cases.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says it’s “still plausible” official interest rates will not rise before 2024, but Australia still has some way to go until inflation targets are met.
Major tourism operators are offering extraordinary incentives including free holidays and birthdays off to lure workers back to the industry as the sector faces its latest Covid crisis.
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The State Government has been urged to open the domestic border earlier than planned to reward Queenslanders who have rolled up their sleeves to get the jab. More than 170 Australians have died from coward punch assaults since 2000. Brisbane can secure major infrastructure projects, build a world-class sport and entertainment hub and maintain its unique lifestyle under an Olympic opportunity never before offered to a global city. researchers believe they may have cracked a safe and cheap combination treatment to reduce the brain damage experienced by some newborns during birth.
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The state’s borders will reopen to returning Queenslanders earlier than planned after mandates denying unvaccinated people a beer and a pub meal drove thousands to get the jab. Tax cuts worth over $1000 to millions of Australians could be extended to avoid a hit to low and middle-income earners after next year’s election. The controversial former ABC riverfront site which the national broadcaster abandoned 14 years ago because of a cancer cluster will soon become a luxury riverfront apartment complex. Life in Brisbane in 10 years time will be more liveable, better connected, booming with new infrastructure and development and racing towards a population of 3.1 million according to new data.
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The Gold Coast is becoming the first example of how the state government handles unexplained cases in the new age of Covid as authorities race to determine the origin of two mystery cases recorded on Thursday. New world-leading capabilities created by the Australian Federal Police provided the crucial last piece of information that led to Mostafa Baluch’s capture at the Queensland border. University of Queensland graduates are among the highest paid in the country, earning well above the median salary. Olympic champion Cate Campbell says the obsession with the weight of female swimmers was real.
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Accused drug kingpin Mostafa Baluch was planning to sail from far north Queensland to Indonesia and then to Thailand, before finally taking a flight to eastern Europe to see powerful crime friends. A Brisbane carpenter charged with trafficking and weapons offences as part of Australia’s biggest ever crime bust, remains free and still able to work as a tradie. A wildlife expert has detailed the “miracle” escape from the jaws of a 4m crocodile. Half of all Aussie teens now spend more time, or as much time, online with their friends rather than seeing them in person.
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Unvaccinated patrons and even business owners will be banned from pubs, clubs and restaurants under tough new rules. Queensland has taken back its spot as the most vaccine hesitant state in the nation after rates increased for the first time in almost two months. Aussie companies will be able to access up to $1bn to research and develop carbon capture and storage, feed that reduces methane emissions from livestock, smaller, better renewable energy batteries and other low emissions technology. Brisbane motorists will be under the pump to find petrol below $1.90 a litre by the weekend – with fuel prices set to break new eye-watering records.
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Queenslanders will be able to ditch their masks within days and breathe easier in schools, offices, cafes, shops, pubs and clubs.
A Gold Coast dog breeder and a Lamborghini-driving Brisbane man are among five people charged over the dismantling of a multimillion-dollar cocaine trafficking network.
A South East Queensland childcare centre has been fined more than $15,000 after two toddlers wandered off the grounds and towards a busy road in Coomera Rivers.
Instagram has seen a dramatic slump in use by young Australians facing tough competition from Snapchat and TikTok.
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Queensland businesses are bracing for a sales trainwreck over Christmas because they have no idea what rules the Palaszczuk Government will enforce for vaccinated and unvaccinated people when borders open.
A Cairns woman has been declared the source of a Covid cluster that plunged part of the Northern Territory into lockdown...
The father of twin daughters who died in a house fire had returned with his girlfriend from a bonfire at her Byron Bay commune to find smoke billowing from the bedroom where they slept.
Police say they have smashed a southeast Queensland cocaine syndicate, seizing drugs, $1m in cash, designer watches and luxury cars including a Lamborghini.
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A Sydney mum whose “stolen” family photos were allegedly used in fake accounts belonging to the man accused of kidnapping Cleo Smith says she feels “physically sick”.
They are two of Queensland’s richest men, but now Brisbane Business Titans Trevor Lee and Balfour Irvine are locked in the most bitter of legal fights over the development of blue chip inner-city property on the Brisbane River
It’s been revealed a Lieutenant of one of Queensland’s richest men messaged a Palaszczuk Government Minister asking her to give the Deputy Premier “a nudge’’, just days before Steven Miles signed off a planning change favouring the billionaire’s business interests.
And Mechanics are being forced to turn away customers due to a ‘perfect storm’ of high demand, a lack of skilled staff and a shortage of car parts putting the industry in neutral.
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Cleo Smith’s parents have released their first statement since their daughter’s safe return, thanking the WA Police and the Carnarvon community, before asking for privacy.
COVID positive patients could isolate for just seven days as students would be tested twice a week and contact tracing scaled back once 80 per cent are fully vaccinated..
A glamorous young Brisbane couple are taking on a celebrity architect in court in a bid to block his plan to build a massive luxury highrise next door to their historic home..
And Hollywood royalty has arrived in the Sunshine State.
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A 36 year old man has been formally charged over the abduction of Cleo Smith in regional western Australia
Another layer of bureaucracy has been added into Annastacia Palaszczuk’s department following the creation of new associate directors-general positions.
A battle is emerging between two heavyweight South East Queensland mayors for the first prized role on the powerful Brisbane 2032 Olympic organising committee.
And it’s been revealed COVID case number updates and daily press conferences will be scrapped as vaccination rates continue to climb across the state...
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A mystery Covid-19 case detected in a regional Queensland town has plunged the state into its latest pandemic scare, with a growing cluster within the border bubble zone the suspected source.
Detectives have revealed missing toddler Cleo Smith was found just seven minutes away from her family home...
The PM has made a flying visit to the Middle East to thank the Australian troops who rescued thousands of people during the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
And Student teachers who have been blocked from graduating due to failing a controversial literacy and numeracy test claim they are being left with “worthless” degrees.
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The Queensland domestic violence review board say Women are being murdered and are suiciding after authorities refuse to believe they need protecting from violent partners who are instead painting them as the aggressor.
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A decision to scrap a club from the state’s top women’s rugby comp has sparked a boycott threat from some of the state’s top players, including the Queensland captain.
Nightclub co-owners, a prominent businessman and a gym boss are among 20-plus people busted on alleged drug trafficking charges..
The number of Queenslanders stranded and unable to return home has not dropped in the past month with almost 3000 border exemption applications still unprocessed.
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The state is falling short of its self-imposed 80 per cent vaccinated deadline.
It was moving day for Government House yesterday as the residence was turned around in less than six hours in order to be ready for the state’s new Governor.
A court has heard a man charged with stabbing two others in a weekend of bikie violence on the Gold Coast was acting in self-defence...
Patti Newton has opened up about the family’s “complex” relationship with their son amid doubts he will attend the funeral of his TV legend father Bert Newton.
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The Queensland Building and Construction Commission’s senior Right to Information officer has admitted holding back details about an RTI request.
Predators posing as children online will be caught out or prevented from signing up to social media platforms under laws which would force the tech companies to verify the age of their users – while costing the industry a whopping $526 million to implement.
Australia will side with developing countries at the Glasgow climate summit, with Scott Morrison pushing world leaders to accept a process of “transition, not abolition” to net zero.
And Patti Newton has spoken of the family’s sadness after their beloved husband, father and grandfather, Bert, passed away in hospital on Saturday night.
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Australian TV Icon Bert Newton has died, aged 83. Queenslanders are being warned of Christmas holiday chaos at travel checkpoints as police try to keep Covid out. Online trolls and other bullies should face three years in jail under law changes being considered by the State Government. Drivers busted on camera illegally using their phones or not buckling up will be slapped with hefty fines from midnight.
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Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart is believed to be close to finalising the purchase of one Queensland’s tarnished island resorts.
Harvesting of specialty corals including in the Great Barrier Reef has almost tripled in the past 15 years
Queensland is facing a three month delay in foreign travel after the national carrier revealed it was postponing international flights
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The peace deal that secured a net zero emissions agreement between the Liberal and National parties is already shaky, as a disagreement over methane causes a stink.
A man allegedly posed as a ride-share driver and preyed on young women in Brisbane’s night-life precinct in a bid to sexually assault them, police claim.
Queensland is without a permanent chief health officer and the government is scrambling for a replacement just weeks out from the state throwing open its borders
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Queenslanders can more easily reunite with loved ones overseas than at home, with the Prime Minister announcing a significant barrier to international travel would be removed from next week. Documents held by Brisbane’s Olympics committee could be kept secret under a state government plan to exclude the organisation from Queensland’s Right to Information rules. Queensland patients are left waiting on ambulance stretchers at far higher rates than those in southern states – including during the start of New South Wales’s disastrous Covid-19 outbreak.
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The Nationals have backed Scott Morrison’s net zero 2050 plan in a historic decision that safeguards regional Queensland jobs and ends years of fierce climate debate.
Almost $400m of infrastructure projects have been axed from South East Queensland’s landmark City Deal amid a worsening feud between the state and Commonwealth governments.
Speed limits could be permanently lowered and roads closed after a landmark case involving a motorcyclist who crashed after riding into a pothole.
Queensland’s vaccination rate is lagging so far behind the rest of the country there are fears international travel to the state could be delayed up to 12 months.
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A hilltop mansion has resold for nearly $2 million more than it fetched just 10 months ago as savvy sellers cash in on Queensland’s “crazy” housing market.
Incoming Governor Jeannette Young will enjoy a newly renovated kitchen and bathroom as part of a $120,000 overhaul of Government House before she moves in next week.
Queensland kids are smuggling vapes disguised as asthma puffers to school as children as young as Year 4 are suspended over the worrying trend.
Kip Wightman has opened up about his sudden departure from breakfast radio, saying he found himself “faking it” on air and missing crucial moments with his son for a pay cheque.
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Data has revealed the number of people getting their first Covid-19 jab each day in Queensland’s least protected regions will need to triple or quadruple in order to hit the 80 per cent milestone by mid-December.
Superstar actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director of his new film in one of the most shocking tragedies in recent Hollywood history.
The southeast is bracing for more unstable weather after a mini tornado ripped through the Brisbane Airport.
Severely needle-phobic kids are being given laughing gas or sedation tablets at a specialised clinic so they can get the protection of a Covid vaccine.
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An unvaccinated Uber driver who plunged South East Queensland into a new Covid crisis is the centre of a major police and Queensland Health investigation.
Parliament could consider sacking Crime and Corruption Commission boss Alan MacSporran.
School kids will be taught that Australia is the “greatest country on earth‘’, in a new cut-back curriculum with a focus on phonics and times tables.
The relentless pursuit of one of regional Queensland’s most popular mayors by a controversial council watchdog left the respected leader with “no choice but to resign”.
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The Palaszczuk government is refusing to get involved in the growing crisis surrounding Queensland’s council watchdog.
Exhausted ambos are so stretched they don’t even have time to take a meal break, in another example of the state’s strained health system.
Queensland has recorded its worst week for first-dose vaccinations since early August, despite pleas from the Premier for people to “hop on the lifeboat” and warnings that outbreaks could kill dozens of people when borders reopen.
Facebook is under fire again after leaked documents showed its artificial intelligence systems designed to block hate speech and violence were ineffective, removing as little as 2 per cent of hateful content from the world’s most popular social media site.
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The rights of every local government councillor to openly criticise the Queensland Government is at risk after a mayor found himself under investigation for questioning the vaccine rollout.
A second roadmap detailing specific restrictions that unvaccinated Queenslanders will face, is being compiled by the state government.
Queensland’s inevitable Covid-19 outbreak will hit like a “slow burn, not a fire” according to the scientist behind the modelling guiding the state’s roadmap out of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to force big tech companies to take more responsibility for what is posted on their websites, saying failure to do so would allow “cowards to triumph at the expense of good”.
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More than 6800 drivers have been stung for speeding through school zones in Queensland in just the first six months of this year, with 57 recording speeds more than 30 kilometres over the limit.
Queensland mothers are pretending to have dinner so their kids can eat in a shocking poverty crisis that is deepening due to rent assistance covering only one quarter of the actual rent bill.
The annual cost of child care has risen by up to $1000 in some parts of Queensland in the year since March 2020, with even parts of central Queensland copping big price hikes.
And a Middlemount man attacked by a shark during a Whitsundays buck’s weekend has compared the ordeal to being bitten by the family cat.
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Dangerous “no eating clubs’’ at Queensland primary schools are part of a horrifying escalation in childhood and adolescent eating disorders.
Queenslanders can score $75 flights, half-price adventures and cheap hotel deals as part of a tourism blitz kicking off on Monday.
Almost 44,000 jobs are waiting to be filled across Queensland as many industries plead for staff amid an ongoing skills shortage.
And Australian female swimmers cheated out of Olympic glory by East Germany’s notorious sports doping system from the 1970s and 1980s are in line to finally get the medals they deserved.
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A woman who claims she did nothing wrong after she allegedly posed as a doctor and handed out hundreds of fake Covid-related exemptions has been revealed as charity founder Maria Pau.
Ministers would need to disclose the reasons for all their meetings under new transparency measures that also urge the creation of a criminal offence for dishonest lobbyists.
Dreamworld’s owners have taken legal action against the engineer who certified the Thunder River Rapids ride as safe just a day before the disaster which claimed the lives of four tourists.
And former senior executives at the Queensland Building and Construction Commission say they were coerced, bullied and targeted unless they wrote reports in line with the board’s agenda.
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It now costs about $110 to fill up the car across Brisbane as a global oil shock forces prices to record highs.
Thousands of precious Pfizer vaccine doses are at risk of going to waste in parts of Brisbane, with waning demand sparking concern among doctors Queenslanders won’t realise the threat of Covid-19 until it’s too late.
Tenants will have boosted rights to own pets in their rental properties, with landlords stripped of their absolute rights to deny requests under new laws to pass parliament on Thursday.
And in sport, the day that changed the face of rugby league in Queensland kicked off just before 7.30am with an interview to promote a horse race.
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Queensland’s Aboriginal communities are at risk of being exposed to an insurmountable Covid-19 threat when the rest of the state opens up, with vaccination rates in some areas trailing by years.
Australians will be able to start paying for their shopping using QR codes before Christmas, after the repurposing of the QR code system that served the nation during the pandemic.
Queensland is headed for a perfect storm that could see major projects such as Cross River Rail and Bruce Highway upgrades put at risk of delays and cost blowouts due to a looming, crippling worker shortage.
And Australia is going to the moon for the first time in history, sending a rover on a NASA mission to investigate the lunar surface and research how humans could survive on Mars.
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The Dolphins will be Brisbane’s second team with the Redcliffe-backed $70 million powerhouse staving off bids from the Firehawks and Jets to clinch the NRL’s 17th licence.
It’s the news every woman wants to hear – eating carbohydrates and saturated fats can help you avoid heart disease and diabetes.
A net zero emissions target that still embraces “coal, gas and red meat” could be backed by cautious backbenchers, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government ”will come together on this issue”.
And an overhaul of Australia’s child mental health system is needed to combat an alarming surge of problems exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Queensland will become the hydrogen powerhouse of the world under a multibillion-dollar investment boom …
It's been revealed hundreds of successful Work in Paradise applicants have been locked out of Queensland...
An outback Queensland council is essentially “giving away land” under a radical new homeowner grant to combat the region’s housing shortage crisis.
A new survey has found more parents are picking private schools for networking opportunities to help their kids’ careers...
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A spokesperson from the NRL says the Integrity Unit will question Penrith Panthers co-captain Nathan Cleary after receiving information three men busted cheating their way into Queensland to attend the grand final were his mates.
Up to 200 guests will be allowed at weddings and funerals from this weekend with Queensland successfully dodging another outbreak of the virus.
The Federal Government has threatened to walk away from its pledge to split the cost of Queensland’s $5 billion Olympics...
Olympic swimming gold medalist Jessicah Schipper has opened about her experience with body image her during career.
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