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‘Crime, coal, crocs’: Palaszczuk’s charm offensive met with blunt reality in north Queensland

Premier travels to Cairns for regional sitting week, but Robbie Katter steals limelight with talk of state’s ‘deep divide’

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Moreton, Sunshine Coast police to support Maryborough community in wake of triple fatal crash

A boost in police presence in Maryborough is not a "flash in the pan", authorities say, with extra officers and patrol vehicles from the Moreton and Sunshine Coast regions hitting the streets.

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Struggle for Qld maternity staff detailed in FOI docs

Maternity services in some Queensland towns were under stress last year due to a COVID-19 wave, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.

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Queensland, SA to ban TikTok on government devices

Queensland and South Australia will ban the use of TikTok on government devices amid security concerns but politicians are planning to keep their accounts.

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LNP names candidates 18 months out from Queensland poll

The Queensland state election is due to take place in October 2024 but the Liberal National Party has already named some of its candidates.

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Queensland passes controversial youth crime laws after heated human rights debate

New laws include the overriding of the Human Rights Act to allow children to be charged for breaching bail

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Former minister Johnson remembered in Qld parliament

Queensland politician Vaughan Johnson, who served in parliament for 26 years, has been remembered as a champion of the west after his recent death.

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Major flooding hits towns, airport in northwest Queensland

Remote and Indigenous communities and an airport are facing record flooding after heavy rainfall in Queensland's Gulf Country.

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Major flooding hits towns, airport in northwest Qld

Remote and Indigenous communities and an airport are facing record flooding after heavy rainfall in Queensland's Gulf Country.

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Number of youths found carrying knives increasing, with senior Queensland police at 'wits end'

A senior police officer vents frustration over a rise in the number of young people found carrying knives — up 21 per cent in a year.

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Powerpoint and politics: inside Queensland Labor’s shock decision to lock up children for breaching bail

Government claims a bipartisan approach to respond to community concerns, but experts warn of increased pressure on the buckling youth detention system

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Queensland opposition reveals plans to tackle youth crime, says detention should not be last resort

Queensland's opposition has called for the removal of the presumption of detention as a last resort for young offenders, in the first of its youth crime policy proposals ahead of next year's state election.

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Elderly man who sparked renewed debate of youth crime dies in Queensland hospital

Ministers and police commissioner will attend community forum in Toowoomba as high profile youth crimes put Palaszczuk government under pressure

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Clayfield retirement village to be converted into social housing, but previously announced Mount Gravatt project still lagging

The vacant retirement village will provide at least 30 dwellings for those in need, but there's no clear timeline on when they will be ready for residents.

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Former veteran Queensland MP Vaughan Johnson OAM dies aged 75

Vaughan Johnson is remembered by colleagues as a "tough old bugger" with a "handshake as strong as oak" who championed regional Queensland.

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$1b stadium delay 'risks' Olympics benefit

Queensland risks the 2032 Olympics being "about red carpets and champagne" if claimed delays over funding negotiations are true, the state opposition says.

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Tributes for mother Emma Lovell killed in alleged North Lakes home invasion, with fresh calls for tougher youth crime laws

Two boys, both aged 17, have been charged with the murder of Emma Lovell, a mother of two who was fatally stabbed in the chest on her front porch on Monday night.

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Qld Labor govt backs Indigenous voice

The Queensland government has declared its support for a proposed Indigenous voice to federal parliament, but the opposition has questioned its timing.

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Nearly 7,000 Queenslanders spent more than 24 hours in hospital EDs from June to September

The Queensland Opposition says there is a "shocking" and "unacceptable" amount of bed block within the state's hospitals, after revealing the number of people kept waiting more than 24 hours for emergency treatment or admission.

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Queensland opposition questions why landowners were not informed of contamination outside Linc Energy site

David Crisafulli asks why the state government did not inform the public when high levels of toxic chemicals were found in bores outside the Linc Energy underground coal gasification project on the Darling Downs.

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Gladstone Hospital maternity unit bypass nears 100 days

Birthing services in Gladstone, a city of 65,000 people, have been paused since July.

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Brisbane mayor calls for a daylight saving trial in Queensland 30 years after state's last referendum

The start of daylight saving for most states has again shown the north/south divide in Queensland, with the Townsville mayor saying it would not be worth it for northern regions.

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Some Queensland patients waited almost eight hours on an ambulance stretcher as ramping peaked in June

Some south-east Queensland patients were left on an ambulance stretcher, waiting for an emergency department bed for almost eight hours, official figures reveal.

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Police and social workers team up to fight youth crime in Cairns

Youth justice worker Matt Egan and others team up with police on the beat, building relationships and trying to keep youngsters on the straight and narrow. Using distinctive designs on cars helps young people feel safe when they see the vehicle.

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Qld treasurer defends housing policies

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has defended the state government's housing policies amid calls for a summit on the issue.

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