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Queensland state budget 2025: five key takeaways

A looming wage fight, the end of the coal boom and a shared equity scheme for first home buyers is on the cards

The Guardian - AU

Debt forecast has alarm bells ringing for Olympic hosts

A state government's debt is set to reach record heights as it plans an Olympics, with the threat of higher borrowing costs for major infrastructure projects.

AAP

Queensland budget 2025: Crisafulli vows no austerity despite state facing $218bn debt

Premier says you can ‘respect people’s money’ and still lift public services as LNP hands down first budget since 2014

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Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown

A state government will maintain its crime crackdown in a milestone budget, with police to get the latest technology including tasers and body worn cameras.

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Clock ticking on state-run lab boss over DNA debacle

A premier has defended his government intervening to "clean up" a state-run forensic testing lab after the emergence of contamination issues.

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Cape York deserves World Heritage status – and Queensland may need it to become a global leader in tourism

Last week, the Queensland government launched the ambitious Destination 2045 tourism plan, which aims to make the state a global leader in tourism. The plan highlights that one in six jobs in tropical north Queensland are supported by tourism.

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Dorinda Cox leaves Greens to join Labor – as it happened

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Fears Queensland is ‘closed for clean business’ as LNP cancels billion-dollar windfarm despite conditional approval

Green groups and industry war axing of Moonlight Range Wind Farm project risks undermining confidence in renewables

The Guardian - AU

Here come the culture wars: can Queensland’s LNP resist wading into the ideological mire?

David Crisafulli’s small-target election campaign has created problems for how the LNP governs that are already beginning to show through

The Guardian - AU

A First Nations writer’s fellowship was withdrawn by Queensland’s government. What’s going on?

This week, Martu writer Karen Wyld had her A$15,000 blackwrite fellowship withdrawn – just hours before the (cancelled) ceremony at State Library of Queensland, where she was to receive it for a fiction manuscript on the Stolen Generations. The Queensland arts minister, John-Paul Langbroek, and premier David Crisafulli had directly…

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Second wave 'adult crime, adult time' laws pass

The second wave of the controversial "adult crime, adult time" laws adding attempted murder and rape to the list of lengthy sentences have passed.

AAP

First Nations writer speaks out after being stripped of $15,000 State Library of Queensland award over Gaza tweet

Library says it will review all its awards after last-minute cancellation of ceremony to present black&write! fellowship to Karen Wyld

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins slams anti-discrimination law pause

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has blasted a state's decision to pause landmark anti-discrimination law changes.

AAP

LNP’s youth crime legislation condemned by UN as ‘incompatible with basic child rights’

United Nations special rapporteur on torture urges Queensland parliament to vote down the laws

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Failures of 'broken' child safety system sparks inquiry

Almost half of children experienced physical abuse before entering out-of-home care in one state, prompting a landmark inquiry into the "broken" system.

The Guardian - AU

LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise

EDO boss says Crisafulli government decision means many ‘won’t even know their rights, let alone have the chance to exercise them’

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Brisbane's Olympic transport costs fuel funding request

Transport infrastructure for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics will cost "billions", prompting an urgent funding plea to Canberra.

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Landmark hormone service call sparks legal challenge

A mother has launched legal action against a state government after her child and other minors were denied gender-affirming hormone treatments.

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Tough youth crime laws under fire ahead of expansion

Tough youth crime laws have been hailed a success but with legislation set to be expanded there are calls for authorities to release key legal advice.

The Guardian - AU

Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods

In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homes

AAP

Outback town reels as Mother Nature opens the floodgate

A town is reeling from record flooding after a levee broke, inundating every business and impacting 90 per cent of homes in the southwest Queensland community.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s recovery to ‘take months and years’ after floods sweep across vast interior

Bureau of Meteorology predicts flooding could continue for weeks as stock losses already estimated at over 150,000

AAP

Incarceration crisis: youth laws to face UN scrutiny

Australia's juvenile justice system could come under international scrutiny as one state seeks to make its youth crime laws even tougher.

AAP

'Adult crime, adult time' youth offender laws expanded

More offences will be added to Queensland's "adult crime, adult time" laws as the government moves on its election pledge to make the community safer.

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Heavy Rainfall Keeps Going As Parts Of Queensland See Worst Flooding In 50 Years

A deluge of wet weather has lashed Queensland with the worst flooding in more than 50 years, and is expected to take weeks to clear.

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