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The hatred and greed of the frontier wars still drive race politics today. How little things change

Rejig the no voice case rhetoric a little and you’ll find echoes of arguments from the 19th century. Behind it all I hear familiar old voices growling

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Confused cows and more time after work: the pros and cons of daylight saving across Australia

At 2am on Sunday the clocks roll forward an hour in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT. So why aren’t Queensland, WA and the NT onboard?

The Guardian - AU

Queensland court awards temporary order prohibiting the naming of high-profile man accused of rape

The man, facing two counts of rape in Toowoomba, was set to have been able to be named under changes due to take effect on Tuesday

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Legacy ‘tech debt’ is strangling govt digital budgets

Citizens rightly expect governments to deliver seamless services, with digital the preferred mode for ease of accessibility and convenience. This is the case whether its for digital drivers’ licenses, Medicare refunds, signing documents electronically, telehealth services or submitting tax payments online. Federal digital identity legislation has been released in September,…

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Tesla Megapack Catches Fire In Australia, Continues To Burn Under Supervision

The fire has been contained but the storage battery is being allowed to burn out under the supervision of firefighters, with efforts already underway to determine the cause of the incident.

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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force

Exclusive: Queensland police say ‘inquiries will be made’ in response to questions about whether post complies with force’s social media guidelines

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Love is in the Air review – Delta Goodrem’s corny Netflix romcom is a saccharine mess

Goodrem and Joshua Sasse lack chemistry as ‘opposites attract’ lovers jetting around tropical Queensland

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Locking up young people doesn’t create safer communities, Queensland children’s advocate says

‘Compassion just dissipates’ among public when young victims of abuse become offenders, expert says

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Govts sign off on $100m for SA hydrogen port

A large-scale hydrogen export terminal planned for the South Australia’s Spencer Gulf is one step closer to reality after the federal and state government finalised the $100 million funding agreement. The Albanese and Malinauskas governments on Monday finalised the grant deal for the Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub, jointly committing $100…

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Dozens of vulnerable children allegedly preyed upon in Cairns, upending Queensland’s youth crime debate

Police operation Uniform Kalahari reveals horrific alleged abuse and challenges popular narrative about the state’s youth crime ‘crisis’

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Scott Morrison is right: Any COVID inquiry that doesn’t look at state issues is meaningless

It might be the first time we’ve said this with no equivocation: Scott Morrison is absolutely right. Here are some major decisions in the management of COVID-19 the ALP doesn’t have an interest in looking into.

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Plastics spill from Queensland’s Bribie Island could harm wildlife for years, expert warns

CSIRO says 40,000 small discs accidentally discharged from research centre into the ocean are ‘non-toxic’ and ‘highly stable’

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Are Australia's roads becoming more dangerous? Here's what the data says

In 2022, there were nearly 1,200 road crash deaths in Australia – a figure that has remained largely the same over the past decade. However, some states and territories have seen dramatic increases in just the last five years, such as the ACT (100%), Tasmania (59.4%) and Queensland (21.2%).

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Ask an expert: how can SEQ find opportunities as its population grows?

South East Queensland’s population is set to rise by 2.2 million people by 2046. Experts say the government must have a plan for every resident.

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Bushfires stretch along east coast as Sydney and Hunter region warned of extreme fire danger

Dozens of blazes in NSW, Queensland and Tasmania as extreme heatwave moves north

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High-profile man accused of rape: prosecutors sifting through ‘thousands of pages’ of alleged victim’s phone data

Lawyer for the accused did not reveal in Toowoomba court if he still plans to seek a suppression order ahead of Queensland law change

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‘Traumatic’ strip searches lead women in Queensland jails to avoid medical treatment and family visits, review finds

State’s human rights commission says practice ineffective in making prisons safer and calls for use to be limited and eventually abolished

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Hidden women of history: disabled Australian author Dorothy Cottrell was 'the Liane Moriarty of the Jazz Age' but is almost unheard of here

In the late 1920s, poet Mary Gilmore – the woman on the A$10 note – declared she’d encountered only two instances of “genius” during her four decades in Australian literature. The first was a man who remains a household name: Henry Lawson, bush poet, author of iconic stories like The…

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X should answer to Queensland authorities over Islamophobic tweets by an American, tribunal hears

Lawyer for Australian Muslim Advocacy Network argues white supremacist’s tweets caused harm to local Muslims

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‘Very little has shifted’: watch house case a major concern for First Nations group advising Queensland police

Exclusive: Leadership needs to act with urgency to address ‘culture of racism’ instead of focusing on ‘performative’ elements, says adviser

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Australian state suspends human rights law to lock up more children

Experts fear ‘irreversible harm’ to children in Queensland after changes to justice system leave more in detention.

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An Aussie Influencer Just Private’d Her Insta Account After Getting Slammed For A Dingo Pic

A Gold Coast influencer has caused havoc after posting a picture of herself letting a dingo sniff her hand on K'gari island in Queensland.

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The Yes case is plummeting. For a sneaky win, it needs to knock on every door in Tassie and SA

The next steps? Triage Queensland and WA, assume Victoria and NSW will vote Yes, and send an army of volunteers to Tasmania and SA.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland man who died after snake bite incident on weekend did not have venom in system

Family of Donald Morrison now believe he died at Koumala state school of an underlying medical condition ‘he was unaware of’’

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Bravus, formerly Adani, accused of attempting to block traditional owner from sacred site near Carmichael mine

Queensland police investigating complaint from Wangan and Jagalingou man Adrian Burragubba

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