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Queensland on the front foot against sex discrimination

A legal requirement to take steps to eliminate sex discrimination and harassment has the Queensland government's support as it flags law reform.

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Queensland to abolish clause used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people

Palaszczuk government accepts report into law that enabled Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College to warn teachers they could be fired for being openly homosexual

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Michael Slater charged with assaulting police at Noosa

Former Australian cricketer and commentator Michael Slater is accused of assaulting and obstructing Queensland police following an alleged domestic

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Newlyweds dead in central Qld air tragedy

The bodies of a recently married Queensland couple have been found in the wreckage of a plane that went missing in central Queensland.

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Queensland police’s lack of body camera footage of fatal Mareeba shooting labelled a ‘farce’

Civil liberties campaigner says if Australian SAS soldiers can wear body cameras, so should tactical police

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Search under way after plane vanishes in central Qld

A plane with two people on board is missing in central Queensland after failing to arrive at an airpark west of Proserpine in Queensland. The Australian

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Wreckage of missing plane found in central Queensland

A rescue helicopter crew has spotted the crash site of a plane that disappeared with two people aboard in central Queensland.

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Roma becomes training ground for highland dancers heading to Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

While tartan kilts aren't necessarily suited to the hot climate, a small Queensland town has produced another dancer who will take the stage at the prestigious Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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Bundaberg Hospital's emergency department wait times some of Queensland's longest

Queensland Health figures show the Wide Bay's three public hospitals – Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Maryborough — had the highest number of patients who stayed in an ED longer than 24 hours.

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Dutton’s leadership safe for now, Liberals say, despite calls for change of direction after historic loss in Aston

Malcolm Turnbull says the party’s future rests on its ability to move back to the centre

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League great Backo critically ill after heart attack

Sam Backo is in a Cairns hospital in a critical condition after the Canberra, Queensland and Kangaroos rugby league great suffered a heart attack.

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Walsh studying Gutherson in bid for Qld Origin debut

Brisbane NRL fullback Reece Walsh wants to improve his defence and work rate to earn a Queensland jersey, and sees Parramatta's Clint Gutherson as a role model.

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Tennis legend Pat Rafter shares childhood memories of growing up in Queensland mining city Mount Isa

Australian tennis legend Pat Rafter opens up about his barefooted childhood as one of 10 kids – and an emotional homecoming to visit his brother's grave.

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‘He’s broken the mould of what a politician should look like’: the Brisbane councillor who reshaped the Greens

Colleagues praise the unorthodox Jonathan Sriranganathan as a trailblazer. Now, after the party picked up seats in state and federal parliaments, he’s moving on

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NSW Swifts break through for first Super Netball win

The NSW Swifts have overrun the Queensland Firebirds in the fourth quarter to score a 74-71 win in Romelda Aiken-George's milestone game.

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Outback Queensland tourism has boomed, but cost-of-living pressures will bite this season

A record number of tourists have hit the road in outback Queensland over the past two years, but there are fears cost-of-living pressures will dampen spending and visitation this season.

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Punjabi now Australia's fastest growing language, prompting calls for it to be taught in schools

Punjabi is now more popular in Australia than India, where it is only the eleventh most spoken language. Community leaders want dedicated resources to teach it.

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Queenslanders are living longer than ever, but vaping, sunburn and diets loom as dangers, chief health officer's report finds

The increase in life expectancy – which does not take in last year's COVID-19 deaths — comes off the back of drops in Queensland tobacco smoking.

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‘Just ghastly’: the Queensland tropical island for sale was home to our worst ever family holiday

With no power, no presents and a pool ‘full of dead animals’, Natascha Mirosch recalls her unforgettable Christmas on Poole Island in Australia’s Whitsundays region

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Queensland government reveals Cross River Rail cost blowout of $960 million, now not due to open til 2026

The state government has revealed Queensland's largest infrastructure project will open later and cost almost a billion dollars more than previously planned.

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Indigenous advisor quits after Qld police shooting

Professor Gracelyn Smallwood has resigned from a Queensland police advisory group in protest after a young Aboriginal man was shot and killed by officers.

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Major home builder Porter Davis collapses, leaving jobs in limbo

One of Australia's largest home builders has collapsed, leaving thousands of customers in the lurch, while a second construction business has entered

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Major home builder Porter Davis goes into liquidation

Building works will stop immediately on more than 1700 properties across Victoria and Queensland as a result of the collapse of Porter Davis.

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Woman charged with fraud after allegedly listing Sea World chopper pilot Ashley Jenkinson on traffic fine

A Queensland woman is facing a fraud charge after allegedly claiming Sea World chief pilot Ashley Jenkinson was driving her car to avoid a December traffic infringement. Mr Jenkinson was killed in a mid-air chopper crash on January 2.

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Dog exclusion zones needed to help declining migratory shorebirds on Dr May's Island

A group of Queensland residents is calling for more dog exclusion zones on beaches after watching pet owners let their canines run free at an important shorebird nesting site.

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