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New laws prep Queensland for coercive control offence

The Queensland government is preparing to introduce a standalone coercive control criminal offence as updated domestic and family violence laws pass parliament.

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North Queensland councillor Jan Clifford reprimanded over comments made at civic function

A conversation at an official council event has been deemed as inappropriate conduct, but when council was asked to deal with the matter one councillor retorted: 'It shouldn't be up to us councillors … we're not qualified for this crap'.

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Path to Treaty bill introduced to Queensland parliament. What does it mean?

The long-sought-after laws pave the way for the Queensland government to sign a treaty or treaties with First Nations people.

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‘Recipe for disaster’: Queensland bail law that overrides children’s human rights won’t work, experts say

Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state’s Human Rights Act to create the offence

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US band Unwritten Law postpone shows at 11th hour

US skate punk band Unwritten Law have postponed their Australian tour a day before their Newcastle show. The Cambridge Hotel was supposed to host Unwritten Law and their fellow American support Mickey Avalon on The Hum Tour on Thursday night. "Australia, it breaks our hearts to announce that we must…

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NSW bowlers dominate Qld at the Gabba

Queensland are facing the prospect of a significant first-innings deficit after NSW's bowlers impressed on day two of their Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba.

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Heath bodies praise proposed Qld drug diversion changes

Queensland health organisations have welcomed the expansion of a drug diversion program as a positive step towards a health-based approach to drug use.

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Decrease in ambulance ramping in Queensland, but health system remains under pressure

The percentage of people left languishing on ambulance stretchers for more than 30 minutes before being admitted to Queensland public hospital emergency departments decreased in the December quarter.

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Media companies lose bid to name high-profile man charged with Queensland rape

Toowoomba magistrate rules media will have to adhere to Queensland laws that prevent naming him before he’s committed to stand trial

The Guardian - AU

First Nations treaty bill tabled in Qld parliament

A Queensland government bill that sets out a proposed map to a treaty, including a new truth and healing inquiry, has been introduced to parliament.

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Qld bail crackdown limiting child rights condemned

Queensland's decision to override the human rights of children, particularly Indigenous kids, to make breaching bail a crime has been criticised.

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Dad of Logan toddlers Darcey and Chloe-Ann Conley killed in hot car questions downgraded charges

Kerri-Ann Conley became the first person in Queensland to be charged with murder under an expanded definition. Then her charges were downgraded.

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Queensland is to relax its drug laws, even for ice and heroin. How could it affect you?

The state government wants to expand its diversion program to personal quantities of anything from cocaine to meth.

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Townsville Maternal Fetal Medicine delays could be putting mothers, babies at risk: leaked report

Chronic patient backlogs are causing "risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes" at a major maternity unit that's the only public facility able to treat high-risk pregnancies in regional Queensland.

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Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pain for Queenslanders

It’s almost a year since floods devastated parts of Ipswich in Southeast Queensland.

The Guardian - AU

‘Making the climate crisis worse’: Greens blast Labor after Queensland coal seam gas expansion approved

Decision allows Santos to open 116 new wells with an operational life of about 30 years in the Surat Basin

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s plan to override human rights law ‘deeply concerning’, commissioner says

Scott McDougall alarmed at Palaszczuk government plan to make breach of bail an offence for children

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Climate change will hit Australia’s most populous states hardest, global report finds

Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland rank among the places most at risk from physical climate change in Oceania, a new report finds.

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Queensland to relax drug laws, implement three-strike rule for people carrying small amounts of drugs for personal use

Anyone caught carrying small quantities of illicit substances like heroin, cocaine or ice, will be given three chances before facing a criminal charge.

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BHP urged to support coal communities as they exit

BHP's decision to sell two Queensland coal mines has riled unions and renewed calls from the resource industry for a review of the state's royalty rates.

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BHP announces sale of Daunia and Blackwater coal mines, citing royalty hike frustration

Mining giant BHP announces its intention to sell two central Queensland mines, one of which has been operating for 50 years.

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Santos wins approval for 116 gas wells in western Qld

The federal government has given Santos approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland's Surat Basin with an operational life of 30 years.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Queensland admits bail reform ‘incompatible with human rights’; BHP profits slide; and Venice’s drying canals

State’s tough crackdown on youth crime draws criticism

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Qld to decriminalise possession of most illicit drugs

Queensland will move to decriminalise drug possession with police to refer people caught with illicit substances or utensils to diversion programs.

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More than a dozen students hospitalised after gas leak at St George State School

Fourteen students and two staff members have been taken to hospital after a gas leak at a south-west Queensland school.

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