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Queensland girl, 12, leaps from Mega Drop show ride after harness malfunction

Holly Brown was 6 metres off the ground when she made the decision to leap from her seat on 14 May

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Qld Police Drops Documentary On Youth Crime, Accidentally Exposes Own Potentially Unlawful Acts

Footage of cops handcuffing kids appears to show officers violating the police manual.

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Man arrested, police officers seriously injured after truck rams cars near Toowoomba

Four police officers have been injured while trying to stop an allegedly stolen truck on the Darling Downs in Queensland. Two were seriously hurt.

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Temperatures to drop across Queensland before warmer, drier winter begins

Weather experts warn Queenslanders to keep their woollies close with temperatures about to drop this weekend, ahead of a warmer, drier winter on the cards with an El Niño imminent.

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Qld gov defends putting patients up at Sea World Resort

Queensland's opposition has attacked the Palaszczuk government for moving stable patients to hotels to ease capacity on overstretched hospitals.

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Nationals leader repays Gold Coast travel expense claim he made after he ‘sought the wrong advice’

David Littleproud left parliament early in February to travel to the Gold Coast, three days after he and his spouse settled on a new apartment there

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police's new youth crime documentary may show officers violating police manual rules, advocate says

In a new half-hour film designed to show the challenges of policing youth offenders, more than 20 shots of children appear in handcuffs. Critics say using this level of force is excessive.

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Queensland changes laws to accommodate UN prisons inspectors

A UN anti-torture subcommittee suspended its inspections last year after being refused access to some facilities

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Minister nixed Palmer coal mine, dept approved another

The environment minister personally killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine but trusted a delegate to decide on another Queensland mine that got the green light.

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Brisbane Olympics: Greens, One Nation and Katter parties unite in push to cap spending on 2032 Games

Unlikely alliance wants a $7bn cap for the event and for Gabba rebuild to be scrapped

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Cairns Private Hospital reviews maternity unit amid fears for Far North Queensland service's future

The future of Cairns' only private maternity unit is in limbo as obstetric services dwindle across Queensland's far north.

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Queensland awards $1.17 billion for hospital expansions

The new hospital expansions in Brisbane and Ipswich will see hundreds of new beds and greater capacity for elective surgery.

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Qld cross bench unites in call to cap Olympics spending

Queensland crossbenchers have signed a joint statement calling on the government to cap Olympic Games spending at no more than the allocated $7 billion.

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Researchers discover endangered white-throated snapping turtle in Queensland creek

Scientists have spotted white-throated snapping turtles in Baffle Creek, 100 kilometres north of Bundaberg, for the first time.

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Capricorn Coast sees steady, sustained population and property market growth post-COVID

As house prices cool off in some parts of the country, this town on the Capricorn Coast is still growing as people flock from south-east Queensland.

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Queensland parliament resumes with new-look ministry

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczuk's new-look ministry faces its first parliamentary sitting since the surprise reshuffling of portfolios.

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Sympathetic DCE's advice after stunning Qld Origin call

Maroons captain Daly Cherry-Evans knows how Dane Gagai is feeling after an omission that stunned the Blues, and has urged the centre to respond appropriately.

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Man 'drove to Qld to pick up drugs that never arrived'

Osman El-Houli has been accused of driving from Melbourne to Queensland to pick up drugs that never arrived after a plane loaded with cocaine crashed in PNG.

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Lost Qld firefighter remembered as 'pillar of strength'

Izabella Nash has been hailed as an "outstanding" firefighter and "incredible human being" at a memorial service following her death after a factory blaze.

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'It is mine to lose': Walsh will play No.1 his way

Queensland debutant Reece Walsh does not intend to relinquish his No.1 jersey to Kalyn Ponga and he will express himself in the State of Origin series opener

The Guardian - AU

High-profile man accused of rape could lose anonymity under Queensland law change

Queensland government is seeking to change law that prevents a person charged with sexual offences from being named until they are committed to stand trial

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Queensland firefighting community farewells Izabella 'Izzy' Nash who was killed in a factory blaze

The devastated friends and family of late firefighter Izzy Nash, who died after battling a blaze at Slacks Creek, have gathered to say goodbye.

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Meteorite hunt by citizen scientists underway in Queensland with focus on remote Croydon

An online community keen to get its hands on a piece of Saturday's meteorite is collating videos of the event and expects to triangulate its location by the end of the week.

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As Queensland looks to the future for State of Origin I, New South Wales is betting on the past

With Brad Fittler and Billy Slater naming their teams for State of Origin I, both states are in unfamiliar positions their opponents would know well.

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Qld GPs reject 'safe and effective' pharmacy trial

Queensland doctors continue to campaign against a pharmacy program that offers "safe and effective care" for urinary tract infections.

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