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Schools-based doctors improving access to healthcare in rural Queensland, community says

For year 7 students like Ella King, having a doctor based on the school grounds means immediate access in a community where it can often take weeks to get an appointment. She is one of 1,000 outback students benefiting from a Queensland government trial.

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Regional rental stress worse than ever

The latest Rental Affordability Index shows more regional households are facing stress and key workers cannot find homes, in NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and WA.

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'Hands off our generators': Qld premier

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned she will not sacrifice Queenslanders' energy rebates as the federal government looks to intervene in the gas market.

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New North Queensland rugby league side gives talented women opportunity to play closer to home

The Mackay Cutters will replace the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRLW Premiership series, with the Cowboys-aligned team to focus its attention on the NRLW.

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‘Hands off our generators’: Queensland rejects calls to cap coal price to bring down energy bills

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she won’t jeopardise state’s ability to give profits from state-owned power generators back to public

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Elder in David Littleproud's electorate rebukes Nationals over opposition to Voice to Parliament

Gunggari elder Lynette Nixon, who lives in western Queensland, joins a chorus of calls for the National Party to review its opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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Orphaned brumby foal adopts Brahman cow as its mother on Mount Garnet cattle station

In an unlikely pairing, a Brahman cow is playing stepmother caring for and feeding a wild Brumby foal on a far north Queensland cattle station.

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Qld Labor govt backs Indigenous voice

The Queensland government has declared its support for a proposed Indigenous voice to federal parliament, but the opposition has questioned its timing.

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Storms, heavy rains drench parts of regional Queensland, with BOM forecasting more wet weather to come

After months of talk about another La Niña and a wet summer for Queenslanders, the rain is officially here.

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Qld grants second Eyre Basin gas permit

The Queensland government has given another company a permit to look for gas in the remote Lake Eyre Basin while it draws up plans to protect the region.

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Life monitoring for some Qld sex offenders

Recidivist child sex offenders will be subject to monitoring and reporting for the rest of their lives under new laws in Queensland.

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Lake Eyre Basin plan creates uncertainty

Members of an advisory committee commissioned to inform the federal government on the management of the Lake Eyre Basin say the proposed management strategy is a "box-ticking" exercise.

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New Zealand couple with 'gem fever' spending every winter 12 metres underground in Qld

This New Zealand couple bought a small-scale mining claim and spend every winter digging for precious gems, but what is married life like when you're working 12 metres underground on Queensland's Gemfields?

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Queensland Health modelling reveals number of people expected to use voluntary assisted dying laws in 2023

With just over a month until voluntary assisted dying is available in Queensland, modelling projects about 400 people will use the laws to legally end their life in 2023.

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‘Still creeped out’: Queensland activist asks Adani to destroy surveillance photos taken of family

Ben Pennings says matter continues to cause ‘anxiety’ after nine-year-old photographed, according to letters

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United Nations recommends Great Barrier Reef be added to World Heritage 'in danger' list

A UN delegation again recommends Australia's Great Barrier Reef be added to the World Heritage 'in danger' list, urging immediate and urgent action to protect it.

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Inquest into Jeffrey Brooks's shooting death hears expert evidence in podcast does not meet 'standard of proof'

A gunsmith who provided expert commentary on a podcast series about the shooting death of Jeffrey Brooks on a south-east Queensland farm in 1996 admits in an inquest the testing he carried out "can't be relied on".

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Queensland Racing Integrity Commission inquiry hears steward told photographer to remove Birdsville jigger photo so it would 'not damage the industry'

The so called "Birdsville Inquiry," chaired by Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards, has been sitting in Brisbane examining the circumstance of the use of a jigger.

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BOM issues storm warnings for Gold Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich and other parts of south-east Queensland

The Bureau of Meteorology issues an alert for damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall for Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast, Redland City and Brisbane City.

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Contractors, labour hire workers at more risk, less likely to report safety concerns in Queensland coal mines, inquiry hears

An inquiry into coal mine safety in Queensland is told labour hire staff are disproportionately represented in mining deaths and faced reprisals when safety issues were raised.

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Queensland windfarm to provide enough power for 1.4m homes with new $2bn investment

Spain-based Acciona Energia will double capacity of project 200km south-west of Brisbane

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Qld open to aggressive climate targets

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is open to more aggressive emissions targets, but says the future of the state's coal mines depends on market demand.

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MacIntyre Wind Precinct to double in size, Queensland government announces

Queensland is set to become home to one of the largest wind farms in the Southern Hemisphere with the Queensland government announcing it will double the size of the MacIntyre Wind Precinct, west of Warwick.

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Filmmaker Joanna Joy and traditional owners bring to life Judith Wright's Generations of Men

A short film inspired by renowned author Judith Wright's family history in colonial Queensland has showcased the resilience of First Nations people – and brought a diverse community together.

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La Niña forgot Queensland towns still in drought, despite widespread rain

The La Niña weather pattern has devastated communities differently. For some, it's been too much rain; for others, not enough.

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