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From drought babies to rain babies, families in western Queensland welcome drenching

In a change from dry conditions, families whose babies were born during the drought are now welcoming "rain babies" born in the record-breaking wet.

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Qld whale tangle 'worst-case scenario'

A rescue is under way off a Sunshine Coast beach after a whale entanglement reportedly involving a mother and calf caught in a shark net.

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Queensland is the most expensive place to build in Australia with construction costs set to continue, CoreLogic says

Queensland's construction costs had the highest quarterly rise nationwide, according to a new report by a leading property analyst group.

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Qld overhauls sex, relationship education

Specialist advisers and professional development time for teachers are part of efforts to improve education about healthy relationships in Queensland.

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Regional Queensland councils turn to modular homes to help solve crippling housing shortages

There is hope an ambitious plan to build 40 new houses in four months will help address the accommodation crisis in some of the most rural and remote towns.

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Why can Queenslanders with medicinal cannabis prescriptions be charged for drug possession?

A Queensland woman who was charged with drug possession over her medication says laws need to change. Here’s what she wants other users to know.

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Flood warnings for eastern states as Melbourne receives half a month’s rainfall in one hour – as it happened

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Queensland's overhauled sex education teaches prep students consent basics, while teenagers learn 'how to say no'

Students as young as five will be taught body privacy as part of Queensland's overhauled sexual education that will today see educational materials rolled out across the state.

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Central Queensland cattle handler, 4, knows his way around Texas longhorns

Ever since Jace learnt to walk, he has had no trouble putting bulls and heifers in their place. His central Queensland family owns a stud of about 90 registered Texas longhorn cattle.

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Qld premier backs cops as DV inquiry ends

The Queensland premier admits the police force has "deep-seated" cultural issues with misogyny, sexism and racism, but those exist throughout society.

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Pub apologises for refusing to sell wine and spirits to Indigenous customers from Palm Island

A north Queensland hotel says it has removed a sign that said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people could not be sold wine and spirits.

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The Loop: Man charged over Optus text scam, Sydney's record-breaking rainfall, and your first look at the Super Mario Bros movie

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

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Players see Hannay as ready for NRL job

Valentine Holmes claims Josh Hannay is ready for a full-time head coaching job in the NRL after working with him at North Queensland and State of Origin level.

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'You don't go from sitting in a pub to being shot dead by police in 10 minutes': Heartbroken family of Manchester-born man, 24, desperate for answers

Luke Gilbert allegedly lunged at officers with a pen knife - his family claim excessive force was used

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Queensland police officer sentenced for helping daughter cross border during COVID closure

A former south-east Queensland police officer is ordered to complete 120 hours of community service after pleading guilty to helping his daughter breach the state's COVID border restrictions last year.

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Sunshine and Gold Coast properties have boomed since 2020, now they're leading the real estate downturn

It is a long way from a bust, but the booming property prices in Queensland's two most popular regional centres are leading sunshine state's downturn.

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Queensland police inquiry hears allegations of recruits being taught racism, officers being raped

State’s police commissioner reveals she too suffered sexual assault and harassment early in her career

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Fleay's barred frogs fight off renowned deadly fungus in NSW and Queensland

Research shows a riverine frog species home to NSW and Queensland rainforests has overcome a killer fungus that is harming frogs around the world.

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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll recalls being 'attacked by a sexual predator', inquiry hears of sexism and racism

Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she made multiple complaints about incidents of sexual harassment in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Star Entertainment Group unsuitable to hold casino licence in Queensland, attorney-general finds

Shannon Fentiman says an independent review highlighted "major failings" and made very serious findings that adversely affect Star's character, integrity and honesty.

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Paine back, Bulls send Tassie in to bat

Tim Paine will make his first-class cricketing return in Brisbane, with his Tasmania side sent in to bat against Queensland at Allan Border Field.

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Star found unfit to run casinos in Qld

Star has been declared unfit to hold a casino licence in Queensland after an inquiry said it failed to protect against money laundering and misled regulators.

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Concentrated solar thermal power touted as part of Queensland's clean energy future

An Australian company says its technology can help solve the problem of around-the-clock clean energy.

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Report finds 2,222 people sentenced for rape in Queensland in 16 years, but it remains an under-reported crime

Data compiled by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council finds almost 99 per cent of adult offenders received a jail sentence, with an average of 6.6 years.

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Backpackers return to regional Queensland for work and play post-pandemic

Foreign accents echo through the dormitories of regional Queensland hostels again, with a boom in accommodation bookings from international travellers in recent weeks.

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