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Parts of Queensland saw record-breaking October weather as extreme heat and heavy rain lashed state, BOM says

New data from the Bureau of Meteorology confirms Queensland copped a record-breaking drenching last month, recording its wettest October in four years and its eighth-wettest on record.

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Woman allegedly pulls knife on Qld police

Queensland police tasered a woman when she allegedly pulled a knife out as she was being questioned for dangerous driving.

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Queensland's youth justice system 'in crisis' amid human rights breaches, children's commissioner warns

Australia's youth justice system is in "a state of crisis" with more children being locked up in watch houses and detention centres, the National Children's Commissioner warns.

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Qld energy jobs focus among Labor leaders

The Queensland premier has put a call out for workers to fill thousands of roles created at public energy companies as part of the renewables transition.

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Tanya Plibersek to reassess 18 proposed oil and gas projects to consider their climate change impact

Queensland environment group had asked federal minister to revisit decisions made going back to 2011

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Indigenous women rangers of the Great Barrier Reef make the finals of Prince William's Earthshot Prize Awards

Larissa Hale — who runs a trailblazing network of Indigenous women rangers in Queensland — has been announced as the only Australian finalist in Prince William's Earthshot Prize, which aims to seek out cutting-edge solutions to save the planet.

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Coal and gas projects to be reassessed after conservation group wins legal bid on climate change impacts

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will reassess 18 major coal and gas project proposals following a legal application submitted by a Queensland conservation group.

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Qld residents assured on power supply

One of Queensland's newest coal power stations is slowly bringing half its generation units back online after a series of equipment failures this week.

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Should Queenslanders be worried about rising cases of new COVID-19 variants, BQ.1 and XBB, in Victoria and New South Wales?

Chief Health officer John Gerrard says "it is quite possible" Queensland would experience a wave "in the coming weeks" as other states record rising COVID-19 case numbers.

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Paid maternity leave offers 'little benefit' to community, Queensland's Mareeba Shire Council says

Staff at a Queensland council will retain the right to maternity leave after a full bench of the industrial commission's ruled in the union's favour.

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Deadline looms for troubled Qld hospital

A Queensland hospital has until the close of business to respond to a show cause notice after a damning report into hospital care.

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Callide Power Station in central Queensland completely offline

CS Energy boss Andrew Bills is "not at all happy" that a major power station is offline after a series of incidents closed down three units in less than a week.

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Queensland parents Ryan Bosch and Noemi Kondacs face Brisbane court, charged with murder, torture of baby boy

Reinhardt (Ryan) Albert Bosch and Noemi Kondacs appeared in a Brisbane court on Friday, charged with murder and torture, after police found their seven-month-old boy dead in what they described as a "confronting" scene.

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Qld police, watchdogs probing Star casinos

Queensland police say there is still an active investigation into Star Entertainment involving the federal money laundering watchdog and the casino regulator.

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Queensland's Star casinos issued with show cause notices following Gotterson Review

The Star group has until November 25 to show cause as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against it, after the findings of last month's Gotterson Review.

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Queenslanders report intimidation and price gouging from taxi and rideshare drivers

The Queensland government is vowing to crack down on rogue operators in the taxi and rideshare industries amid reports of threats and price gouging.

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Cop sorry after Brooks fraud court claim

Olympic swimming champion Neil Brooks has had fresh fraud allegations aimed at him in a Brisbane court before receiving an apology from a Queensland detective.

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Qld watchdog's laptop probe questioned

Queensland's corruption watchdog may have unlawfully signed off an investigation report, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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Qld BHP workers launch industrial action

Workers at four BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines in central Queensland have launched industrial action in a dispute over job security.

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Qld rejects tourist levy, mulls park fees

The Queensland government is considering changing fees for national parks as part of its tourism plan ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.

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Record tumbles as temperatures plummet across parts of south-east Queensland overnight, BOM says

A cold snap on the Darling Downs sees temperatures tumble with the coldest November night in Toowoomba in the 27 years that the Bureau of Meteorology has on record.

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Qantas: 100 years on from airline's maiden commercial flight

Longreach, Winton and Cloncurry all claim to be the true home of Qantas. But another Queensland town played a crucial role in the legacy of the national carrier.

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$1m reward to catch Toyah's alleged killer

A $1 million reward is on offer to help police find the man suspected of murdering Toyah Cordingley and leaving her body on a Queensland beach.

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Building insurance premiums leave no cover for struggling home owners as cyclone season threatens

Despite the risk, building insurance is a luxury this 49-year-old Rockhampton woman and her 82-year-old pensioner mum cannot afford.

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$1m reward offered in hunt for prime suspect in murder of Toyah Cordingley

Her parents say their daughter is worth "every bit" of the reward on offer to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of the man police suspect killed her.

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