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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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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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Qld police boss recounts sexual harassment

Queensland's police commissioner has told an inquiry she was subjected to sexual harassment early in her career.

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane 2032 Olympics organiser defends sitting on board of fossil fuel company

Andrew Liveris says his position at Saudi Aramco means he ‘knows the solutions’ as he presides over climate-positive games

The Guardian - AU

Optus tells Victorians whose licences were exposed in data breach to register with roads body

Optus yet to give specific information about what to do next to those who used Queensland driver’s licences or a passport to sign up

The Guardian - AU

‘Fear of speaking out’: Queensland police officer’s sexual assaults went unreported for years, inquiry told

Counsel assisting the inquiry Ruth O’Gorman KC suggests system is ‘stacked against female victims’

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Queensland police commissioner grilled over handling of complaints against senior officers, inquiry hears

Former Queensland police deputy commissioner Paul Taylor was subject to a second, "quite serious" complaint at the time he made a sexist comment at a conference this year, Katarina Carroll tells an inquiry.

AAP

Qld man charged with child stealing

A man has been charged with child stealing after Queensland police issued an emergency alert as they searched for a baby girl.

AAP

Leaders urged to protect Lake Eyre rivers

Environmental groups and farmers are worried about major environmental concerns about the impact of gas developments on the Lake Eyre basin.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police promoted officer who called colleague a ‘towelhead’ and had history of bullying

Inquiry hears briefing to Katarina Carroll suggested an apology be required from deputy commissioner

AAP

Child sex crime duty-of-care reform push

An alleged victim of historical acts of sexual assault will meet with Queensland's Attorney General in a push for reform to ensure a proper police response.

ABC News

Christmas school holiday accommodation bookings impacted by staff shortage

Queensland's hospitality industry is booming but restaurant guests are being limited and hotel rooms are being left empty.

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Eric Vavaki faces possible deportation to Solomon Islands after paralysis leaves him homeless and unable to work

Solomon Islands man Eric Vavaki is set to be deported after a serious car crash caused the lower part of his body to be paralysed and being unable to find wheelchair-accessible accommodation or continue work as a deckhand.

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