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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

The Queensland government has proposed a legal change that could allow Star to rehabilitate itself in time to open its $3.6 billion Brisbane casino next year.

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Qld top cop to review all abuse complaints

Queensland's top cop has warned police who abuse, harass or bully their colleagues, promising to go after those whose "values no longer align with us".

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Grace Tame, Hannah Clarke's family applaud Queensland bill to broaden domestic violence definition to include coercive control

Queensland's new bill proposed to broaden the definitions of domestic violence and stalking to include coercive control.

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Coking coal production set to increase in Queensland despite clean energy plan

Queensland's 10-year energy plan aims to move away from coal-fired power reliance by 2035, but huge amounts of coal will still be produced and exported, and applications for new and extended mines show no signs of slowing.

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Qld passes new health practitioners laws

Queensland health practitioners will be more strictly regulated by federal watchdogs after new laws were passed by state parliament.

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Queensland premier ‘disgusted’ by female police recruits being told to expect being ‘hit on’ by colleagues

Annastacia Palaszczuk acknowledged cultural issues, but says they’re ‘not unique’ to police

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Qld mining lobby applauds govt backflip

Proposed Queensland laws will make it easier for communities to object to mines, but existing mines won't be subject to modern environmental rules.

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Airbnb landlords to pay tens of thousands of dollars under proposed Queensland levy

Greens bill will see investors pay 5% levy on all residential property left vacant for more than six months

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Woman who chopped up partner seeks parole

The Queensland Parole Board will hear a parole application by Lindy Yvonne Williams, jailed in 2018 for murdering her partner.

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Qld govt unaware of hospital culture probe

Queensland health minister Yvette D'Ath says she's unaware of a probe into workplace culture at Caboolture Hospital but supports the idea.

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Queensland minister apologies for slur

Queensland agriculture minister Mark Furner has "unreservedly apologised" for making a "dopey, stupid woman" comment in parliament.

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Brisbane dam releases water in flood plans

The Queensland government has authorised Wivenhoe Dam operators to release drinking water into the Brisbane River in preparation for possible floods.

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Water to be released from Wivenhoe Dam ahead of looming wet season

Water from south-east Queensland's largest dam will be released for a two-week period in a bid to prepare the state for the looming wet season.

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Where are people moving to, and from, in Australia? Find out with our census data interactive

These interactive graphics use the latest data from the Australian census to show patterns of internal migration

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Vacancy tax pitch for Qld housing crisis

The Queensland Greens hope the threat of tens of thousands of dollars in tax will encourage investors with vacant homes to return them to the rental market.

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Queensland government pursues watered-down pharmacy pilot, but doctors say patients still at risk

The pilot will allow pharmacists in north Queensland to prescribe medicines and vaccines for common conditions such as nausea and vomiting, reflux, and mild skin conditions without GP supervision.

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Queensland police discipline system ‘failed’ officers sexually assaulted by colleagues, minister says

Mark Ryan says he is appalled by ‘disgraceful’ evidence heard at inquiry and calls for changes to system

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Emergency alerts were delayed during south-east Queensland's flood disaster, report finds

An independent review finds Brisbane City Council was one of the last to issue a warning through the national emergency alert system, but the Lord Mayor says residents had been informed in other ways.

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Qld researchers unlock Alzheimer's barrier

Queensland researchers have overcome a significant barrier to delivering two drugs to Alzheimer's patients.

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Queensland government won't say when abandoned Bruce Highway upgrades will restart

The Queensland government is blaming the economic conditions it says were created by the Morrison government for its difficulties in securing a new contractor.

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Govt urged to reject Qld gas water project

The Commonwealth government has been advised to reject a controversial coal seam gas project in Queensland, which poses risks to endangered turtle species.

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Morning mail: 200,000 robodebt reviews wiped, G7 leaders warn Putin over nuclear threat, Bali bombings remembered

Wednesday: The federal government has scrapped robotdebt investigations that were on hold for three years. Plus: the rise of men’s netball

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Allan Michael Dyson charged with dangerous driving over boy's death in 2004

Allan Michael Dyson, extradited from Queensland to NSW last night, appears at a Sydney court today charged with a handful of offences related to the death of a six-year-old boy.

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Qld truckie behind bars over fatal crash

A Queensland truck driver extradited and charged over a fatal crash that killed a child in NSW almost two decades ago remains in custody.

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National Rental Affordability Scheme's end prompting homelessness fears for single mother

As a federal rental subsidy program winds down and social housing applications triple, Melanie says she sees no option for her and her two children but to move into her car.

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