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Oracle customers face wait on homes in Qld

Hundreds of customers caught up in the collapse of Queensland-based builder Oracle Homes face a long wait to get their mandatory insurance claims paid.

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Woolworths posts $1.5b profit amid COVID-19 outbreaks and supply shortages

Woolworths reports its annual profit was almost flat as product shortages caused by floods in NSW and Queensland earlier this year, and COVID-19 outbreaks lead to a surge in sick workers taking days off.

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Oracle Homes collapse leaves family homeless but Master Builders hopeful insurance scheme will help hundreds

A grandmother says her family will be homeless by the end of the week because of the collapse of Queensland building company Oracle Homes, with an estimated 300 homes left unfinished.

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Demand for sapphires in Queensland's Gemfields soars with miners and gem cutters cashing in

Queensland's Gemfields region is one of the largest sapphire-bearing areas in the world. Locals say prices have risen tenfold, but what's behind the growing appreciation of the Australian stone?

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QAGOMA's Embodied Knowledge is an energetic and inclusive celebration of contemporary Queensland art

Review: Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)

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Australian South Sea Islanders call for greater recognition of Sydney's links to 'blackbirding'

(Waskam) Emelda Davis is pushing for more inclusion and recognition of the descendants of Australia's slave trade. Australian South Sea Islanders say it is a part of Sydney's history that needs to be told.

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Oracle Homes goes into liquidation owing $14m and leaving 300 homes incomplete

A building watchdog says it is a "very sorry day" for those affected by the company's announcement, including about 300 home owners and 70 employees.

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Police DV officer told woman 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' a day before her husband died, inquest hears

A Townsville inquest hears Queensland police are entering the job woefully unprepared for domestic and family violence matters, but that training is aiming to improve the situation in north Queensland.

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Man jailed for mother's shooting death

A man involved in the death of a Queensland mother shot in her home has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a Brisbane Supreme Court judge.

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Star Entertainment Group inquiry hears high roller gifted with Rolex watch by Gold Coast casino

The inquiry hears the man received the Rolex watch, a cake, seats on a private jet, and more than $30,000 in compensation payments for losing big.

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Man faces Queensland court after the alleged murder and torture of his 5-year-old son

The boy died in Yarrabah, near Cairns, after allegedly suffering ‘catastrophic injuries’, police say

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Police allege Yarrabah father accused of five-year-old son's murder inflicted 'catastrophic injuries'

A 24-year-old man facing multiple charges, including murder, has been remanded in custody following the death of his son in a Queensland hospital.

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Father faces Qld court over child's murder

The father of a five-year-old boy has faced a Queensland court charged with murder as police allege the child likely suffered abuse over an extended period.

AAP

Star let banned high roller gamble in Qld

Star Entertainment allowed a patron banned from its Sydney casino by police to gamble at its Queensland venue even though it raised a "red flag".

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Unvaxxed Qld teachers to have pay reduced

The Queensland government will cut the pay of 900 of 54,000 public schoolteachers and education staff as a penalty for failing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Queensland Star casino concerns referred to regulator that approved shareholder with alleged crime links

Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman refers revelations of crime links involving a key shareholder of Brisbane's new casino back to the same regulator that didn't spot them in 2015.

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Women's football is expected to soar in Australia after the 2023 World Cup — but a lack of funding has clubs worried

After decades of disproportionately low government assistance compared to other codes like rugby league, rugby union and AFL, many football clubs are still lacking the basic facilities to accommodate female participants.

The Guardian - AU

Pay up: mining and gambling companies told not to expect sympathy over Queensland tax hikes

Campaigns against changes to coal royalties and betting taxes given short shrift by government and advocates

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‘Insanity’: entangled whale in Queensland sparks renewed calls for shark net removal

Fisheries department says an humpback whale was found ‘in poor health’ but ‘not badly tangled at the Gold Coast

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Queensland police operation shuts down drug and gun trafficking linked to organised crime, nine men facing 75 charges

Nine men aged between 21 and 32 are facing 75 serious drug and firearms trafficking charges after a four-month police operation targeting a south-east Queensland scheme allegedly linked to organised crime groups.

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Pharmacist prescription trial proposed as possible solution to the GP shortage faces indefinite delays

Some Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP, and one state has come up with a possible solution that would allow pharmacists to take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But a trial that was due to begin in June has now been delayed, with no…

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High-risk gamblers 'actively encouraged' to come to Queensland's Star Entertainment Group's casinos, inquiry hears

Some high-risk gamblers were "actively encouraged" – and even incentivised – to travel to Queensland to gamble at Star Entertainment Group's casinos even though "red flags" should have seen them banned, an inquiry hears.

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Man charged with murder and torture over the death of 5yo boy in Far North Queensland

The boy was taken to Yarrabah Hospital on August 16 with life-threatening injuries then flown to Townsville for treatment, but died yesterday.

AAP

Man charged with boy's murder in Qld

Police have charged a man over the death of a five-year-old boy in an Indigenous community in north Queensland.

ABC News

Do shark nets really keep us safe or are there better options?

Shark nets are the most common way to protect swimmers at busy beaches — but do they really keep us safe?

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