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'Getting onto the wait list is a battle in itself': insiders on what it takes to get social housing

Social housing has become extremely difficult to access; in 2021 around 160,000 households were on the waiting list.

The Conversation

Qld budget 'back in black', taxes to rise

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick will hike taxes on big businesses, gambling companies and coal miners to fund more hospital beds and mental health programs.

AAP

Trains, housing and royalties: what we know about the Queensland state budget

Funding boosts in social housing, health and rail projects flagged ahead of Tuesday’s budget

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Discarded Knights Tyson Frizell and Jacob Saifiti left in a state of confusion

Frizell and Saifiti were included in the 22-man squad for the series opener on June 8 but, other than spending more than a week in camp with the Blues, played no game-day role in the 16-10 loss to Queensland at Accor Stadium.

Newcastle Herald

Changes in the jet stream are steering autumn rain away from southeast Australia

You wouldn’t know it from the torrential rains that have inundated large parts of New South Wales and Queensland this year, but average late-autumn rainfall over southeast Australia has declined significantly since the 1990s.

The Conversation

Queensland's social housing register list the 'size of Gympie's population' as government recycles investment announcement

A Queensland government announcement that up to 1,200 new social and affordable homes will be built, won't see any additional homes beyond what has previously been announced.

ABC News

Koroisau to start for Blues in Origin II

Api Koroisau has stormed into NSW's starting side for the second game of the State of Origin series, while Siosifa Talakai and Matt Burton will debut.

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Is our energy supply in crisis? What's the National Electricity Market? Can it be fixed?

The National Electricity Market is in dire need of repair. How long will it take to fix? asks Gareth Hutchens.

ABC News

LNP retains seat in Queensland by-election

The Liberal National Party has retained the Queensland seat of Callide, with local candidate Bryson Head seeing off Labor's Bronwyn Dendle.

AAP

Thriving Townsville street art scene 'on par' with world's best, says public art researcher

An unlikely North Queensland city is poised to establish itself on the international street art map.

ABC News

LNP comfortably retains Queensland seat of Callide in by-election

The ABC's chief election analyst Antony Green declares the LNP's Bryson Head the winner of the seat, which spans an area from central Queensland to the Western Downs.

ABC News

Mayors call for urgent funding in face of 'dire' shortages at Ipswich Hospital

The West Moreton mayors say the hospital is too small for the rapidly growing population it services and it needs a funding injection from the state government.

ABC News

Victims of crime seek tougher youth sentencing in Queensland, but could that make things worse?

A youth justice debate reignited by a tragic hit-and-run weighs harsher punishment against community intervention

The Guardian - AU

Queensland cafe manager admits ‘little joke’ over Kardashian has turned into an ‘unbelievable mess’

Matt Black says his claim the reality TV star and her boyfriend Pete Davidson had dined at restaurant had gotten twisted

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Corruption watchdog releases report on lobbying of the Queensland government

A report by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission suggests the risk of corruption has "intensified" inside the state government, amid a surge in lobbying.

The Guardian - AU

Energy regulators had their hands full keeping the lights on this week – but the next crisis might not be far off

Aemo was still issuing alerts on Saturday morning as system reaches limit

The Conversation

More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate

Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that elected David Pocock to the Senate on Tuesday.

ABC News

Fire-affected family brings 'grand old lady' back to life by restoring old homestead

After finding their home burnt to the ground in outback Queensland, rather than rebuild it, this young family chose to truck in a homestead built in the late 1800s and restore it.

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Queensland families on brink of homelessness as calls grow for action to address housing crisis

Calls are growing for the Queensland government to do more to address the housing crisis as new figures reveal the state built 50 per cent fewer social homes this financial year than the previous year.

ABC News

Mystery surrounds sunken, dismantled luxury yacht with no confirmed owner

The intrigue surrounding a superyacht that ran aground on a Queensland beach last month deepens, with the ABC uncovering a complex web of colourful characters and incidents.

The Guardian - AU

Rum reborn: how Queenslanders are swapping their beloved Bundy for sophisticated sips

While dark rum remains the sunshine state’s drink of choice, a proliferation of small distilleries are encouraging a less-but-rarer mentality

The Guardian - AU

‘Very different place’: new campaign over mining taxes ‘unlikely’ to succeed in Queensland

Queensland Resources Council has denounced plans to raise royalties, launching new offensive

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian's and Pete Davidson's trip to Australia is exposed as a hoax

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson enjoyed a holiday in Tahiti before Kim returned to LA and Pete travelled to Australia to film. However, there were false claims that the couple enjoyed lunch together in a cafe in Queensland

AAP

Victims avoiding special Qld DV court

Queensland domestic violence victims didn't appear at 61 per cent of the application hearings at the state's special DV court, a report says.

ABC News

One Nation's Pauline Hanson wins Queensland Senate seat, Amanda Stoker out

Pauline Hanson retains her Senate seat for another term, with the Australian Electoral Commission officially declaring she has finished fifth in Queensland's upper house race.

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