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Queensland health authorities hint at possible easing of COVID-19 quarantine rules for close contacts

Queensland's Health Minister Yvette D'Ath flags quarantine requirements for close contacts of COVID-19 cases could be scrapped after the state passes the peak of its Omicron wave.

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Road rage attacks cap month-long spree

A month-long crime spree in Queensland by a man on parole was capped by two road rage attacks that left a motorist with a broken jaw, a court has heard.

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Dearden finds confidence in Townsend link

Tom Dearden is enjoying the best football of his fledgling career as North Queensland aim to build on their promising start to the NRL season.

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Qld close contact rules could be relaxed

Queensland is considering relaxing COVID-19 close contact isolation rules to bring the state into line with NSW and Victoria.

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Queensland fire alarm legislation — what home owners need to know

A recent tragedy has put Queensland's fire alarm legislation back on the radar for home owners who must comply with strict new rules by 2027.

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Mother and brother charged with murder over Easter Sunday death in central Queensland

The mother and brother of a man found with fatal stab wounds at Gladstone on Easter Sunday are charged with murder.

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Concern over Qld local govt election caps

Queensland's Liberal National Party is furious about a state government discussion paper on potential caps on spending for local council elections.

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BOM forecasts cool weather for south east with chance of snow in Tassie, but rain in the north

As most of the rest of the country shivers through a damp end to the Easter holidays, North Queensland looks set to cop a deluge.

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Queensland bailiffs undergo training review after 'foolish' exchange with Gold Coast juror in rape trial

A "comprehensive review" into how Queensland court bailiffs are trained is underway following an officer's exchange with a juror partly leading to an appeal court quashing the rape convictions of a Gold Coast man and ordering a retrial.

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Miner will ‘pursue all avenues’ to overturn rejection of coal exploration licence in Queensland

Fox Resources statement sparks calls for candidates to outline positions ahead of federal election

The Guardian - AU

‘Forced to move home’: discrimination of Queensland sex workers needs to end, say advocates

Under state law, sex workers can be evicted, refused accommodation and charged higher rents or fees

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Reds ready for Kiwi Super Rugby challenge

The Queensland Reds say they're ready for the challenge of the Kiwi teams in Super Rugby Pacific, with all teams playing in Melbourne this week.

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Many places are starting to wind back COVID restrictions, but this doesn't mean the pandemic is over yet

This month, mask mandates were lifted in South Australia, and vaccine requirements for dining and nightlife were removed in Queensland.

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Qld schools could be moved after floods

Six Queensland schools severely damaged in floods last month may need to be relocated to higher ground, while the government is reassessing a planned school.

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Why Queensland is home to maverick politicians like Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson

Queensland is set to play a large role in next month's federal election, and the state's maverick politicians could be key to the outcome. What makes them so popular in the Sunshine State?

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What is the future for Queensland's flood-prone schools?

Seven weeks on from the rain bomb that flooded south-east Queensland, the state's worst-hit schools reopen for the start of term 2, but the focus has now turned to their long-term future.

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Easter holiday boom sees travellers flocking to Queensland as operators rejoice

Holidays in Queensland are back in full swing – with operators around the state saying a bumper Easter long weekend is just the beginning of an even sweeter season ahead.

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Queensland government acknowledges subsidence caused by CSG could affect farmland

Farmers in the Darling Downs say that even minuscule changes to the flat black soil plains could disrupt soil drainage and farming methods

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Rain puts end to sunny Easter weather in Victoria as cold front arrives

Steady rainfall will be welcomed by farmers and unlikely to cause flooding, Bureau of Meteorology says

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Man's body found in Qld welfare check

Queensland police have found a man's body, and an injured woman and man, during a welfare check at a home in Gladstone.

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Calls for statue to honour Annie Wheeler, known as Mother of Anzacs in World War I

When Australian Annie Wheeler found herself in London in 1914, she wanted to help the war effort. She started writing an index card for every Queensland soldier she met.

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Australia's smallest sauropod dinosaur confirmed from fossils found in outback Queensland

After more than a decade of painstaking research, a plant-eating dinosaur found in outback Queensland has been officially dubbed the smallest sauropod in Australia.

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Rockynats competitors return to central Queensland for burnouts, mullets and drag racing

The event boasts competitors from all walks of life from around the country. There's drag racing, burnouts, a parade, and the event has even introduced a 'mullet competition' this year.

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Queensland couple's 20-year mission to protect century-old mining ruins near Cloncurry

Once home to a thriving population, the former towns of Ballara and Hightville between Mount Isa and Cloncurry in outback Queensland boasted a post office, hospital, school and hotel. Now, one couple is on a mission to save the towns from being swallowed by the bush.

The Guardian - AU

Pensioner says he has nowhere to go after developer buys up Queensland homes to make way for apartments

Bernie Maloney has become a kind of neighbourhood celebrity, even inspiring a civil disobedience campaign to stop forced evictions

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