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Qld hospitals host 512 long-stay patients

Queensland hospitals have hosted hundreds of long-stay patients who were medically fit for discharge but the lacked support to go home, figures show.

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Qld govt rules out any coal plant closures

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni says the government has no plans to close any of the state's eight coal-fired power stations.

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Three-year-old in critical condition after being left on bus outside Central Queensland childcare centre

Authorities say they are investigating whether a three-year-old girl — who remains in a critical condition — was left on a bus for several hours in Central Queensland.

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Queensland authorities warn about 'life-threatening' risk of catching both COVID-19 and the flu

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says she is concerned about the "life-threatening" risk of Queenslanders being struck down with both viruses at once this winter.

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Man in 70s swims for nine hours after falling overboard off central Queensland coast

The man managed to make it to shore, but still had to wait to be rescued due to rough conditions.

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Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia

Barnaby Joyce's plan to spend $5.4 billion building the Hells Gates Dam dwarfs almost any pledge made during the election campaign. So is the dam, which aims to create an agricultural powerhouse in north Queensland, even viable?

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Flood relief payments targeted at Lismore, Gympie by scammers

A wave of fraudulent flood claims is being investigated as scammers try to cash in on natural disasters in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.

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Higher interest rates and mortgage repayments will be 'the new normal' for home owners in 2022, analyst says

The Reserve Bank's 25-basis point increase is just the first of many on the horizon, and Queensland homeowners need to brace for higher home loan repayments over the next 18 months, a leading property analyst says.

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Indigenous people sustainably harvested oysters for thousands of years before European colonisation, study finds

Oyster fisheries in Australia and the US were managed for up to thousands of years before colonisation without widespread collapse, a new study indicates.

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Queensland corruption watchdog records 25% increase in complaints against police

Acting CCC chair Bruce Barbour attributes rise to review of domestic violence investigations and vaccine mandates

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Holmes gives Cotter Origin nod of approval

Reuben Cotter could be a surprise Queensland State of Origin selection with the young Cowboy getting approval from teammate Valentine Holmes.

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Daniel Shields pleads guilty to lesser charge over machete incident with Queensland love rival

A 50-year-old central Queensland man is given a suspended sentence for a malicious act of intent — during which he inflicted injuries upon a love rival with a machete — after an appeal late last year quashed his original conviction of attempted murder.

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Temperatures to drop in eastern Australia as ‘polar cold’ sweeps north

Cold front will spread through Victoria and the western and southern parts of NSW midweek, hitting western Queensland by Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Qld watchdog finalising laptop raid report

Queensland's corruption watchdog will send a report to senior public servants on its probe into the wiping of a laptop from the integrity commissioner's office

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Queensland school suspension figures show Indigenous over-representation

The latest figures show First Nations students account for more than a quarter of all school suspensions, exclusions and enrolment cancellations, despite Indigenous people making up a much smaller share of the overall population.

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Qld Premier sorry for Olympic plus one

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has apologised for inviting her partner to an informal meeting with Olympic officials following a farewell in Sydney.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk apologises for partner Reza Adib's attendance at Brisbane Olympics meeting

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had insisted the meeting was an "informal catch-up" when asked yesterday, and today apologised for his attendance.

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Search cut back for missing Qld fisherman

A search for a missing fisherman has entered a fourth day after he fell from a boat off the coast of north Queensland.

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Woman dies after Qld waterfall plunge

A 19-year-old woman has died after she fell from a waterfall in far north Queensland.

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Filmmaker Nathan Colquhoun captures sailor James Morrill's fight for Indigenous rights

The life of a shipwrecked British sailor who was taken in by an Aboriginal tribe is captured in a movie focused on his fight to protect his saviours from the brutalities of colonisation.

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Labor says power prices are going up. The Coalition says they aren't. Who's right?

“Power prices are going up”, shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers declared last week. But according to energy minister Angus Taylor, “No one’s household power prices have gone up.” So who is right?

The Conversation

Clive Palmer, his money and his billboards are back. What does this mean for the 2022 federal election?

Clive Palmer has had a tough run leading up to the 2022 election campaign. He faced COVID-19 without the protection of vaccination in March, tripped at his National Press Club speech and reported being knocked unconscious for about 20 seconds when he fell during a rehearsal for his United Australia…

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Central Queensland rehab service opens, patients to have local support

A first-of-its-kind drug and alcohol rehab centre has opened in regional Queensland. It means people won’t have to travel hundreds of kilometres for help or go without.

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Queensland woman Zoya Olepir helps rescue her brother from war-torn Ukraine

Queensland woman Zoya Olepir could not bear another sleepless night wondering if her brother was still alive in Ukraine. So she travelled to a war zone to rescue Viktor, who lives with Down Syndrome.

The Guardian - AU

Unions eye pay rises that reflect inflation as Queensland public sector agreements expire

Teachers, nurses, police officers and transport workers all have agreements set to end this year

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