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Canberra are ready to overcome more personnel issues as they head to Townsville to take on the North Queensland in the NRL on Saturday.

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Qld Trustee claims probed after TV report

The Public Trustee faces an independent review over claims it charged vulnerable Queenslanders huge fees, more than a year after a report revealed the practice.

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LNP leader reshuffles Qld shadow cabinet

Queensland Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli has made changes to his front bench after Jarrod Bleijie was elected deputy leader.

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Queensland's Public Trustee system to be investigated after Four Corners report revealed high fees and financial mismanagement

The Queensland government orders two separate investigations into the state's Office of the Public Trustee, after a Four Corners report revealed exorbitant fees and dire financial mismanagement.

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Alert system forms part of Qld flood probe

A review of the flood disaster that killed 13 people in southeast Queensland will include effectiveness of emergency alerts and agency co-operation.

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Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Mathematical model created by Queensland researcher set to speed up development of future COVID-19 vaccines

A Queensland researcher develops a mathematical model that can predict the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, offering hope for producing vaccines more quickly in future.

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Qld premier takes aim after slur claim

Two senior public servants have been told to sort out their issues after Queensland's integrity boss claimed a bureaucrat directed a derogatory slur at her.

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Fears 'discriminatory' COVID vaccine mandate could kill Queensland country shows

The Queensland government is being accused of discrimination and double standards, with the fate of struggling agricultural shows riding on whether health officials will drop a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that does not apply to many other users of showgrounds.

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Trapped, stripped of assets, and silenced. And it's all perfectly legal

When the Public Trustee is given the keys to your life, speaking out publicly is illegal, and it can block you from trying to regain your freedom. Four Corners went to the Supreme Court to reveal the hidden ordeals of those who have escaped the system.

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Queensland human rights commissioner warns against extending Covid emergency powers

Scott McDougall says the public’s willingness to accept restrictions on their rights might be tested in future pandemic waves

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Queensland integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov accuses Public Service Commission boss of misogynistic slur

Queensland integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov says the head of the state's Public Service Commission, Robert Setter, called her a "b***h on a witch hunt" during a phone call in 2018.

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‘Bitch on a witch-hunt’: agency head says he didn’t make slur against Queensland integrity commissioner

Nikola Stepanov told a parliamentary committee that “I was called that term” by the Public Service Commission chief executive

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Qld Health Minister diagnosed with COVID

Another two people have died of COVID-19 in Queensland while 3797 new cases have been recorded, including Health Minister Yvette D'Ath.

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Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead

This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 9-12 from a sample of 1,520, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged since last fortnight. Primary votes were 41% Labor (steady), 35% Coalition (steady), 8% Greens (down one), 3% One Nation (steady), 3% Clive Palmer’s UAP (down one) and 10% for all Others (up two).

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Diesel price increase impacts transport, agriculture and consumers will face higher supermarket prices

The soaring cost of diesel will have significant impacts on freight, transport, agriculture and your household budget.

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Pressure mounts on federal government to cut fuel excise – as it happened

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Chalumbin Wind Farm project near World Heritage rainforest draws protesters in Far North Queensland

There are calls for the Queensland government to stop approving large, foreign-owned wind farm developments in the state's north, amid fears the area's flora and fauna could be devastated by land clearing.

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Everything you need to know about Guardian Australia’s state news coverage

A team of nine has been appointed to extend our reporting of state politics and issues such as education, health, transport and energy

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Land-clearing destroyed 90,000 hectares of Queensland koala habitat in single year, analysis finds

The Wilderness Society says ‘it’s time to take a good, hard look’ at the state’s beef industry, which is blamed for 80% of clearing

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Queensland’s ‘patchwork’ response to domestic violence has clearly failed, police veteran says

Exclusive: Former head of state’s domestic violence unit says ‘it’s 2022 and women are still dying horrifically’, amid calls for royal commission

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Emergency head defends flood response

Emergency Management Australia boss Joe Buffone says an earlier disaster declaration would not have had an impact on the ADF rollout to assist flood victims.

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In Queensland’s food bowl, farmers fear the gas bores from next door

Tension between agriculture and resources is bubbling over as farmers seek urgent clarity on who owns the ground beneath their properties

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Labor promises Qld manufacturing support

A federal Labor government will provide $22 million to boost advanced manufacturing in Townsville and North Queensland.

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Qld police chief says DV cases escalating

Queensland's Police Commissioner says the state's domestic violence cases are escalating following two more alleged incidents on the weekend.

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