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Gold Coast botanist discovers new rainforest tree species 'minutes from the M1'

When botanist Lui Weber visited a local physiotherapist for back treatment, he left with his head spinning after discovering a new rainforest tree species in his back garden.

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Queenslanders urged to surrender illegal guns as amnesty ramps up

People who have an unregistered firearm or firearm-related items will be able to surrender their weapons to a police station or selected gun shops anonymously and without penalty as an amnesty ramps up over coming weeks.

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Jeta Gardens aged care home accused of 'neglect' over resident's fall from second floor balcony

The aged care centre south of Brisbane that is at the centre of Queensland's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak is being accused of neglecting a woman in her 70s with a history of anxiety and depression who fell from a balcony after not receiving her medication on time.

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'Cop out' Sunday trading decision leaves businesses in limbo after Queensland inquiry

Small retailers have a year to prepare before trading restrictions may be relaxed in regional Queensland, increasing competition. Meanwhile, bigger businesses say they've been left tapping their feet.

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‘Bit off more than he could chew’: Nerf gun dart removed from Queensland family’s resident frog

Mother Annie O’Brien felt responsible so placed late-night call to snake handler who retrieved foam dart as long as green tree frog

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Australia's 'Tongan Thor' "not joking" about $1m contract future - “Show me the money”

Fan favourite Taniela 'Tonga Thor' Tupou is among Australia's most valuable rising stars, but the Queensland Reds prop is seeking a major salary boost if he's to remain in Super Rugby

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Secret Queensland road cameras net $18 million in mobile phone, seatbelt fines in two months

More than 20,000 fines have been handed out in Queensland for illegal mobile phone use in cars and failure to wear seatbelts in November and December last year, with the Transport Minister vowing to roll out even more secret cameras.

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Queensland women take to the streets to protest lack of abortion services

After Marie Stopes closed last year, many regional towns in Queensland were left without surgical abortion services. Women living in areas where they haven't been restored say they'll protest until the doors open again.

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Child safety probe ordered in north Qld

A whistleblower claims the Queensland government is putting children at risk of being physically and sexually abused by sending them back to unsafe homes.

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'Love struck' Ralph Gibbs, 80, admits kidnapping partner, 84, from Mandurah nursing home

A "love struck" 80-year-old man who snatched his dementia-suffering partner from a Perth nursing home and tried to drive her to Queensland pleads guilty to unlawfully detaining her.

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Qld council watchdog swamped, understaffed

Queensland's local government watchdogs have been dismissing evidence of official misconduct because they're so swamped with complaints.

AAP

Probe into Qld woman's 2013 death reopened

Queensland Coroner David O'Connell has re-opened an investigation into the stabbing death of Shandee Blackburn metres from her Mackay home eight years ago.

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Qld govt keen to assist aged care centres

The Health Minister says the Queensland government is assisting private aged care amid anger over how a facility has handled a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Bikie enforcer charged over 2009 shooting

One of four men charged over the death of Omega Ruston fatally shot in a road rage incident on Australia Day 2009 has faced a Queensland court.

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Qld premier apologises to whistleblowers

Queensland's premier says she's sorry whistleblowers felt ignored, with probes into alleged government misconduct and inquiries into state watchdogs under way.

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Qld records deadliest day of pandemic

Queensland has recorded its deadliest 24-hour period of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 24 people succumbing to the virus including 16 in aged care.

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Queensland records largest number of COVID-19 deaths, with 24 people dying in the latest reporting period

Queensland records the highest number of daily deaths so far, with 24 people passing away in the latest reporting period — 16 of those were recorded in aged care.

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Queensland cancer battler Fred Conway wants to close the healthcare gap

While Bidjara and Badara elder Fred Conway is "determined not to cark it", he says health care needs to be more accessible for Indigenous Australians.

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Vic won't water down COVID check-in rules

Check-in requirements at Victorian venues that don't require proof of COVID-19 vaccination will remain in place despite Queensland ditching them.

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Queensland Premier apologises to public servants who 'weren't listened to' when raising integrity issues in her government

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk apologises to public servants who felt they weren't listened to in the past when raising concerns about integrity processes within the Queensland government.

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COVID-19 cases expected to surge as Queensland students return to face-to-face learning

An infectious diseases expert says Queensland schools will see a rapid rise in children testing positive to COVID-19 by the end of the week now that students have returned to classrooms.

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Queensland government faulted for slow response to gas seep and calling Knitting Nannas a ‘risk’

Exclusive: Conservationists claim lack of urgency after water and gas found bubbling ‘uncontrolled’ from former exploration bores

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Qld govt urged to act on farmers' concerns

The Queensland government has been urged to "urgently act" amid farmers' concerns about a $10 billion resources project west of Brisbane.

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Khawaja hopes history repeats for Bulls

Queensland captain Usman Khawaja is hoping Sam Truloff can seize his Sheffield Shield chance with the Bulls in the same way he did in his SCG Test return.

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