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Cloncurry Shire Mayor Greg Campbell guilty of misconduct says unclear rules to blame

Incomprehensible processes make it easy for councillors to break the rules, according to north-west Queensland Mayor Greg Campbell who has been found guilty of misconduct.

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Queensland, NSW can February Origin camps

Queensland and NSW have cancelled pre-Origin camps scheduled for next month due to the "current COVID volatile environment".

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Qld to open final border amid outbreak

Twice-vaccinated international travellers can fly into Queensland without quarantine from Saturday as the state records 11 COVID-19 deaths and 19,932 new cases.

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Queensland records 11 COVID deaths, 19,932 new cases and date for quarantine-free international travel set

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the elimination of quarantine requirements for vaccinated travellers allows families to reunite and people to plan overseas holidays.

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Covid case surge continues as 67 deaths recorded nationally – as it happened

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

A number of states including NSW, Victoria and South Australia have reduced the interval between getting the second dose of COVID vaccinations and receiving a booster shot.

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Family of youngest Queenslander to die with COVID-19 lodges formal complaint about treatment at Redcliffe Hospital

Lachlan Moore, who was born with the neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was found dead in bed earlier this month, hours after being sent home from the Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane.

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School starts in two weeks – here’s what we know about Covid safety plans for Australian students

Will there be access to rapid tests? What isolation rules will apply for students and teachers? How will staff shortages be dealt with? We answer your key questions

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Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day

Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland

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Qld health minister blasts PM over RAT ad

The Queensland health minister says it is "absolutely appalling" that federal government ads are spruiking free rapid antigen tests at state clinics.

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Concerns raised over Qld flood response

Deputy Premier Steven Miles has been told the Queensland flood response could have been "better and faster" as he tours affected regions north of Brisbane.

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Land owners charged with fraud offences over flood funding for outback property

Two North West Queensland men allegedly accessed $360,000 through illegally claiming disaster assistance funding following the 2019 monsoonal floods.

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Qld concern over slowing COVID vaccination

Slowing vaccination rates among a key age group are concerning authorities in Queensland where 16 new deaths were recorded in people with COVID-19.

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Queensland records 16 COVID-19 deaths and 15,962 new cases in deadliest single day of pandemic

Sixteen people in Queensland die from COVID-19 in the latest reporting period, the highest daily number of deaths recorded in the pandemic, with 15,962 new infections confirmed and 819 people being treated in hospital.

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'Cane toad bust' aims to curb threat to native species, as population tops two billion

With the cane toad population soaring from 102 in Queensland in 1935 to more than two billion across four states, we're being asked to help cull them to save native species.

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Queensland schools told to boost natural airflow to limit COVID, but experts say it is not enough

Queensland schools receive advice on how to improve classroom ventilation but air quality experts say more needs to be done to protect students and teachers.

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Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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Queenslanders urged to get COVID-19 booster shots but GPs face inconsistent vaccine supply

As Queensland health authorities urge people to get booster doses, a prominent Brisbane GP says she has been forced to cancel COVID-19 vaccination appointments because the vaccine supplies did not arrive.

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Lone Qld region remains free of COVID-19

The outback region of Boulia is now Queensland's only local government area yet to record a COVID-19 case after Pormpuraaw in Cape York reported its first.

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Queensland fire emergency leaves Brisbane's air quality worse than Beijing

If you're finding it hard to breathe in Brisbane today there's a good reason — thanks to the smoke haze from southern Queensland bushfires the air quality is currently worse than Beijing.

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Thousands of Syrian, Iraqi refugees to be settled in four south-east Queensland cities

About 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in the state's south-east in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba, the Federal Government confirms.

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Hot August night breaks records around southern, central Queensland

Brisbane and a handful of other Queensland cities experience their hottest August night on record.

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Youth suicide at crisis levels among Indigenous population, experts warn

The rate of suicides among Indigenous children is at critical levels, experts say, with young Aboriginal people nearly five times more likely to die due to intentional self-harm than other young people in the same age range.

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