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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Heartbreak as search called off for missing fisherman

Four days after family raised the alarm, a search for a missing fisherman off the Queensland coast has been suspended.

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Workload relief for midwives in patient ratio reforms

Midwives working in Queensland public hospitals will soon operate under patient ratios after the state's health minister tabled reforms to parliament.

AAP

Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years

The threatened bird index reveals largest declines were in Queensland and South Australia

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Queensland introduces Australian-first law to allow midwives and nurses to prescribe abortion pills

Exclusive: Legislation hailed as big step towards providing fair access to terminations across state

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Govt faces class action over First Nations claims

The Queensland government faces a major class action by First Nations children and parents for their "systemic failure" to reunite families.

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Talks on Queensland infrastructure funds keep trucking

Queensland has made the case for more federal funding for roads and rail after the Commonwealth slashed infrastructure funding for projects around the country.

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Runs flow for Khawaja despite Richardson Test reminder

Bulls captain and Test opener Usman Khawaja has made light of tricky Gabba conditions and an on-song Jhye Richardson to notch an unbeaten Shield century.

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Hefty fine threat as sale of knives to youths faces ban

New laws that ban the sale of knives, certain gel blasters, tomahawks and machetes to juveniles in Queensland also carry hefty fines for offending retailers.

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Grieving mum's maternity care improvements adopted

Queensland's health minister will introduce maternity care improvements suggested by a mother grieving her baby girl's death at a hospital north of Brisbane.

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Advocates make 'dire lack' of child care election issue

Parent advocates plan to make a shortage of accessible and affordable early learning in regional, rural and remote Queensland an election issue.

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$Protesters take stand against fracking in outback$

Protesters take stand against fracking in outback

A joint rally outside Queensland parliament has called on an end to oil and gas exploration in the remote Channel Country rivers by the end of the year.

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Double jeopardy laws to take in more offences

The test for double jeopardy in Queensland will be reformed to include another 10 offences after proposed laws were tabled to parliament.

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Outback tourism set for boost through dinosaur emblem

The Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur has officially become Queensland's fossil emblem, a move that the state government hopes will boost dinosaur tourism.

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Search for missing fisherman scaled back

The search for a man who went missing while on a solo fishing trip off the southeast Queensland coast has been scaled down to focus on shoreline patrols.

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Morning Mail: vape store surge defies impending ban, how the referendum was lost, Maxwell miracle in India

Hundreds of shops have looked to cash in on highly profitable trade in NSW amid public health fears

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Flood rescues as Australia's east gets soaked by storms

Emergency crews have rescued two people from a car and others from a home on the NSW south coast, with flooding in Queensland and Victoria.

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What are fire ants, and what will happen if these tiny killers take hold across Australia?

The invasive species has been found in NSW after crossing the border from Queensland, and can be deadly and damaging

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police spruik more inclusion and diversity – but new intake tells a different story

Exclusive: less than a quarter of recent recruits are women, with First Nations people and those from diverse backgrounds also underrepresented

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Queensland, NSW on storm watch as big wet heads east

Parts of southern Queensland and northern NSW could cop giant hail and destructive winds of more than 125km/h as South Australia's big wet heads east.

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Rain stalls Matt Renshaw's quest for Test selection

Test hopeful Matt Renshaw was 37 not out and Queensland 0-61 when rain stopped play against Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield in Brisbane.

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Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man

Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.

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States push back on cuts to infrastructure spending

Queensland is spending more on infrastructure than the federal government is "in the whole of Australia", the state's premier says.

AAP

Bacterial outbreak at hospitals sparks safety warning

Contaminated saline products used at hospitals are being recalled after the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued an alert following a bacterial outbreak.

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Voluntary assisted dying is now available in all Australian states. How do the NSW laws compare?

From today, eligible people in New South Wales can ask for voluntary assisted dying.

AAP

Double jeopardy bill tops Queensland parliament sitting

Bills that broaden the scope for double jeopardy and allow DNA samples to be retained longer form part of a busy final week of Queensland parliament.

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