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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Workers face uncertain future as mine fire continues

Workers have been told they will continue to be paid for another couple of weeks as authorities battle an underground coal mine fire in central Queensland.

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Cowboys will put a target on DCE: Dearden warns

North Queensland playmaker Tom Dearden plays with Manly half Daly Cherry-Evans for Queensland but there will be no love lost in the NRL clash in Townsville.

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Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

The damning findings of a Queensland fertility clinic probe has revealed a donor may have fathered hundreds of children, sparking incest fears.

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Queensland coalmine fire a ‘disaster’ for climate say environmental groups

The fire at Anglo American’s Grosvenor coalmine in Moranbah broke out after methane ignited

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Morning Mail: last Labor dissenter weighs in on Payman, sperm donations destroyed, dozens dead in Hindu crush

Famous Labor rebel urges senator to ‘stick to her guns’; Queensland health ombudsman says samples risked being ‘misidentified’

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Fire casts pall over future of coal mine and workers

Counselling has been offered to workers "traumatised" by an underground fire that has cast uncertainty over the future of a major coal mine.

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Firearms and cocaine trafficking leader jailed

A 24-year-old leader of a gun-running and drug trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and cocaine across Queensland has been given a lengthy jail term.

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Remote housing fix needed to 'get real' on closing gap

Homes in Queensland's remote communities are chronically overcrowded, and waiting lists for social housing blowing out, sparking calls for federal funding.

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Blues top Maroons in pollie state of origin, of sorts

A rampaging Sam Thaiday was no match for David Pocock's staffer as NSW politicians claimed victory over their Queensland rivals in parliament's State of Origin.

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Two men charged over 1970s child sex offences

Police have charged two men over historic child sex offences allegedly involving a girl they knew in north Queensland half a century ago.

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Maroons eyes on Titans' Fifita in Big Banana showdown

Gold Coast forward David Fifita will play Cronulla in Coffs Harbour on the cusp of a Queensland recall as versatile teammate AJ Brimson gets set to return.

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Cobbo tipped for Origin recall but Slater has options

Brisbane coach Kevin Walters insists Selwyn Cobbo is ripe for a Queensland recall as Maroons coach Billy Slater has to replace injured winger Xavier Coates.

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Two men in critical condition after Queensland bus crash that killed three

A Greyhound coach carrying 33 people collided with a four-wheel drive towing a caravan near Gumlu, north of Bowen

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Highway criticised by opposition after fatal bus crash

Queensland's opposition says a major highway is "not up to standard" after a crash that killed three women and left two men in a critical condition.

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'Rock star of whale world' likely still alive: expert

As whale migration season begins on the Queensland coast, there is one famous humpback tourists will be keeping a keen eye out to see.

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‘You don’t have to clean up after it’: young Australians are getting on their hobby horses

In a modern version of the centuries-old tradition of mock beasts, riders and their steeds will gather at the Queensland championships next week for ‘fun, fantasy and fitness’

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1 July changes: tax cuts, Centrelink indexation and everything else coming for 2024-25

Stage-three tax cuts begin in the new financial year, while a vape ban and paid parental leave reforms also kick in

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Storm lose Origin star but hold out stubborn Raiders

Queensland State of Origin winger Xavier Coates limped off AAMI Park with a hamstring injury but his Melbourne team were able to hold out Canberra 16-6.

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Police seek help to find scuba gear in death probe

Queensland police have enlisted the public's help to locate scuba gear that might have washed up along the southeast coast as they investigate a man's death.

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Workers evacuated from central Qld mine after fire

Workers at the underground Grosvenor coal mine in central Queensland have been evacuated after a fire, which is under investigation.

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The week in parliament: the theoretical impossibility of Tucker Carlson and nuclear tensions simmer in Coalition ranks

Far-right provocateur ducks cocktail party, Climate 200 takes aim at fresh electoral targets and Labor MP stumbles into a nest of Nats

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Man charged with domestic violence murder in rural town

A man will face court after he was charged with the alleged stabbing murder of a woman at a property in a rural town in Queensland's north.

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ANZ’s $4.9 billion Suncorp takeover will now go ahead. Is the government sending mixed messages on business competition?

Two years after the deal was first announced, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has today given the green light for ANZ to acquire the banking arm of Queensland-based insurer Suncorp.

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Maroons' Tabuai-Fidow boost as clubs rest Origin stars

Dolphins star Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow will be among a galaxy of stars to miss the NRL's round 17, but will be fit to boost Queensland in State of Origin III.

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'Profound responsibility' for new victims' commissioner

Queensland's first victims' commissioner has been appointed in a bid to combat soaring rates of violence against women.

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