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Qld government cops criticism over Gabba blow-out

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed $2.7 billion has been set aside for the Gabba stadium rebuild - more than double the amount estimated in 2021.

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Children held in Queensland watch houses for almost 40 days, review ordered into escalating crisis

The mother of a 17-year-old describes the impact on her son of the 31 days he spent detained in a watch house cell intended for stays of up to two days.

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Elderly man who sparked renewed debate of youth crime dies in Queensland hospital

Ministers and police commissioner will attend community forum in Toowoomba as high profile youth crimes put Palaszczuk government under pressure

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Former LNP leader calls for 72-hour limit on children being held in Queensland watch houses

Exclusive: Deb Frecklington says the ongoing practice of detaining youth in adult facilities for weeks is ‘barbaric’

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Court's mass bail of youths triggers police appeal push

Queensland police are considering their legal options after a Townsville magistrate released more than a dozen youths from custody.

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‘Disgraceful and gutless’: Queensland deputy premier pilloried for attack on judiciary

Steven Miles said a magistrate’s decision to release children locked in Townsville watch house was ‘a media stunt’

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Townsville magistrate orders children be released from watch house amid heated youth justice debate

Exclusive: Queensland Police Service ‘exploring its legal options’ after several children granted bail

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Spare uni beds to be converted to emergency housing

University lodgings in Brisbane will be converted into emergency accommodation for people desperate for housing amid high rents and low vacancy rates.

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Queensland housing crisis leaving essential health workers without a place to rent

Registered nurse Colleen Clark has been searching for a new rental in Theodore since April last year without success, an experience that has left her feeling "hopeless and undervalued" despite rural health workers being in high demand.

ABC News

What a crock: second Stradbroke Island crocodile sighting confirmed as dugong

After hours of debate among locals, Queensland’s acting premier Steven Miles declared that rangers had spoken

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Gabba funding for Olympic makeover unclear

The Queensland government says it's still working on a funding deal for Olympic infrastructure amid reports the Commonwealth no longer wants to fund the Gabba.

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Qld boosts pregnancy services in Gladstone

A major Queensland hospital's maternity unit will operate 24 hours a day from January 30, but the state government says full birthing services are months away.

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Wet and wild weather nationally as Sydney expected to break cool spell

Australia is in for a wet and wild week, with much of the country expected to cop a barrage of foul weather.

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Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

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Qld motorists stranded as Bruce Hwy cut

Queensland's primary transport corridor has been cut off by floodwaters as the state is smashed by heavy rain and flooding.

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Storm damage in regional Victoria; Shooters party to refer NSW premier Dominic Perrottet to police over Nazi uniform – as it happened

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Fears mothers' and babies' lives at risk due to birthing bypass in central Queensland

Doctors are demanding an emergency roundtable meeting to discuss Queensland's maternity crisis amid fears mothers' and babies' lives will be at risk in the Gladstone region until the city's birthing bypass is lifted.

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Qld to fast-track oil refinery upgrade

The Queensland government will speed up approvals for Ampol to upgrade its oil refinery in Brisbane, which could keep it open until 2030.

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$1b stadium delay 'risks' Olympics benefit

Queensland risks the 2032 Olympics being "about red carpets and champagne" if claimed delays over funding negotiations are true, the state opposition says.

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More than 130 flooded homes in Qld buyback

More than 130 home owners in flood-prone areas of Queensland have accepted government offers to buy back their properties but dozens have not taken up the deal.

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Queenslanders reminded COVID won't be gone by Christmas despite peak of latest wave passing

With the virus still widespread throughout the community, the state's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard repeated warnings for sick Queenslanders to stay away from the elderly and vulnerable during the festive period.

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MacIntyre Wind Precinct to double in size, Queensland government announces

Queensland is set to become home to one of the largest wind farms in the Southern Hemisphere with the Queensland government announcing it will double the size of the MacIntyre Wind Precinct, west of Warwick.

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Queensland government announces yet another face lift for Brisbane's South Bank parklands ahead of 2032 Olympics

Less than 10 years after its last major face lift, the Queensland government announces plans to revamp Brisbane's South Bank parklands ahead of the 2032 Olympics.

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Council and state at loggerheads over Sunshine Coast building heights amid fears for turtles

Residents say they don't want the Sunshine Coast to become a "Gold Coast lookalike" and are worried about the impact on nesting turtles.

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Qld council wants police report on bones

Ipswich Council says it wants to stand by the First Nations people in rejecting a development near a former Aboriginal mission where bones have been found.

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