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Queensland showdown looms over pill-testing clinic’s plan to reopen with private funds

Deputy premier threatens to ban practice that was opened as publicly funded service by previous Labor government and then shut down by LNP

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Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision

Exclusive: Legal challenge launched as expert says an alleged failure to conduct ‘genuine’ consultations could lead to ban being overturned

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Labor lost Queensland election partly because it was obsessed with the Greens, Chandler-Mather says

Greens housing spokesperson argues that lesson for federal Labor is if PM spends next six months fighting party ‘he’s going to hand the keys to Peter Dutton’

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LNP will need to show Brisbane voters it can be a moderate government if it’s to stay in power

The party won decisively in the regions but was rejected by the city, which was scared off by the hard-right social views of some candidates

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Crisafulli makes first speech as premier-elect; trucks deliver food aid to western NSW after power outages – as it happened

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Labor, LNP 'broken', minor parties look to gain ground

Queensland's crossbench is tipped to expand on October 26 as support for minor parties across the state grows while Labor and the LNP fight to retain seats.

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LNP's blue dawn set to send Labor into electoral sunset

Polling indicates Queensland is poised for a change in government, with youth crime and cost-of-living pressures set to define the election campaign.

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Free fares a Greens public transport policy 'fantasy'

The Queensland Greens have promised more frequent public transport services and free fares if they are elected but a transport union says that's a pipe dream.

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Record migration blamed for congested roads, transport

The Queensland premier has doubled down on calls to cut migration, saying their transport system and roads are under pressure due to the number of arrivals.

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A bipartisan committee set out to end Queensland’s politicisation of youth crime. It failed spectacularly

Disappointment and frustration as parliamentary inquiry into youth justice reform ‘degenerates into a squabble’

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Concerns raised over solitary confinement in Queensland youth detention after deaths of two First Nations boys

Government report says placing children in prison isolation can affect their health and wellbeing in ‘severe, long-term and irreversible ways’

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‘Outrageous and disgusting’: Greens MP condemns comparison of Queensland climate protests to US capitol riots

Ethics committee clears Michael Berkman of inciting or encouraging Extinction Rebellion protest but labels his conduct ‘disgraceful’

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MPs clash with pro-Palestinian protesters over Gaza war

Queensland MPs have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters outside parliament during a rally against the Gaza conflict.

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Queensland lawyer raises concerns of police surveillance of pro-Palestine demonstrators

Exclusive: legal observer for volunteer group Action Ready says police were recording number plates of cars displaying Palestinian flags

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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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'Petty': Greens MP punted from Queensland parliament

A Greens MP has spent a day in the sin bin after breaching the rules of the Queensland parliament, with the party leader also in strife.

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Major spending cuts for country's biggest council

Brisbane City Council has announced $400 million-plus spending cuts until June 30, with green bridge construction one of the major projects affected.

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‘Inhumane’ spit hoods still in widespread use across Queensland, despite royal commission recommendations

Inquest into the death of Selesa Tafaifa, who died in prison in 2021 with a spit hood over her head, will resume in Brisbane on Tuesday

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Ride for free, Greens push for no cost public transport

The Queensland Greens have put forward a motion in parliament to remove public transport costs and boost trains and bus use across the state.

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Queensland government urged to intervene after police staff in racist recordings go unpunished

Retired officers say a lack of accountability within the Queensland police service has allowed racism to fester

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‘Absolute dog act’: Queensland Labor criticised for shock move to override state’s Human Rights Act

Proposed law changes include allowing children to be detained in adult watch houses for the next three years

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Queensland youth justice minister denounced policies now spruiked as ‘toughest in the nation’

Di Farmer told state parliament in 2019 the sorts of measures now championed by Labor would almost guarantee children would reoffend

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Queensland changes laws to accommodate UN prisons inspectors

A UN anti-torture subcommittee suspended its inspections last year after being refused access to some facilities

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Palaszczuk and criminologists reject calls for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults

Experts say incarceration only increases risk of offending after Queensland police union president’s comments

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Former Greens councillor demands apology as Queensland police again drop charges

Jonathan Sriranganathan claims his being arrested at protests was ‘partly a result of racism’

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