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Central bank going ‘rogue’, senator claims – as it happened

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Brisbane renter wins right to have Chihuahua under Queensland's new tenancy laws

New laws require a landlord to give a reason for refusing a tenant's request to have a pet, like if the animal is dangerous or the property is too small for it.

ABC News

‘Like Guantánamo’: the children locked in solitary for weeks at a time in Queensland youth prison

Exclusive: Whistleblowers, judges and youth workers say children are leaving Townsville’s Cleveland youth detention centre scarred, angry and more likely to commit further crime

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Federal and Queensland governments promise a gillnet-free Great Barrier Reef by 2027

The fishing practice has been identified as a significant danger to multiple threatened and protected marine species, including dugongs, dolphins, turtles and some sharks.

ABC News

Driver dies after school bus crashes into camels in central Queensland

The fatality comes after a pre-dawn crash involving animals that appear to have escaped from a camel farm near Rockhampton.

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International animal traffickers target native reptiles from south-west Queensland

A rise in the illegal trade of exotic Australian animals has made a remote Queensland outpost an unlikely front line in the fight against international smugglers.

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Hundreds of fines issued in first three months of Queensland's new e-scooter rules

Following new rules introduced by the Queensland government in November, personal mobility device riders have been fined for a range of offences including speeding more than 30kph over the limit.

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Federal government funding shake-up risks leaving thousands of Queensland, NSW opioid addicts with nowhere to go for treatment

More than a dozen private opioid treatment services in Queensland and New South Wales are at risk of closure because of changes announced in last month's federal budget, say clinic operators.

ABC News

Queensland Police allege Indigenous teen Linden Malayta, missing for four years, was shot

The homicide investigation into the suspected murder of Linden Malayta, an Indigenous teenager missing for more than four years, has progressed with detectives alleging he was shot.

ABC News

‘Extreme self-harm’: Queensland Labor faces internal criticism over prison system

Lack of mental health resources and basic facilities leaving inmates and workers traumatised, party member and daughter of state MP says

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North Queensland's largest landfill to close, capping more than 135,000 square metres of land

The closure of north Queensland's largest landfill has sparked a massive rehabilitation operation that will result in the site being "capped" to look like a natural hill. But what is the true cost of burying the region’s waste?

ABC News

Queensland government to host second roundtable on regional maternity crisis

One by one, Queensland maternity wards have been closing. A roundtable hopes to fix the problem as the state government announces new funding to encourage midwifery and nursing students to the regions.

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Queensland property prices tumbled after boom but now every region is rising again

The real estate rollercoaster continues as research shows house prices have been rising again throughout Queensland over the past three months.

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Brisbane nurses Brenna and Rebecca were both born premature. Now they fly across Queensland caring for in-need babies

Two young women who were born prematurely at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital now work as nurses, caring for a new generation of sick newborns.

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Hard to bare: Noosa’s nude beach crackdown reveals uncomfortable trend for nation’s naturists

Clothing-optional beaches in NSW and Victoria are also fighting to keep their status amid concerns about indecency

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Palaszczuk pledges $500m for renewables as Labor sharpens pitch for 2024 state election

Premier suffered lowest approval rating on record in recent poll but message at Queensland Labor state conference was about unity

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Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk steps up state investment in wind and solar

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled plans to greatly increase publicly owned wind and solar farms

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Remembering Archerfield Speedway on its final race day after 44 years of 'magic moments'

It's a place where champions from around the world have come to race – and where families have gone to watch them be born.

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Queensland professor's life potentially saved by South Australian doctor who saw him on TV

Professor Dan Angus was being interviewed in a ABC News television story when a doctor he'd never met noticed a sinister spot on his face while watching from home.

Daily Mirror

Enraged man dumps 44lb bucket of excrement over police station counter

Claudio Sesia poured 44lbs of a foul mixture of cow excrement and water onto a police station front desk as he was warned "don't you dare" by a bemused administrator in Australia's Queensland state

ABC News

Queensland Rugby League receives breach notice from NRL after having 14 men on the field in State of Origin series opener

Queensland's brief moment of having 14 men on the field in Origin I gets costlier, with the NRL issuing the QRL with a breach notice and a proposed $30,000 fine.

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Lake Eyre protection blueprint open for feedback

Environmental campaigners have welcomed a blueprint on options to protect the Lake Eyre Basin after it was released by the Queensland government.

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Lockyer Valley councillor Brett Qualischefski reprimanded for non-consensual photos at Gatton gym

A woman said she felt uncomfortable leaving the gym on her own at night after a Queensland councillor took several non-consensual photos of her.

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Principals report pressure from Queensland's education department to overturn suspensions

Queensland's education department says it's determined to reduce the number of at-risk students being suspended, but the teachers' union is arguing schools are best placed to make decisions about poor behaviour.

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Consultation to begin on future of Queensland's fragile Lake Eyre Basin

The Lake Eyre plan commits the Queensland government to restore protections in the wild rivers and ultimately limit gas exploration in the Channel Country.

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