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Keeping kids in watch houses: why the Queensland government could change the law to suit itself

Possible ‘robodebt’ scenario left Labor to either move the children or suspend the Human Rights Act – and it chose the latter

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List: all 14 last-minute amendments rushed through by the Queensland government without scrutiny

Changes range from the policing of sex workers to overriding the state’s Human Rights Act, to allow children to be kept indefinitely in adult watch houses

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Queensland children may have been illegally detained for years, advises state’s solicitor general

New laws that suspend Human Rights Act follow court order for urgent transfer of three children held in watch houses for extended periods

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‘Farm animals with better legal protection’: Queensland’s new child watch house laws pilloried

Palaszczuk government overriding state’s Human Rights Act to allow for imprisoning children as young as 10 in adult watch houses

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Voice referendum date to be revealed in Adelaide as South Australia emerges as swing state

Guardian Australia analysis shows yes and no campaign advertising is focused more on SA, Tasmania and WA, and less on east coast states

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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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'We can’t go shopping without police coming': north Queensland's at-risk youth feel excluded and heavily surveilled

Youth crime in Australia has been the subject of sensationalist media coverage and growing community concern, particularly in north Queensland.

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High-profile man accused of Toowoomba rape to fight to retain anonymity

Laws soon to be introduced to Queensland parliament would allow accused to be named before he’s committed for trial

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‘I was shocked’: Catholic-run public hospitals refuse to provide birth control and abortion

Publicly funded Catholic hospitals across Australia are using the cover of religion to opt out of providing reproductive care – and experts say it has created a ‘postcode lottery’ for access to services

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LNP takes lead in Queensland Resolve poll, but Labor still far ahead in Victoria

The Queensland state election will be held in October 2024. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted from May to August with a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 38% of the primary vote (up five since January to April), Labor 32% (down three), the Greens 11%…

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The impossible dream of joining Queensland police for people with ADHD

As the force struggles with staff shortages, experts and recruits are urging the restrictions on recruits with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to be overturned

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Australian police rejected Fifa requests for Gianni Infantino to be escorted during World Cup travel

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria police turned down request for escort for Fifa president, which is normally reserved for foreign heads of state

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Oi Queenslanders: Matt Damon Confirms He Froths The Ekka & That’s Filled My Show Bag Right Up

The star was spotted at the Queensland show this week.

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Voluntary assisted dying costs are creating ‘substantial barriers’ for patients, Queensland doctors say

Group proposes Medicare reforms and a standard billing structure with $860 out-of-pocket cost to improve access

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Why a Queensland court overturned a ban on religious knives in schools

The Supreme Court of Queensland last week overturned a law banning children from bringing “knives” to school for religious reasons. This will allow Sikh students, parents, and teachers to carry a ceremonial dagger known as a “kirpan” at schools in Queensland.

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Morning Mail: toxic pollution at Antarctic base, victims’ advocate calls for the cane, four French footballers to fear

Arsenic and toxic metals found at Australia’s largest Antarctic research base, man who backs the cane joins Queensland youth justice group, Trump’s Twitter trawled by investigators

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Queensland man who says schools should reconsider the cane joins government’s youth justice group

‘If the parents of kids aren’t able to exercise discipline … then the state needs to be disciplining these kids’, says victims’ advocate

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Queensland’s corruption watchdog charges taxpayers $409,000 for consultancies on police investigating police

Crime and Corruption Commission chair Bruce Barbour confirms approval was given to probe recommendation from landmark inquiry into police responses to domestic violence

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Walter Sofronoff cancels Queensland Media Club event discussing ‘presumption of innocence’

Head of ACT inquiry was scheduled to front ‘Politics, journalism and social media v The presumption of innocence’ event alongside News Corp journalist

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Queensland police silent on fallout from court order to transfer three children from watch houses

Force refuses to answer questions about legality of detaining children in watch houses following supreme court ruling that three must be moved urgently to youth detention

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Shane Drumgold resigns as ACT director of public prosecutions; Queensland man shot by police – as it happened

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Court orders urgent transfer of three children detained unlawfully in Queensland watch houses

Potential test case on the state’s use of watch houses to detain children takes unexpected turn, with hundreds possibly affected

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Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened

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Queensland, NSW call for urgent safety review after childcare worker’s sex abuse charges

Child welfare expert says a nationwide standard of risk assessment needs to be driven at the federal level

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Advocates question Queensland’s ability to deliver on ambitious affordable homes plan

Qcoss says more details needed as to how state can ensure 20% of around 900,000 proposed new homes will be affordable

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