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Yes, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a coal mine. But save the angst for decisions that matter more

The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland. It’s the first coal mine Labor has approved since coming to power a year ago.

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Flood gauges to be upgraded as part of $263 million disaster warning network

The money will be spent upgrading thousands of faulty or outdated flood gauges, which have left communities unprepared during natural disasters.

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Escaped offenders caught, one still missing

Queensland police have caught two of three men who escaped from one of the state's prisons at the weekend.

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Queensland woman Julie Schutt was found walking towards farmhouse a week after going missing

Julie Schutt, who was missing in regional South Australia for a week, had not had any food or water in all the time she was missing, her brother says.

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Radars that detect red light-runners to be rolled out at 15 crash-prone Queensland intersections

The Queensland government will install more "Hold the Red" radars at targeted locations in the hope of reducing crashes caused by people running red lights.

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PM questions migration attacks – as it happened

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Families, nurses pause to remember 80th anniversary of the sinking of the 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship Centaur

As Dr Grace Xu battles to look after Queenslanders on the healthcare frontline, she's inspired by a legendary nurse whose hospital ship went down during World War II.

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Queensland government to reform residential parks as peak body says they are taking advantage of pensioners with rent increases

Queenslanders living in residential parks are experiencing housing stress due to unfair business practices, according to the state's peak body representing manufactured homeowners.

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The startling evidence of racism Queensland police couldn’t shrug off

Leaked audio from Brisbane’s watch house outraged Australia. Reporters Eden Gillespie and Ben Smee reflect on the game-changing scoop – and a ‘blue wall of silence’

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Manhunt under way for three escaped Queensland prisoners

Police have launched a search for three men who have escaped from a Queensland prison, south-west of Brisbane, on Sunday.

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Missing Queensland woman found a week after she went missing in Streaky Bay on SA's Eyre Peninsula

A Queensland woman last seen on South Australia's western Eyre Peninsula a week ago is found by a member of the public who saw her "wandering out of the scrub". Her family say she's now recovering in hospital.

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Photographer Melissa Mills captures 'invisible' bond between mothers and daughters

Melissa Mills believes there's no stronger bond than that between a mother and child – and she wants to capture it visually, forever. She is photographing women and their children at "matriarchal" sites in Queensland's Carnarvon Gorge.

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This Mother's Day will be bittersweet for Queensland mum Tia Bridge

Tia Bridge plans a low-key Mother's Day with her family, reflecting on being a mother to three children — Lachlan, Chelsea and a little girl she has nicknamed "Immy", who never drew a breath.

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Queensland Speaker of the house Curtis Pitt announces he is taking time off for mental health

Curtis Pitt says he will take time off to address his mental health after he missed time during the state parliament's historic sitting in his home town of Cairns this week due to illness.

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Former Qld police commissioner wants to keep door 'open' on GPS trackers for youth offenders

Bob Atkinson, who also sat on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, says the use of GPS trackers may be a useful tool into the future, despite a low uptake during a Queensland trial.

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Police crackdown on nudity at Noosa beach sparks legalisation discussion

Queensland is the only mainland state where nudist beaches are illegal, but a recent police blitz has sparked a discussion about legislative change.

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Hunter locals join Shitbox Rally, driving old cars across inland Australia to raise money for cancer research

More than 400 people, driving cars worth less than $1,500, will drive from Newcastle in New South Wales to Townsville in north Queensland to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

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Zac Stanton suffered a serious head injury while playing for an AFL Queensland club. A battle with his insurer followed

The long-term effects of multiple head knocks and concussion in professional sport has recently been in the spotlight. But, as Zac found out, just one hit can be life-changing.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Crime, coal, crocs’: Palaszczuk’s charm offensive met with blunt reality in north Queensland

Premier travels to Cairns for regional sitting week, but Robbie Katter steals limelight with talk of state’s ‘deep divide’

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Man facing 25 historic rape charges in Queensland granted bail to return to SA

The man, who is accused of treating a teenage girl in his care four decades ago like "a prize in a card game", will be allowed to return to his home in SA after facing court in Queensland today.

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New coal mine in Bowen Basin, Isaac River Mine, set for federal government approval

A metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland has been flagged for approval by the federal government, but an environmental group says people who voted in favour of climate action have a right to feel betrayed.

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Charges against Carborough Downs mine operator to proceed years after miner Brad Duxbury was killed

After months of legal argument, appeals, and hearings, the president of the Industrial Court of Queensland ruled this month that matters can proceed against Carborough Downs Coal Management over the death of Brad Duxbury in 2019.

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Regional GP clinics say Queensland and federal incentives will not ease doctor shortage

Regional GPs say twin incentives to lure more health staff to Queensland and increase bulk-billing are a "shot in the arm", but could backfire in places where they're needed most.

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Through many rugby league lives and 300 NRL games, St George Illawarra's Ben Hunt has never stopped fighting

Ben Hunt has endured plenty of trials and tribulations through his long NRL career. Now preparing for his 300th first-grade match, the Queensland Origin star shows no sign of slowing down, writes Nick Campton.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: aged care ‘gaming’ funding, coalmine approved, fears of ‘another Juukan Gorge’

Consultants advised providers to exploit subsidies before rule changes, while Labor faces wrath over green light for Queensland scheme

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