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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Queensland floods: police say Burketown ‘not safe’ as dozens airlifted out

Residents in state’s rural west are bracing for the peak of record flooding on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

Burketown evacuated as record downpour inundates far north Queensland

A Queensland town faces worst-ever floods, with communities and properties isolated as possible heavy falls raise risk of of flash floods.

The New Daily

Heavy rain in Australia triggers flood evacuations in Queensland

Emergency services in Australia's Queensland state evacuated residents to higher ground on Saturday, as record-breaking floods sparked by heavy rain lashed the region's northwest.

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Outback Queensland town becomes first to trial emergency airstrip lanterns for RFDS

Pilots say flying to remote properties in medical emergencies can be like "walking into a dark room", but one tiny community is trialling a solution.

ABC News

Queensland police question teen after man found dead

An 18-year-old man is helping homicide detectives with inquiries after a 58-year-old was found dead in a home in central Queensland.

AAP

Power cut off in Qld's northwest as flood levels rise

Rain is continuing to fall across large parts of Queensland, with evacuations under way as the northwest grapples with its worst floods in years.

AAP

Unbeaten sprinter End Assembly tests positive for cocaine and faces disqualification

End Assembly, one of the rising stars of the sprinting division in Queensland, could be stripped of his latest win after traces of the drug were found in a urine sample

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Reece Walsh stars as Brisbane Broncos beat Cowboys 28-16 in Queensland NRL derby, Cronulla edges Parramatta 30-26 in thriller

Reece Walsh produces a Brisbane Broncos debut to remember, helping the home side defeat North Queensland 28-16 at Lang Park, while Cronulla survives a pulsating encounter to get past Parramatta 30-26 for its first win of the season.

ABC News

Scrutiny of youth justice laws 'cements Queensland as a backwater', youth advocate and lawyer Katherine Hayes says

Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes' comments came after a parliamentary committee released a report recommending the Palaszczuk Government's proposed youth justice law changes be passed.

ABC News

Queensland committee backs overriding human rights for new youth laws as striking ‘appropriate balance’

Changes ‘justified’ in light of public anxiety and despite some provisions being incompatible with rights act

The Guardian - AU

Controversial Qld youth justice bill gets green light

Queensland's youth justice bill should be passed with limitations on human rights justified to ensure public safety, a parliamentary committee says.

AAP

Hospital hearing for man charged with mother's murder

Queensland man Leonard James Llewellyn Smetheram has been accused of murdering his mother, who was found dead at a home north of Brisbane.

AAP

Call centre in Cherbourg, a top-performing Asia-Pacific facility, grows from 10 staff to 30 in one year

The centre opened in the Queensland community of Cherbourg a year ago with 10 staff. It now employs 30 and is one of the top-performing call centres in the Asia-Pacific for one company.

ABC News

'No evidence' Townsville students were exposed to a toxic substance after eating lollies on school bus, police say

The students, aged from seven to 11, started complaining of nausea, abdominal pain and dizziness after getting off their school bus in north Queensland yesterday.

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The New Daily

Crocs lurk, elderly evacuated amid record floods

Evacuations are underway in remote towns and outback properties in north-west Qld with flood warnings for rivers across the isolated region.

The New Daily

Few know about Hinchinbrook Island and even fewer have been there

You’ve heard about Hamilton, Stradbroke, Great Keppel and Daydream. But what about Hinchinbrook?Located just off the coast of north Queensland near Townsville, Hinchinbrook Island is a truly Jurassic encounter just made for curious explorers.

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Swimming Australia calls for new acquatics centre to be legacy of Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games

The current plan for swimming events at the Games involves a drop-in pool at the planned Brisbane Live entertainment arena to be built at Roma Street, with $2.5 billion in funding from the federal government.

ABC News

North Queensland flood evacuations, top US Republican Mitch McConnell hospitalised, and ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp arrested in drive-by shooting — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

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AAP

Elderly flown from Burketown amid outback flooding rain

Evacuations will start in remote towns and outback properties in northwest Queensland with flood warnings for a number of rivers in the isolated region.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s north hit by heavy rain and floods as tropical storm heads south

Widespread rainfall expected in state’s south-east this weekend but nowhere near the 500mm recorded in the north-west

ABC News

Unprecedented flooding sparks evacuations in north-west Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria

Emergency situations are unfolding as never-before-seen floods inundate north-west Queensland and rivers rise to record levels.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor, Greens strike deal in ‘big win for the climate’; Oscar nominees get piece of Queensland; and is Twitter falling apart?

Government agrees to Greens’ amendments in what the minor party leader Adam Bandt called a ‘constructive approach’

The Guardian - AU

Oscar nominees gifted 1 sq metre of Australian scrub – but they can’t ‘use’ the land

Academy Awards gift bag includes ‘a symbolic souvenir’ of pieces of Queensland, which sell on company website for $79.95

AAP

Qld sentencing data could make case for raising the age

Less than 10 per cent of young offenders in Queensland are under 14, a report says, as states weigh increasing the criminal age of responsibility.

The Guardian - AU

Evidence refutes claims of youth crime wave, former Queensland children’s court boss says

John Robertson warns lumping together all children in contact with the justice system risks undermining community safety

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