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The post-COVID crisis hit Queensland hardest. With 100,000 households needing low-cost housing, here's how it can recover

Pandemic-generated pressures have left our rental housing market reeling. Australia-wide, vacancy rates are at rock-bottom levels. Rents are soaring at record rates.

The Conversation

Rent caps on the table as Qld confronts housing crisis

Families are at the heart of Queensland's housing crisis as a new report shows the scale of the problem.

AAP

Homelessness up 22 per cent in Queensland, almost three times the national increase

Hasel Liu is a single father, and one of the thousands of faces of Queensland's drastically deteriorating homelessness crisis.

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University of Queensland's COVID vaccine technology finally moves to human trial phase after 2020 false start

A human trial has been launched into the University of Queensland's second-generation COVID vaccine, more than two years after the original technology was abandoned amid patients falsely testing positive to HIV.

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Thunderbirds mow down Firebirds in Super Netball

Shamera Sterling has dominated in the Adelaide Thunderbird' impressive 59-44 come-from-behind win over the Queensland Firebirds in Super Netball.

AAP

Reds hold on to defy Drua's late Super Rugby charge

A late defensive play from winger Filipo Daugunu has saved the Queensland Reds' blushes in a 27-24 defeat of the Fijian Drua.

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Worried residents want better security, but some say surveillance trend in homes is alarming

Demand is strong for high-tech surveillance systems in Queensland as worried residents try to deter break and enters and car thefts. But there are concerns that privacy laws aren't keeping up and civil liberties are being compromised.

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Queensland declared 2023 the year of accessible tourism. Is it achievable without a disability workforce?

Getting on stage at festivals and events has come with its challenges for MC Wheels. He's found ways around it, but he wants it to be made easier for others.

ABC News

Bidding war rages to build Brisbane Live Olympics venue in Roma Street

A bidding war is underway for the rights to build the proposed Brisbane Live 2032 Brisbane Olympics Arena as Redlands City Council reveals plans for its proposed Birkdale community precinct.

ABC News

Fire crews busy with extreme fire risk across parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia

Total Fire Bans are in place in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia as inland temperatures soar into the high 30s and low 40s in some parts.

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Mining and Energy Union calls for clearer path from coal to renewable, clean energy

David Ashen says his family is one of 500 in the South Burnett region who face an uncertain future as Queensland phases out coal-fired power by 2035.

ABC News

Shark tracking program in attack hotspot is failing to snare 'very dangerous' bull shark species

At shark attack hotspots on the east coast, governments have invested in sophisticated fishing programs to reduce bites but a daylight-only operation means bull sharks are not being tracked as well as other species.

ABC News

Landlord limits 'not needed' in Queensland as sky-high rents force people from their homes

Despite a rental crisis forcing people from their homes, the housing minister and real estate lobby say limits are not needed.

ABC News

More than 95% of north Queensland children on internal police ‘blacklist’ are Indigenous

Exclusive: repeat offender index has become a ‘dangerous blacklist’ in what local elders say leads to racial profiling

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‘Too special a place’: how an eclectic Queensland alliance saved a sacred site from rock climbers

As the state moves to protect Indigenous site Whinpullin, or Minto Crag, climbing groups realise ‘you can’t just go charging in’

The Times of India

Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine retires

NEW DELHI: Following the conclusion of Tasmania's Sheffield Shield first-class match against Queensland on Friday, former Australia Test cricket captain Tim Paine announced his retirement.

AAP

Children 'not protected' due to failures by Qld govt

A Queensland watchdog has found that children have not been protected from harm because their parents weren't provided with state government supports.

ABC News

Queensland phone, seatbelt cameras could face review amid 'sexual privacy rights' concerns

Rules that control how Queensland public servants handle potentially explicit photographs taken by traffic cameras could be reviewed after a NSW woman was sent a photo that showed her underwear alongside a fine for using a mobile phone.

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Qld health workers may have been underpaid ‘millions’

Queensland hospital and health workers will be compensated after potentially being underpaid millions, but staff who were overpaid won't be pursued.

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Qld health workers may have been underpaid 'millions'

Queensland hospital and health workers will be compensated after potentially being underpaid millions, but staff who were overpaid won't be pursued.

AAP

Queensland set off in pursuit of distant Shield target

Queensland require another 345 runs in just two sessions to secure a final-round Sheffield Shield win over Tasmania.

ABC News

Severe heatwave to peak with temperatures 8 degrees above average in southern Queensland, BOM says

Above-average temperatures forecast for southern Queensland, hitting mid to high 30s with high humidity as summer lingers into autumn.

ABC News

Hillbilly Goats frontman Bryce Wearne recovering after brain aneurysm

Queensland band Hillbilly Goats were performing high-energy shows all over Australia and beyond until a sudden, life-threatening brain injury stopped the music.

The New Daily

More financial support for flood-hit north Queensland

Record flood levels continue to recede in northwest Queensland, and more government support is on offer as residents begin a mammoth recovery.

ABC News

Queensland Police lose stun grenade in Townsville suburb after siege, issue public warning

A sound-and-flash grenade that has the "capacity to injure" is missing in a Townsville suburb after being lost by Queensland Police's tactical squad.

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