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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Queensland children may be pleading guilty to crimes they didn’t commit to avoid bail laws, report says

Police minister Mark Ryan says nation-leading incarceration rates reflect what the community wants

The Guardian - AU

Qld top cop can fix service, premier says

Queensland's premier hasn't finished reading a report into the police response to domestic violence, but says the state's top officer has her support.

AAP

Man charged over wife's golf buggy death

A man has been charged with causing the death of his wife in a golf buggy crash during their honeymoon in Queensland.

AAP

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Concerns for Qld children in crackdown

Queensland lawyers are concerned children are being locked up for crimes they didn't commit or low-level offences under the state's youth crime crackdown.

AAP

Indigenous musician William Barton named Queensland Australian of the Year 2023

A Brave Life founder Melissa Redsell, child protection advocate Claude Harvey and Torres Strait Islander community leader Talei Elu were also honoured.

ABC News

Queensland's youth justice review reveals children held in watch houses for longer, possibly pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit

The long-awaited report into the first six months of the Palaszczuk government's youth justice changes reveals that in some of the state's watch houses, young people were held for longer in 2021 than 2019.

ABC News

Australia’s ‘carbon capital’ charts a course away from fossil fuels and a boom-bust cycle

Queensland’s Gladstone council is pinning its hopes on a 10-year energy transition plan, amid concerns for its future in a net zero world

The Guardian - AU

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Queensland watch house whistleblower labelled ‘dog’ in Facebook group for police

Exclusive: current and former officers appear to be involved in the conversation about the whistleblower on a private group

The Guardian - AU

Parents who have videos of beloved son, 24, being shot dead by police slam officers

Luke Gilbert's parents claim police in Australia used 'excessive force' as they shot their son dead

Manchester Evening News

Renowned composer is Qld Aust of the Year

Renowned classical composer and proud Kalkadunga man William Barton has been announced as 2023 Queensland Australian of the Year.

AAP

New Acland coal mine expansion begins in Queensland

Preliminary earthworks begin for a coal mine in southern Queensland after an approval process spanning 15 years.

ABC News

Qld Aboriginal mission bones 'not human'

A Queensland police probe of bone fragments found near the former Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission has found they are "not human", the government says.

AAP

Lindeman Island the latest tropical Queensland gem to be bought by an Australian investor

Lindeman Island in the Whitsundays is the latest to be sold to an Australian investor amid a resurgent domestic tourism industry, although the future remains unclear for some dilapidated sites.

ABC News

Bulls dismiss Vics for 171 in Marsh Cup

Queensland opening bowlers Michael Neser and Mark Steketee claimed three wickets each as Victoria struggled while batting first in their Marsh Cup clash.

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Queensland mulls gas wells near leak site

The Queensland government says a decision on plans to drill for gas near the contaminated site of Linc Energy's failed coal project is up to the regulator.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police commissioner ‘hoping to survive’ in role amid force’s racism and sexism scandals

Katarina Carroll says she hopes to keep her position when report examining police culture is released

ABC News

North Queensland energy super hub to power green hydrogen, northwest transmission line

Large-scale solar and wind farms will be built to generate enough power to generate green hydrogen in a move that could benefit other major proposals.

AAP

Qld top cop 'hopes to survive' scandals

Queensland's police commissioner says she needs more time to fix the culture of sexism, misogyny and racism in the police force after three years in the role.

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Queensland property 'hotspots' no longer resisting dip in house prices, new data reveals

Sunshine Coast house prices record the biggest fall in regional Queensland, down 7.1 per cent, followed by the Gold Coast, where prices dropped by 6.4 per cent.

AAP

Qld locks up more children than any state

Queensland has more children behind bars than any jurisdiction with a report saying the government's youth justice policies are based on politics, not evidence.

ABC News

Linc Energy whistleblower warns of continued spread of toxic chemicals from failed coal gas site

A petroleum engineer says he warned regulators years ago about the risk of chemicals, such as cyanide and benzene, spreading through groundwater beyond a failed underground coal gasification site in Queensland.

ABC News

Divers delve deep to draw the Museum of Underwater Art on the Great Barrier Reef

They say the best way to take up a new hobby is to jump in the deep end, and a group of divers in north Queensland has done just that — delving 16 metres below the waves to draw under water.

ABC News

Magnetic South clears land bordering endangered wallaby's habitat, angering conservationists

Taunton National Park is home to the only remaining population of the endangered bridled nailtail wallaby. But land clearing and plans for a coal mine nearby have ecologists concerned about the species' protection.

ABC News

Ancient sand reveals age of K'gari (Fraser Island) and how it helped form Great Barrier Reef

Ancient sand reveals the age of K'gari and how the world's largest sand island — along with the Great Barrier Reef — may have been shaped by a dramatic shift in global climate.

The Guardian - AU

Fraser Island’s formation over 1m years ago was critical to development of Great Barrier Reef, study reveals

Scientists say the world’s largest sand island helped create clearer water conditions for reef growth

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