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Queensland's Moreton Bay Regional Council pushes to become city in ambitious redefinition bid

With a population bigger than Canberra's, Moreton Bay between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast has struggled to define itself, with the region's combination of sprawling suburban centres and quiet rural stretches. But now it wants to be classed as a city.

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Young workers head to rural NSW and Queensland to help with harvest season amid labour shortages

Harvesting is an impossible task for farmers to do alone and some unlikely faces have downed their usual tools to answer the call for help.

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Queensland faces ‘significant’ wellbeing decline if it doesn’t quickly transition to renewables, report says

Deloitte warns that the biggest risk to jobs in the state is a carbon-fuelled economy

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Eligibility move will aid Origin: Fittler

Brad Fittler claims his push for any player to be eligible for State of Origin provided they lived in NSW or Queensland before age 13 will improve the game.

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Mornington Island's brumby solution is opening doors for young people

The hooves of wild horses are wreaking havoc on a remote island off Queensland's coast. So a solution has been developed — and it doesn't involve culling.

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Queensland police allowed sexist and racist attitudes to flourish – advocates are worried about its $100m ‘reward’

As hard questions are asked about Queensland police’s leadership, concerns are raised about a new focus on recruitment

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Toyah Cordingley: Man arrested in India for allegedly killing Australian woman four years ago

Queensland offered largest reward in the history of the state for information

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A Man’s Been Arrested In India Over The Alleged 2018 Murder Of Qld Woman Toyah Cordingley

Qld Police previously offered a $1M reward for information.

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Thousands of Queensland DNA crime scene samples went untested in controversial lab decision, inquiry hears

On its final day of public hearings, the Commission of Inquiry into forensic DNA testing in Queensland hears thousands of crime scene samples were not progressed for testing after a controversial 2018 change.

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'This case has made legal history’: young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine

In a historic ruling today, a Queensland court has said the massive Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project should not go ahead because of its contribution to climate change, its environmental impacts, and because it would erode human rights.

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Afternoon Update: Morrison’s secret ministries ‘inexcusable’; Cairns murder suspect arrested; and a dad sick of parenting

Anthony Albanese condemns ‘culture of secrecy in which the previous government operated’

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Toyah Cordingley: police confirm key suspect in alleged murder arrested in India

Arrest follows $1m reward offered for the location and arrest of 38-year-old Rajwinder Singh in relation to alleged murder of Queensland woman

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Heritage-listed Herberton church destroyed by fire in Far North Queensland

Investigations are underway into the cause of a blaze that has destroyed a 130-year-old church in one of Queensland's oldest towns.

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New Delhi arrest over Qld Cordingley death

Queensland police are confident of a smooth extradition process after a man was arrested in India over the suspected murder of Toyah Cordingley in 2018.

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Suspect DNA method used for years in Qld

Problems with mould led to a change in the DNA gathering process at Queensland crime scenes, but no one verified its effectiveness, an inquiry has been told.

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Queensland Land Court rules against Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal mine in landmark ruling

The Queensland Land Court rules human rights would be unjustifiably limited by a proposal to dig the state's largest coal mine in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland.

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Australia’s fourth Covid wave likely to peak before Christmas, experts say

Rate of hospitalisations and infections ‘starting to taper’ in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland

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Court rules against Palmer's Qld coal mine

The Land Court of Queensland says Clive Palmer's planned Waratah coal mine should be refused due to its impact on climate change and a nearby nature reserve.

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Clive Palmer’s Queensland coalmine will harm future generations, court finds in landmark climate ruling

First Nations challenge over Galilee mine approval succeeds in land court, but final decision rests with state government

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Qld to review sex offender detention law

A Queensland law allowing the indefinite detention or community supervision of sex offenders after they've served their sentences is set to be reviewed.

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Police investigate fire that destroyed yacht stranded on Emu Park beach

Fire has destroyed a 15m yacht stranded on a beach near Yeppoon. The owner is working with Maritime Safety Queensland to remove the vessel.

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Rugby union great Toutai Kefu's neighbour critical of Queensland's youth crime policies after violent home invasion

Ben Cannon says his family will never be the same after the alleged intruders entered the family home of his neighbour, rugby union great Toutai Kefu, and seriously injured them last year.

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Adelaide squad All Abilities Cheer and Dance go for gold at cheerleading national championships

An inclusive dance squad from Adelaide arrives in Queensland today ahead of their first national competition.

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Summer weather forecast wetter in some states and territories, average in others

Whether you're camping, going to the beach, house-boating or four-wheel driving, summer is going to be wet and cool for some states and territories and hot and sunny for others.

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Retired detective defends handling of Jeffrey Brooks's shooting death but says he 'couldn't say' investigation was '100pc'

A former assistant police commissioner tells a coroner he stands by his investigation into the shooting death of a man on a south-east Queensland farm more than 25 years ago.

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