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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Queensland police service apologises for ‘sickening’ racist comments in leaked audio recordings

Deputy commissioner Mark Wheeler says comments made at the Brisbane city watchhouse ‘have no place in society’

The Guardian - AU

Racist comments at Brisbane watch house 'horrific', Queensland Premier says after leaked audio referred to Ethical Standards Command

In the leaked audio, police officers and staff at the Brisbane city watch house can be heard joking about "beating and burying" black people and raising fears Australia would be "taken over".

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Annastacia Palaszczuk condemns ‘horrific’ racist comments made by Queensland police

Queensland's premier has condemned "horrific" racist slurs made by the state's police officers in leaked audio recordings.

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Man faces child exploitation charges after allegedly planning to meet 12yo girl in Brisbane

The central Queensland man was allegedly planning a Brisbane trip after chatting online with a person he believed to be the girl's mother but was, in fact, an undercover police officer.

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Racist Qld police audio leaks investigated

Sickening and disturbing audio leaked from a Brisbane watch house has been condemned by Queensland Police.

AAP

Anglo Coal fights Qld workplace death case

A worker killed in a Queensland coal mine could not have known the park brake on his underground grader was defective, a Brisbane court has been told.

AAP

Vile Audio Of Qld Cops Making Racist Violent Jokes Has Leaked After Complaints Went Nowhere

Audio of Brisbane police joking about First Nations people and people of African descent was leaked amid an inquiry into police responses.

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Secrets of North Queensland's forgotten World War II history remain ocean deep

In Australia's biggest defence city, untold stories of Australia's of military history are still being uncovered.

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Audit reveals Torres Strait clinicians face deadly dilemma in PNG spillover of tuberculosis cases

Inconsistent Queensland health policies have contributed to children dying from tuberculosis in the Torres Strait, an audit has found.

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Queensland police minister was sent recording of racist police comments, whistleblower says

Mark Ryan’s office referred the matter to the Queensland police service, an action that whistleblower Steven Marshall describes as ‘reckless’

The Guardian - AU

Leaked audio reveals cultural problems in Queensland police force, human rights commissioner says

Scott McDougall calls for independent scrutiny of police after recordings reveal racist and violent language at Brisbane watch house

ABC News

Nearly 7,000 Queenslanders spent more than 24 hours in hospital EDs from June to September

The Queensland Opposition says there is a "shocking" and "unacceptable" amount of bed block within the state's hospitals, after revealing the number of people kept waiting more than 24 hours for emergency treatment or admission.

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Woman flees home after Qld stabbing

A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was allegedly stabbed before fleeing a home in far north Queensland.

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Leaked audio reveals Queensland police staff in racist conversations, joking about violence to black people and protesters

Exclusive: Whistleblower’s recordings capture multiple offensive discussions between officers at Brisbane watch house

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Queensland opposition questions why landowners were not informed of contamination outside Linc Energy site

David Crisafulli asks why the state government did not inform the public when high levels of toxic chemicals were found in bores outside the Linc Energy underground coal gasification project on the Darling Downs.

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Queensland schools' art therapy program changing the lives of refugee children

When Omal Ahmed was 17, a therapist handed her a paintbrush. It helped save her life and led her to her passion.

Newcastle Herald

Dan Repacholi says 'no mining tax' but Anthony Albanese refers to 'extraordinary profits'

Labor looks to lift tax from coal, gas sectors

AAP

House hunters could look to border towns

First home buyers in Victoria and Queensland could enter the market sooner by looking over the border after NSW introduced significant property tax changes.

The Guardian - AU

Coal projects in Great Barrier Reef catchments approved without environmental impact statements

Environmental groups call on Queensland government to end exemptions, with six mining ventures already given green light

ABC News

Pilot accused of illegally chartering flights told wife 'it's only money, no one's been run over'

A north Queensland pilot has appeared in court accused of chartering flights for members of the Katter's Australia Party, without holding a certificate to fly commercially.

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