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Queensland windfarm to provide enough power for 1.4m homes with new $2bn investment

Spain-based Acciona Energia will double capacity of project 200km south-west of Brisbane

The Guardian - AU

Qld open to aggressive climate targets

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is open to more aggressive emissions targets, but says the future of the state's coal mines depends on market demand.

AAP

MacIntyre Wind Precinct to double in size, Queensland government announces

Queensland is set to become home to one of the largest wind farms in the Southern Hemisphere with the Queensland government announcing it will double the size of the MacIntyre Wind Precinct, west of Warwick.

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Filmmaker Joanna Joy and traditional owners bring to life Judith Wright's Generations of Men

A short film inspired by renowned author Judith Wright's family history in colonial Queensland has showcased the resilience of First Nations people – and brought a diverse community together.

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La Niña forgot Queensland towns still in drought, despite widespread rain

The La Niña weather pattern has devastated communities differently. For some, it's been too much rain; for others, not enough.

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Crane company cops $1m fine for cartel deal

The Federal Court has fined a crane company $1 million for signing an anti-competitive cartel agreement with a supposedly rival firm in their Newcastle and Queensland markets.

Newcastle Herald

Economics has helped to destroy the environment. Can it be used to save it?

If we can't value the environment, human activity on earth is "going to come crashing down". Luckily, we can, according to former Treasury boss Ken Henry.

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Climate Council report finds Queensland bears highest cost of climate disasters in Australia

A Climate Council report released today reveals Queensland suffered higher economic damages from extreme weather disasters than any other Australian state or territory.

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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.

ABC News

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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.

The Conversation

'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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The Guardian - AU

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’

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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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