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Plans to protect Queensland homes from rising sea levels

Increasing coastal hazards, including rising sea levels and erosion, are threatening Australia's small coastal communities. So should they retreat, or stay and try to protect their homes?

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Blinded by the light: how skyglow pollution is separating us from the stars

Light infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it’s not only star gazing in jeopardy – cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened

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Iditarod dog sled dreams alive for Queensland's Christian Turner

The lush rainforest and intense humidity of tropical Queensland may be the last place you'd expect to find a contender for the world's most famous dog sled race.

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AFP, ATO target 'dodgy' tax software

Businesses allegedly using software to avoid paying tax have been targeted by the AFP in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

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Heatwave alert for Australia's north as temperatures tipped to hit 48 degrees this weekend

Parts of Australia are forecast to reach temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius this weekend, as large parts of the north bake under some of the hottest temperatures in the world.

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What the federal government's coal price cap means for power bills, generators and Queensland's royalties

The federal government has announced a price cap on gas and coal to help ease the cost of energy, but how will this help to lower your power bill?

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Violet Coco is not alone: the climate activists facing jail

As protesters use more provocative tactics, state governments are responding with heavy-handed laws to stop them

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Queensland COVID-19 cases up 21 per cent, majority still first-time infections, CHO says

A "large number" of people over 60 who were not up to date with their COVID vaccines are among the newly infected, the state's chief health officer says.

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Queensland strikes national cabinet win

Queensland projects will get a boost from the federal government after the state struck a deal to get energy bill relief over the line at national cabinet.

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Manslaughter charge over Qld death

A 37-year-old woman charged with interfering with a corpse has had her charge upgraded to manslaughter, following the death of a man in Queensland.

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Afternoon Update: national cabinet agrees to cap gas, coal prices; Covid cases rising; and South Koreans getting younger

Gas and coal prices will be capped, and relief is coming on energy bills, as parliament is recalled

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Star fined $100m and threatened with a 90-day suspension of its Queensland casino licence

The state government also appoints a special manager after ‘major failings’ by casino operator

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Star Qld hit with record $100m fine

The Queensland government has fined Star Entertainment a record $100 million and appointed a special manager to rehabilitate the casino operator.

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Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over Queensland casino breaches, given 12 months to 'get their house in order'

Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman announces the penalties two months after she found the gambling giant unsuitable to hold a casino licence in Queensland, following a major report.

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Christmas pay rise for Qld nurses

Queensland nurses and midwives will receive a pay rise just in time for Christmas after a landmark enterprise bargaining agreement.

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Queensland country caravan trips on the agenda for families tightening belts this school holidays

As the cost of living soars and holiday accommodation in popular coastal spots gets harder to find over summer, travellers are ditching Queensland beaches for bush holidays.

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Australia's largest stockhorse sale tops its own record, grossing $5.3 million in Queensland

While others their age may be mowing lawns for $10 an hour, Abby Ellrott and her brother Riley have stepped into the arena to help their family make more than $120,000 in one afternoon.

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Queensland vet says heat stress, burnt paws real danger to dogs in summer

It doesn't have to be a heatwave to think about what's happening to your dog's feet. Vets say burned paws happen more frequently than you'd expect.

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Queensland government abandons Bradfield Scheme after review finds it completely unviable

A decades-long vision to drought-proof arid western Queensland has been abandoned by the state government after an expert review declared it completely unviable.

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Deaths of Qld children in care reviewed

More than half the children who died in Queensland's child protection system in 2021/22 did not die from natural causes, a new report says.

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Severe thunderstorms hit Sunshine Coast, south-east Queensland on alert after night of wild weather

Severe thunderstorms bringing hail and strong winds passes over parts of south-east Queensland after wild weather kept people awake and brought down powerlines overnight.

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Qld needs watchdog for vulnerable adults

A commissioner is needed to prevent adults at risk of abuse and exploitation from falling through cracks in the system, Queensland's public advocate says.

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NSW ‘almost ready to sign up’ to coal price cap to provide energy price relief

State’s energy minister, Matt Kean, says ‘It’s not about royalties, it’s all about consumers’, putting pressure on Queensland counterpart

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Latest study on Bradfield scheme in Queensland again concludes proposal doesn’t hold water

Despite repeated reviews of John Bradfield’s idea to use flood waters to irrigate central Australia, the scheme has not been shown to be feasible

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Drones to cut pathology test times in Qld

A fleet of drones will transport medical samples from Queensland communities to pathology labs in a new federally-funded partnership.

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