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Queensland has tightened the rules for using a state driver's licence for identification purposes following the Optus data breach in September.

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Organic property in Queensland outback, Plevna Downs, coexists with gas exploration

One of outback Queensland's first organic properties is also home to gas exploration and fracking.

ABC News

Travis Clare evades police over Noosaville drug, assault charges

Travis Clare was with Kimberley man Jeremiah Rivers the morning he disappeared in the Queensland outback. Police are now trying to locate Mr Clare after an arrest warrant was issued over unrelated matters.

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Queensland man hospitalised with Legionellosis after a weekend of gardening as cases spike

Cases of Legionellosis infections — commonly known as legionnaires' disease — have spiked in Queensland and New South Wales this year.

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Two dead after planes crash mid-air with witnesses hearing 'big bang' in the sky

A man who lives on a neighbouring property witnessed the incident and said they heard a loud bang before seeing bits of plane falling through the sky

Daily Mirror

Farmer, 95, pulled alive from mud by pal after being buried for two days

Tom Killen had become stuck in mud up to his shoulders for two days at his Queensland farm, in Australia, and it was a friend who found him and pulled him to safety

Daily Mirror

Queensland police hopeful new DNA tool could help solve cold case murder of Eddie Crabbe 40 years ago

Police have used DNA obtained from blood samples at a murder scene to generate a picture of what the killer's face may have looked like – the first time "investigative genetic genealogy" has ever been used in Queensland.

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Trad fight delayed by another CCC case

The ex-Queensland deputy premier's fight to have a Crime and Corruption Commission report suppressed has been delayed by another matter involving the watchdog.

AAP

Queensland GPs issued with retrospective tax bills risk passing costs to patients, AMA warns

Queensland's Australian Medical Association says the state government is considering GPs as employees of the practices they work for, not contractors, and making them pay a form of payroll tax.

ABC News

Teletrial program to deliver specialised health care to thousands of regional and remote Australians

Australians living in regional and remote parts of the country could soon have access to specialised health care for diseases such as cancer as a Queensland-led telehealth program expands nationally.

ABC News

Qld Greens want public energy retailer

Queensland would have a single public energy retailer to ensure consumers have cheap and reliable electricity under a Greens proposal.

AAP

Stop and scan knife trial to expand in Qld

Powers to search for knives without reasonable suspicion will be expanded in Queensland after a trial found 197 weapons including machetes and knitting needles.

AAP

Pair charged over alleged theft of 7,500 litres of fuel from Queensland mine

Police allege a mine worker and another man were found siphoning fuel from the back of a ute into a shed that contained eight 1,000-litre pods and thousands of dollars in cash.

ABC News

Qld GP contractors won't get tax exemption

The Queensland government says medical practices aren't being slugged with more payroll tax or targeted by compliance authorities.

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What's the risk of a blackout if the Callide Power Station goes out in a heatwave?

The Callide Power Station was out of operation for part of a day last week. There's some concern if that were to happen during a heatwave, a blackout could occur.

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Residents of Galaxy Caravan Park in path of M1 upgrade fear homelessness

The Queensland government plans to resume the Galaxy Caravan Park, situated beside the M1 in Logan, under a proposal to widen a 10-kilometre stretch of the Pacific Motorway.

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Queensland eases alcohol restrictions for Cape York community amid trend away from prohibition

Equivalent of 12 cans of mid-strength beer can be carried in Pormpuraaw, leaving just five ‘dry’ communities

ABC News

Senior Queensland police officer Ray Rohweder back at work after allegedly misogynistic comments aired in inquiry

An inquiry in the Queensland Police Service earlier this year heard Chief Superintendent Rohweder allegedly called out: "Did she shut her legs on you?" at a "very formal" police event.

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Elderly man rescued after two days stuck in the mud on Carters Ridge property

An elderly man is rescued from his Queensland property after spending two days stuck in the mud following a mishap while working near a dam on his tractor.

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Queensland company fined for unlawful logging in Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

A company guilty of logging in protected rainforest without approval argues it was asked to do the work by traditional owners wanting to live on country.

The New Daily

Elderly Queensland farmer survives after spending days trapped in mud

A 95-year-old Queensland farmer has survived being trapped in mud for two days after falling when his tractor became bogged.

AAP

Qld urged to speed up Lake Eyre protection

Activists are calling on the Queensland government to publicly release its assessment of plans to protect the Lake Eyre Basin before Christmas.

ABC News

Queensland company Gilmour Space Technologies on track to launch rocket into orbit next year

A Queensland space company reaches the final milestone after their rocket engine passed the final qualification stage needed to go into orbit next year.

AAP

Elderly Qld farmer trapped in mud

An elderly Queensland farmer has survived being trapped in mud for two days after falling from his tractor.

AAP

Worry brews over Qld mine objection review

Environmental groups are concerned that a review of mining objections processes in Queensland could mean a smaller role for the state's Land Court.

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