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Queensland's ongoing COVID camping boom poses challenges for national parks

The pandemic-driven popularity of Queensland's nature reserves has more than doubled visitor numbers to some south-east parks, bringing fresh challenges for managers and users.

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Race to free entangled whale off Noosa Beach sees environmental groups call for shark net removal

There is a renewed push for the removal of nets from Queensland's shark management program as a 10th whale has become entangled off the state's beaches.

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Queensland snake catcher inundated by calls from 'nervous' interstate migrants

One in three Queensland homes have a python living in the roof cavity, according to a reptile catcher, and warmer daytime temperatures mean they're starting to move around.

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Mates buy iconic Stonehenge Hotel thanks to night on the beers and an interest-free loan

When bush kid Grant Champion invited his city-slicker schoolmate Tom Auriac to western Queensland to "make a man out of him", neither expected what the outback had in store.

ABC News

When does spring start in Australia and when is it going to start getting warmer?

Australia is shivering through another winter but when can we say spring has actually sprung?

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Inquest to probe two watch house deaths

The deaths of two women in southeast Queensland watch houses in 2018 and 2020 will be the subject of a joint inquest expected to be held in March.

AAP

Brisbane Olympics should prioritise public transport, says London Olympics planner

AECOM cities planner Andrew Jones says London's biggest legacy from the Olympic Games in 2012 was public transport.

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Star hid $55m in gambling from China bank

Star believed it had an arrangement with National Australia Bank to conceal prohibited gambling transactions involving ChinaUnion Pay cards in Queensland.

AAP

'Top 10 table player' at Star Entertainment Group's Gold Coast casino continued to gamble despite ban in other states, inquiry hears

An inquiry into Star Entertainment Group's Queensland casinos hears one of the "top 10 table players" at its Gold Coast venue had been given a police ban from casinos in two other states.

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Qld premier hits out at CFMEU protest

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has labelled a CFMEU protest inside a government building as disgraceful and is calling on the union to apologise.

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Robodebt royal commission to review ‘untold harm’ caused by Coalition’s botched scheme

Anthony Albanese labels saga a ‘human tragedy’ as former Queensland chief justice Catherine Holmes set to lead inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The Guardian - AU

Oracle customers face wait on homes in Qld

Hundreds of customers caught up in the collapse of Queensland-based builder Oracle Homes face a long wait to get their mandatory insurance claims paid.

AAP

Woolworths posts $1.5b profit amid COVID-19 outbreaks and supply shortages

Woolworths reports its annual profit was almost flat as product shortages caused by floods in NSW and Queensland earlier this year, and COVID-19 outbreaks lead to a surge in sick workers taking days off.

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Oracle Homes collapse leaves family homeless but Master Builders hopeful insurance scheme will help hundreds

A grandmother says her family will be homeless by the end of the week because of the collapse of Queensland building company Oracle Homes, with an estimated 300 homes left unfinished.

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Demand for sapphires in Queensland's Gemfields soars with miners and gem cutters cashing in

Queensland's Gemfields region is one of the largest sapphire-bearing areas in the world. Locals say prices have risen tenfold, but what's behind the growing appreciation of the Australian stone?

The Conversation

QAGOMA's Embodied Knowledge is an energetic and inclusive celebration of contemporary Queensland art

Review: Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)

ABC News

Australian South Sea Islanders call for greater recognition of Sydney's links to 'blackbirding'

(Waskam) Emelda Davis is pushing for more inclusion and recognition of the descendants of Australia's slave trade. Australian South Sea Islanders say it is a part of Sydney's history that needs to be told.

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Oracle Homes goes into liquidation owing $14m and leaving 300 homes incomplete

A building watchdog says it is a "very sorry day" for those affected by the company's announcement, including about 300 home owners and 70 employees.

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Police DV officer told woman 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' a day before her husband died, inquest hears

A Townsville inquest hears Queensland police are entering the job woefully unprepared for domestic and family violence matters, but that training is aiming to improve the situation in north Queensland.

AAP

Man jailed for mother's shooting death

A man involved in the death of a Queensland mother shot in her home has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a Brisbane Supreme Court judge.

ABC News

Star Entertainment Group inquiry hears high roller gifted with Rolex watch by Gold Coast casino

The inquiry hears the man received the Rolex watch, a cake, seats on a private jet, and more than $30,000 in compensation payments for losing big.

The Guardian - AU

Man faces Queensland court after the alleged murder and torture of his 5-year-old son

The boy died in Yarrabah, near Cairns, after allegedly suffering ‘catastrophic injuries’, police say

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Police allege Yarrabah father accused of five-year-old son's murder inflicted 'catastrophic injuries'

A 24-year-old man facing multiple charges, including murder, has been remanded in custody following the death of his son in a Queensland hospital.

AAP

Father faces Qld court over child's murder

The father of a five-year-old boy has faced a Queensland court charged with murder as police allege the child likely suffered abuse over an extended period.

AAP

Star let banned high roller gamble in Qld

Star Entertainment allowed a patron banned from its Sydney casino by police to gamble at its Queensland venue even though it raised a "red flag".

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