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Queensland opposition calls on Labor to hand CFMEU donations to anti-bullying charity after protesters entered government building

CFMEU members "forcibly" entered the Transport and Main Roads building on Brisbane's Mary Street and staged a protest ahead of an industry meeting on Tuesday morning, according to a TMR spokesperson.

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Mining leases for New Hope Group's Darling Downs coal mine get Queensland government approval

After a decade of campaigning, stage three of the Acland coal mine is one step closer but water licences are still needed for the expansion to go ahead.

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Qld's New Acland coal mine leases approved

Stage three of southern Queensland's New Acland coal mine is "just one step away" after the state's resources minister granted the project's mining leases.

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Unintended, but not unanticipated: coercive control laws will disadvantage First Nations women

In July this year the NSW government released a draft bill outlining a proposed standalone offence of coercive control for NSW.

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Murgon Moments newspaper publisher issues apology for printing domestic violence joke

The Queensland Attorney-General and state MP Deb Frecklington are among those who have condemned the joke. The publisher has issued an "unreserved" apology, but opted to erase the editor's words of apparent contrition from its site.

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Queenslanders have been given new advice about mask-wearing. Here's where COVID rules stand

Queenslanders are no longer being asked to wear masks when indoors, as the third Omicron wave of COVID-19 continues to subside in the state.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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'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

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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.

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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?

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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)

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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.

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