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Flying foxes migrate south, putting Queensland towns on alert

Experts reveal what techniques are most successful in preventing backyard roosting, as towns prepare to be inundated by an influx of flying foxes.

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Mackay councillors to decide if they should be subjected to random drug and alcohol tests

Double standards about drug and alcohol testing could be about to change for one Queensland council, but there are calls for it to go even further.

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Another victim of former elite junior cricket coach Ian Harold King tells court of lasting impact of his abuse

Ian Harold King, a former Queensland state cricketer, is currently serving a 22-year sentence for offences against 10 other boys.

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Money laundering central to Qld Star probe

Star's anti-money laundering controls are central to a probe into the casino's Queensland operations, with interim CEO Geoff Hogg among a number of witnesses.

AAP

Queensland’s casino inquiry: what will it examine and what could happen to Star?

Public hearings are set to begin on Star’s suitability to keep its casino licences in Brisbane and the Gold Coast

The Guardian - AU

Cost of abortions causing Queensland women to consider self-harm, study reveals

More than 40% of women seeking help from pregnancy counselling service had exposure to family or intimate partner violence

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police officers who responded to domestic violence siege had only been given online training, inquest hears

An inquest examining police responses to a siege where a man killed himself in Townsville hears the Queensland police officers who attended had minimal or no domestic violence training.

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Queensland police commissioner’s evidence to inquiry sparks new call for submissions

Commission examining responses to domestic violence says Katarina Carroll’s appearance led to ‘further communications’ from officers

The Guardian - AU

Qld reviews off plan property contracts

Queenslanders are being invited to give evidence about their concerns about 'off the plan' home contracts as the government considers reforms.

AAP

Google Maps users baffled by huge jet spotted 'downed' in Australian rainforest

The jet, which looks like a standard Airbus A320 or Boeing 737, is well away from Queensland's established flight routes and could be appearing on Google Maps as a 'ghost' image

Daily Mirror

Son-in-law allegedly confessed to murdering missing north Queensland man Leslie Ball, inquest hears

A re-opened inquest into the disappearance of a north Queensland man almost three decades ago hears his son-in-law confessed to his murder, telling a friend he killed him and another man before burying them "in the same grave".

ABC News

Qld police DV probe reopens for a week

An inquiry into Queensland police responses to domestic violence has reopened for submissions after being contacted about "cultural issues" within the force.

AAP

Inquiry into Queensland police culture reopened for submissions as fallout over officers' sexist remarks continues

An inquiry into Queensland police culture reopens the period for submissions after sexist comments allegedly made by two senior police officers are revealed.

ABC News

Ex-teacher jailed again for sexual abuse

A 70-year-old former teacher who sexual abused boarders at a Queensland school has been jailed for offences committed against another boy in the 1980s.

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Fraser Coast killer whales could be survivors of 2013 pod stranding

Researchers are analysing footage of a "rare sighting" of killer whales off Queensland's coast to see if any are related to a pod which was stranded a decade ago.

Newcastle Herald

Stephen Galilee: why raising coal royalties is not the answer

Calls to introduce a Queensland-style royalties system in NSW are shortsighted, and potentially very damaging to the Hunter economy, writes Stephen Galilee

ABC News

South Korea looks to invest in Australian resources as trade links grow

It's a trade relationship worth more than $38.9 billion, and it could get even bigger as Korea looks to Australia for natural resources and energy.

AAP

Man charged with central Qld DV murder

A man in his 30s has been charged with the domestic violence murder of a woman at her home in central Queensland.

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Doomadgee's flourishing community garden helps residents combat rising food costs

John McCracken recalls someone saying he wouldn't be able to grow spinach in the arid, red earth of his remote Queensland community. Now, his flourishing garden is helping to feed vulnerable families.

AAP

Shot Queensland dad to undergo surgery

Queensland police are trying to work out why a father of four with no domestic violence or mental health history lunged at an officer, who shot the man twice.

ABC News

Queensland government endorsed Star casino stake for Hong Kong company with Chinese Triad links

An ABC investigation reveals the links between a company with a major stake in Australia's most expensive casino venture and notorious organised crime figures in Hong Kong and Macau.

ABC News

Early dementia diagnosis key to keeping Olive Eather at home on central Queensland farm

Olive Eather watched her mother's decline from dementia and hoped for years she would escape the same fate. But, four years on from her own diagnosis, she wants to give hope to other sufferers.

ABC News

Queensland youth gender services seeing twice as many patients as two years ago

Youth gender services in Queensland are seeing twice as many patients as they were two years ago. Doctors say it is an essential service that is "not taken lightly".

ABC News

New speed cameras to target speeding Queensland motorists in high-risk locations

Queensland motorists who speed in school zones and at roadworks are being put on notice, with new speed camera technology to target drivers from next month.

ABC News

Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder takes leave after Paul Taylor's resignation from Queensland Police

Ray Rohweder was disciplined after making a lewd comment at a police convention but was later promoted with his comments coming to light at an inquiry into police response to domestic violence.

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