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ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Players see Hannay as ready for NRL job

Valentine Holmes claims Josh Hannay is ready for a full-time head coaching job in the NRL after working with him at North Queensland and State of Origin level.

AAP · Oct 6, 2022

'You don't go from sitting in a pub to being shot dead by police in 10 minutes': Heartbroken family of Manchester-born man, 24, desperate for answers

Luke Gilbert allegedly lunged at officers with a pen knife - his family claim excessive force was used

Manchester Evening News · Oct 6, 2022

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll recalls being 'attacked by a sexual predator', inquiry hears of sexism and racism

Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she made multiple complaints about incidents of sexual harassment in the 1980s and 1990s.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Star Entertainment Group unsuitable to hold casino licence in Queensland, attorney-general finds

Shannon Fentiman says an independent review highlighted "major failings" and made very serious findings that adversely affect Star's character, integrity and honesty.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Paine back, Bulls send Tassie in to bat

Tim Paine will make his first-class cricketing return in Brisbane, with his Tasmania side sent in to bat against Queensland at Allan Border Field.

AAP · Oct 5, 2022

Star found unfit to run casinos in Qld

Star has been declared unfit to hold a casino licence in Queensland after an inquiry said it failed to protect against money laundering and misled regulators.

AAP · Oct 5, 2022

Concentrated solar thermal power touted as part of Queensland's clean energy future

An Australian company says its technology can help solve the problem of around-the-clock clean energy.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022

Report finds 2,222 people sentenced for rape in Queensland in 16 years, but it remains an under-reported crime

Data compiled by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council finds almost 99 per cent of adult offenders received a jail sentence, with an average of 6.6 years.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022

Backpackers return to regional Queensland for work and play post-pandemic

Foreign accents echo through the dormitories of regional Queensland hostels again, with a boom in accommodation bookings from international travellers in recent weeks.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022