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'Significant player': Man accused of controlling drug syndicate from afar surrenders to police

The Queensland man allegedly controlled a Canberra region drug syndicate, with links to a bikie gang, from interstate.

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Queensland bans 'inhumane' spit hoods

The use of controversial spit hoods has been banned in watchhouses across Queensland.

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Queensland police will no longer use spit hoods in watch houses, Commissioner Katarina Carroll says

The Queensland Police Service says safety hoods were used on 138 occasions between 2015 and 2022 but the practice has been discontinued.

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Dugongs and turtles are starving to death in Queensland seas – and La Niña's floods are to blame

To rescue a turtle, University of the Sunshine Coast PhD candidate Caitlin Smith half-swam, half-crawled across mud on an inner tube. She tied a harness around its chest and front flippers, so the rest of the team could carefully pull it to safety. It was just one of 15 sick…

The Conversation

Three youths arrested in Parkes after allegedly taking stolen car from Roma in central Queensland to central NSW

Three males allegedly stole fuel and led police on three chases in central west NSW after stealing a car in Roma, Queensland.

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QLD Rebels members charged after raids

A Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang president and six associates have been charged with more than 50 burglary, weapon, and drug offences in Queensland.

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Queensland shows the way by moving against cross-border land tax minimisers

Queensland is making amends for abandoning death duties with a plan to rationally calculate and collect land tax on a national basis.

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Queensland health system buckling: LNP

Queensland's health minister says no causal link has been made between the deaths of 20 people and delays in their receiving ambulance or hospital care.

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National disaster recovery head announced

Brendan Moon, the head of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, has been tasked to lead Australia's national emergency management.

AAP

Pandora shipwreck history to be shared through digital project in Queensland

It's one of the most famous shipwrecks in the southern hemisphere and now the secrets of HMS Pandora will be made available online for the world to see.

ABC News

At 23, Sophie Laycock has taken on one of the most important jobs in cattle showing

Being born the week of Queensland's biggest agricultural event was a sign of what life would hold for Sophie Laycock.

ABC News

Alice lives with a rare childhood cancer. Her Queensland mum is raising awareness

Alice, 5, was diagnosed with orbital rhabdomyosarcoma last year. The Morley family is sharing their story to raise funds, awareness and hope for others going through “a heartbreaking and devastating time”.

ABC News

Queensland nurse becomes state’s first oncology carer after beating her own cancer

Nicole Williams felt "angry" when a cancer diagnosis "interrupted" her studies, but she fought through it to become the state's only nurse practitioner for general oncology and now helps others fight their own battles.

ABC News

Quattro formaggio: four species cheese a combined effort by Queensland producers

Necessity is the mother of invention in the flood-stricken Scenic Rim, where sheep, camel, goat and Jersey cow farmers pooled their milk into a single cheese

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Vested interests can’t be allowed to dictate Queensland’s response to the housing crisis

Developers are being touted as saviours to the state’s housing woes but greenfield development won’t affect affordability

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Spider project aiming to find 100 species

Queensland Museum Network arachnologist Dr Jeremy Wilson has embarked upon an ambitious plan to describe over 100 new species of spider over three years.

The Guardian - AU

Cracks emerge in ‘blue wall’ as Queensland’s first female police commissioner faces torrid test

Katarina Carroll’s testimony to domestic violence inquiry has provoked a visceral reaction within the force

ABC News

Katherine James spoke out against corrupt Queensland cops, then disappeared. Now she's ready to speak

Katherine James kept her identity a secret when she testified against corrupt police at Queensland's famous Fitzgerald Inquiry. Then she disappeared for 35 years — until she came forward for this exclusive interview with the ABC.

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Queensland police charge third man over the alleged murder of Levi Johnson outside a Brisbane gym

A fourth man is still wanted for questioning over the attack and remains on the run.

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Body found in far north Qld creek

The body of a man who failed to return to a creek bank while swimming in far north Queensland has been located by police.

The Guardian - AU

Calls for 50,000 new social houses in Queensland before 2032 Olympics

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces 200 new crisis accommodation units as prelude to upcoming housing summit

ABC News

Queensland police issue warning to anyone harbouring Thomas Myler and Kyle Martin, wanted for alleged murder of Levi Johnson

Homicide detectives warn anyone who might be harbouring or assisting two men wanted for the alleged murder of Levi Johnson, who was fatally stabbed in a Brisbane street.

ABC News

Queensland's Griffith University offers state government student accommodation block to address housing crisis

Gladstone's George Parkyn says he is not convinced the Queensland government's housing crisis talks will lead to real change for him and says they are a "waste of time and money".

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Qld flags social home clause in new builds

Minimum requirements for affordable homes in new builds, repurposing student dorms, and better use of vacant blocks could help ease Queensland's housing crisis.

ABC News

Queensland growers banking on Pick Paradise campaign to lure ag workers to tropical north

Is the promise of tropical beaches and waterfall hikes enough to convince you to take a job on the land? North Queensland growers certainly hope so.

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