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Queensland State of Origin squad features four debutants as Billy Slater shakes up Maroons

Billy Slater names four State of Origin debutants in his first Queensland squad as the Maroons seek to win back the shield.

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Cobbo one of four Maroons Origin debutants

Teenage NRL sensation Selwyn Cobbo is one of four debutants named by Queensland coach Billy Slater for the State of Origin series opener.

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Cross River Rail's Merle tunnel welcomes walking tour group before track is laid

More than 100 Queenslanders have walked through one of the Cross River Rail tunnels before workers begin laying tracks on "epic" project.

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Council launches legal action over $4m geothermal plant that's never delivered power

It was touted as the beginning of a renewable energy boom in outback Queensland, but two years after the construction of a "game changing" geothermal power plant in Winton, the project has failed.

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Temperatures to plunge across southern Queensland as gusty winds set in on Tuesday

Temperatures are set to plunge across southern Queensland this week, with Tuesday expected to be very gusty in the state's south-east.

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Liberal, National parties set to decide leadership positions following federal election loss

The Coalition parties will today vote on who should lead them in the wake of the election. The Liberals' meeting appears set to be a simple one, but the Nationals will have a three-way contest.

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Queensland's turn to make big Origin calls

A day after Brad Fittler has taken the first big gamble of the State of Origin series, Queensland coach Billy Slater will unveil his maiden Maroons side.

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Queenslander Dutton elected Liberal leader

A one-time police officer, Queenslander Peter Dutton, is the new leader of the federal parliamentary wing of the Liberal Party.

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‘We don’t know how to survive’: Queensland family seeks answers for death in police shooting

Mental health treatment for Mohamad Ikraam Bahram expected to be probed by coroner this year

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Queensland police union boss made defamation claim against domestic violence expert

Prof Kerry Carrington had spoken to media after giving evidence about police culture at inquest of murdered Logan woman Doreen Langham

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Slater to lift Ponga as Maroons assemble

Set to serve as a bridge between Queensland State of Origin generations, Dane Gagai is excited by what Billy Slater can bring to the new-look side this season.

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Cunnamulla's first ever Mardi Gras ball celebrates outback town's LGBTQIA+ community

It's better known for its Akubras than its ball gowns, but in this outback Queensland town locals are donning glitter and frocks for a night to celebrate their LGBTQIA+ community and raise awareness of domestic violence.

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Education experts concerned Queensland high school students abandoning arts subjects over ATAR result

Students learn to think creatively and collaboratively in arts and humanities subjects, but Queensland students are abandoning them in droves out of fear lower-scaled subjects will impact their overall ATAR result.

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Sandy Bolton, Queensland's first teal independent, on what the new guard can expect

Independent Sandy Bolton has twice won a previously safe LNP seat with a teal-themed campaign. She says the new Independents could change everything for politics and politicians.

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Second man charged over Queensland murder

A second man has been charged with murder after a woman was killed at a home in Queensland.

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One child a month left on a bus across Australia over the past five years

Lawyer acting for families says it is ‘happening more than people would believe or understand’

The Guardian - AU

Listen, engage, show you care: how Greens and independents took local politics all the way to Canberra

Voters disenchanted with the cynical politics of the main parties were ripe for conversion – they just needed someone to knock on their door and listen

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Greens declare victory in Brisbane

The Greens have claimed their fourth federal lower house seat, taking Brisbane in Queensland from the Liberals after a tense week of vote counting.

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Warramunga Man Lincoln Crowley Has Just Been Named The First Indigenous Supreme Court Justice

In high school, Crowley was told by his deputy principal that he was likely to end up in jail because he was from an Aboriginal family. “I remember thinking, you wait and see, mate.” Lincoln Crowley will join the Supreme Court of Queensland’s bench on June 13.

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Teary Tino's regret ahead of Origin call

His own harshest critic, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui doesn't think he's worthy of a Queensland call-up despite his titanic efforts for the Gold Coast this NRL season.

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Leucaena, the cattle wonder crop and invasive weed that's choking creeks, adding to fire risk

There's around 150,000 hectares of leucaena on grazing property across Queensland, but the highly invasive pest becomes a flooding and fire hazard when left to grow out of control.

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Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane reflects on shifting the debate in far north Queensland

Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane's primary vote of just over 4 per cent may appear modest, but it is the Socialist Alliance's best-ever result in a seat outside Victoria and its best anywhere at this year's election.

ABC News

Why some of Queensland's most historic pubs need your help

Thinking of an outback road trip? Then put these historic pubs on your itinerary.

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Homes flooded in February hit the market, but real estate agents not bound to tell buyers

Desperate home owners are selling their properties months after they were damaged in south-east Queensland's flood disaster — but the risk of inundation is not always made clear to house hunters.

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Tamil asylum seeker family prepare to return to Biloela but their immigration battle is far from over

The Tamil asylum seeker family removed from Biloela in 2018 will return to the central Queensland town within weeks, allowing their five-year-old daughter to celebrate her first birthday outside of detention. But their fight to remain in Australia will continue.

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