Qld kicks off health practitioner laws Queensland's health minister has tabled new laws to regulate health practitioners, which are set to be adopted nationally. AAP · May 11, 2022
Qld councils broke finance reporting law Queensland's auditor-general says 60 per cent the state's local councils are at moderate or high risk of not being financially sustainable. AAP · May 11, 2022
The East Coast Is Set To Cop A ‘Widespread Drenching’ So Kiss Your Vitamin D Goodbye No more!!! Please!!!! Pedestrian.tv · May 11, 2022
Queensland police union drops fierce opposition to domestic violence inquiry Union boss says his view of inquiry into police ‘cultural issues’ changed after Hannah Clarke inquest The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022
Queensland floods: woman dies after vehicle is swept away as more heavy rain forecast Two fellow passengers had a narrow escape at Mount Ossa, north of Mackay, as SES responds to more than 100 calls for help in Queensland The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022
DV inquiry to probe Qld police culture The Queensland government has appointed the president of its children's court to head an inquiry into the police response to domestic violence incidents. AAP · May 10, 2022
Queensland lockdowns drive spike in food delivery worker injuries New research shows migrant delivery drivers are particularly vulnerable to injury, with more serious injuries reported during Brisbane's lockdowns and bad weather. ABC News · May 10, 2022
Western Queensland weather brings off-season rain as graziers relish drenching Western Queensland graziers are quietly hopeful that a second downpour in just over two weeks will bring them a step closer to the end of a crippling drought. ABC News · May 10, 2022
Qld foster children get new legal rights Queensland foster children have been granted new legal rights after state parliament passed changes to protection laws. AAP · May 10, 2022
Could this finally be the La Niña's last hurrah as rain spreads south? As the east coast deals with the latest round of tropical rain after a thoroughly wet season, the big question is if this is all going to end sometime soon. ABC News · May 10, 2022
Woman dies in floodwaters as Queensland's north coast cops further drenching, BOM says records will be broken Large parts of Tropical North Queensland and the central coast are expecting a further drenching as a severe weather system moves toward the coast, dumping record rain. ABC News · May 10, 2022
One dead in Qld floods, dam releases start A woman has died and emergency services have received more than 110 calls for help after intense, unseasonal May rainfall hit large parts of Queensland. AAP · May 10, 2022
‘One chance to get this right’: Queensland domestic violence inquiry must address police culture Analysis: the landmark McMurdo report was first described as ‘just another woke report’ by the police union president The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022
Review of forensic DNA testing ‘falls short’ for Queensland victims, critics say Specific cases may be examined to inform scope of review, no re-analysis of DNA samples will be done The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022
The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022 Barnaby Joyce directs New England preferences to One Nation candidate living in Brisbane Richard Thomas lives in inner-city suburb of West End in Queensland and did not attend candidates’ forum in Tamworth
ABC News · May 10, 2022 SA aged care workers use day off to rally for better work conditions after strike action delayed until after federal election Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.
AAP · May 10, 2022 Shooting getaway car owner hears of grief A Queensland man who provided the getaway car for a 2018 Father's Day fatal shooting has received a suspended jail term in Brisbane Supreme Court.
The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022 More than half of prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in Australia given in Queensland, study says Anxiety and sleep disorders were some reasons given for prescriptions despite lack of evidence for cannabis treatment, researchers find
The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022 Smashed avocados: fruit dumped in Queensland amid bumper harvest and rising transport costs Truckloads of low-grade avocados left to rot in Atherton as farmers react to tight margins and oversupply
Pedestrian.tv · May 10, 2022 Queensland Is Set To Criminalise Coercive Control Two Years After Hannah Clarke Was Murdered The offence should be codified into law by 2023.
ABC News · May 10, 2022 Truckloads of avocados left to rot after being dumped in far north Queensland Once the toast of the town, avocados in the state's far north are being dumped and left to rot.
AAP · May 10, 2022 Qld inquiry to examine police DV responses A Queensland royal commission will probe police responses to domestic violence with the government also allocating funds to justice, support and education.
The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022 Queensland to criminalise coercive control and probe police response to domestic violence Criminalising coercive control has been on the state’s agenda since the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children in 2020
ABC News · May 10, 2022 Hannah Clarke's parents welcome Queensland inquiry into police practices in domestic violence cases The four-month commission of inquiry of police practices is part of a raft of recommendations adopted from a domestic violence taskforce report.
AAP · May 9, 2022 Qld bus girl family wants childcare closed The family of a young Queensland girl who was left on a bus outside a childcare centre for six hours says the facility should be closed down.