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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

The East Coast Is Set To Cop A ‘Widespread Drenching’ So Kiss Your Vitamin D Goodbye

No more!!! Please!!!!

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Qld foster children get new legal rights

Queensland foster children have been granted new legal rights after state parliament passed changes to protection laws.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Queensland Is Set To Criminalise Coercive Control Two Years After Hannah Clarke Was Murdered

The offence should be codified into law by 2023.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Man rescued from northern Qld floodwaters

A man has been rescued from floodwaters and emergency services have had almost 40 calls for help as unseasonally heavy rain hits northern Queensland.

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Aged care workers strike in Qld and WA

Aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia have launched industrial action as part of a union push to improve pay and staffing in aged care homes.

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