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Outgoing Queensland integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov says independence of office at risk from current oversight arrangements

After last week announcing her resignation, Queensland's integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov says it is not appropriate for the office to be under the control of the Public Service Commission.

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Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here's what they mean

Schools will open for term one across Australia next week – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year.

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Daniel Andrews hopeful Australia will redefine fully vaccinated as three doses of Covid jab

Victoria premier speaks ahead of national cabinet as state records 15 deaths from Covid, NSW reports 29 and Queensland 15

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Police investigate Qld helicopter crash

Police are investigating a helicopter crash that has left a man in his 20s with serious chest injuries in southern Queensland.

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Qld has 15 COVID-19 deaths, 11,600 cases

Another 15 people have died with COVID-19 in Queensland as the state records 11,600 new virus cases.

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Qld integrity watchdog backs PSC probe

Queensland's outgoing integrity commissioner has backed calls for a formal investigation into the actions of the state's peak public service oversight body.

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Queensland records 15 COVID-19 deaths, with 11,600 new cases detected

Queensland records another 15 deaths with COVID-19, all of them people aged from their 60s to their 90s.

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BOM says Townsville hit by 'intense' rain event, warnings issued and motorists rescued

Almost 280 millimetres of rain hits parts of north Queensland in just three hours overnight in intense falls brought by a monsoonal trough, with more downpours expected today.

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No decision on ‘fully vaccinated’ definition as at least 72 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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Birthplace of the RFDS gets first flight school to save graziers thousands of kilometres in travel time

Almost 100 years after the RFDS launched its first plane from Queensland's north-west, a new flight school is giving another lot of bush icons their wings.

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Queensland scientists discover previously unknown genes linked to depression

The findings take the number of known genetic variants associated with depression to more than 100, with the Queensland scientists hopeful their research may pave the way for better treatments and early intervention.

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Queensland's COVID-19 Omicron wave could have been 'a much worse situation', infectious diseases expert says

As Queensland braces to hit the peak of its current COVID-19 Omicron wave within the week, health officials are reassuring residents that hospital systems will cope with the influx of new cases.

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Increase in e-scooters and e-skateboards accidents across Queensland, Ambulance Service says

The Queensland Ambulance Service says a rising number of people are being injured in e-scooter and e-skateboard accidents.

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Qld govt begin search for new CCC chair

The Queensland government says it will look into a structural review of the Crime and Corruption Commission following the resignation of its chairperson.

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Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooded Stuart Hwy make 3,000km detour

Northern Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooding on the Stuart Highway in South Australia take a massive detour through NSW and Queensland to deliver their cargo.

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Drought-hit Queensland graziers 'over the moon' after biggest rainfall in more than a decade

Unforgiving dry weather and an absent wet season meant things were getting dire for Queensland graziers who had started selling cattle. But now the skies have opened up.

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Sacked Logan City councillors call for inquiry following resignation of CCC head Alan MacSporran

Former south-east Queensland councillors who believe they were "victims" of the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) say the resignation of the chair does not go far enough.

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Australia Day 2022: Fireworks launched to mark end of revelry and protests

Fireworks light up the sky as the curtain closes on a day of celebrations and protests after Australia welcomed more than 16,000 new citizens, with the nation urged to "walk together as one mob".

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Sydney underworld figure Ibrahem Hamze charged with soliciting a murder

Police charge Ibrahem Hamze with multiple offences, including soliciting a murder, after extraditing the Sydney underworld figure from Queensland overnight.

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Qld has nine deaths, 13,551 virus cases

Another nine people have died with COVID-19 in Queensland as the state reports 13,551 new virus cases.

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Queensland records nine COVID-19 deaths, 13,551 new cases, as Gold Coast hospitalisations drop after Omicron peak

There are 889 people in hospital including 47 patients who are in intensive care.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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Funeral homes 'run out of room' for deceased amid staff shortages

Funeral and crematorium staff plead with the Queensland government to change their status to critical workers as demand for funeral services grows beyond what some in the industry can handle.

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How are Queensland's hospitals coping as COVID's Omicron variant peaks?

As the Omicron wave surges on the Gold Coast, the city's health service is dealing with eight wards full of COVID patients, and doctors warn they expect the tail of the peak to be "very long".

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Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission boss Alan MacSporran resigns

Departure comes after parliamentary committee found he failed to ensure watchdog ‘acted independently and impartially’

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