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Rail repairs could take weeks after outback flooding, Stuart Highway remains closed

As repair work continues on the rail tracks connecting South Australia to Western Australia and to the Northern Territory, trucks are having to detour through Queensland because a section of the Stuart Highway is still closed.

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Monsoonal trough tracks north, but days of rain still to come for parts of Queensland

A monsoonal trough that dumped torrential rain in north Queensland eases, with the bulk of the wet weather leaving the region.

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At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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COVID updates: Police investigating alleged illegal importation of rapid antigen tests — as it happened

The Therapeutic Goods Administration says it has found false documentation that suggested a NSW company was not required to list its imported rapid antigen tests on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

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Townsville vacancies at 10-year low as rental prices soar, housing supply scarce

Real estate agents say that, despite Townsville's sky-high prices, they are getting up to 30 applications per property. One thinks the solution is to make it easier to be a landlord.

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Queensland parents, teachers left in the dark on COVID-19 protocols as back to school date looms

Parents and teachers are left in the dark without a COVID-19 management plan to outline how students will return to Queensland classrooms when school goes back over the next two weeks.

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Queensland farm volunteer Ryko wants more people to consider life on the land

Ryko Kalinko volunteers at a permaculture farm in Queensland in exchange for food and accommodation. He says life on the land has taught him valuable skills for the future.

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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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