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Almost half of people seeking help for homelessness in NSW in past year did not get it, report finds

Unmet requests for accommodation in the state rose from 37.2% to 48.2% over five years and a growing number are also being turned away in Queensland

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9,000 tourism jobs lost in Cairns as pandemic continues to cripple once-thriving industry

More than half of all tourism jobs in Far North Queensland have been lost as international border closures continue to cripple the industry.

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Researchers find new way to treat listeria

Listeria infections could pose less of a health risk to pregnant women and people with immune deficiency after a discovery by researchers in Queensland.

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Sunshine Coast chicken farmer calls it quits as sales dry up during COVID

An exhausted Queensland egg producer is calling it quits, blaming the crippling impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry.

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Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases today, trend map, hospitalisations and deaths

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of…

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Court victory for Biloela Tamil family over procedural fairness, fears of post-election deportation

Supporters of a Tamil asylum-seeker family removed from Biloela in central Queensland almost four years ago welcome a court ruling that means family members can reapply for visas.

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Qld hospitals 'bearing' flatter virus wave

Queensland has another 13 COVID-19 deaths and 10,212 new cases but hospitals are coping, with the 879 virus patients much lower than the thousands expected.

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Queensland records 13 COVID-19 deaths and 10,212 new cases, signs Gold Coast wave 'close to or passed' peak

Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says the number of people in hospital on the Gold Coast has "declined slightly every day for the past four days" and the city may have passed or is close to its current peak.

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Qld integrity commissioner resigns

Queensland's Integrity Commissioner has quit as the corruption watchdog probes allegations of interference in her office's investigations.

AAP

Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from across Australia in the one place — as it happened

All the COVID-19 news from across Australia on Monday, January 24 — as it happened

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Queensland concessional card holders will need to wait longer for free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests

The government said concessional card holders could get free rapid antigen tests from pharmacies from today — but short supplies mean they will be very hard to find.

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Queensland to release its COVID plan for schools soon, but will it include RATs and masks for kids?

Two weeks before the school year starts, the Queensland government is expected to soon reveal how it plans to reduce the risk of COVID in classrooms. But will it include regular rapid antigen tests for kids?

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Ice-cool Ash Barty takes care of business, positioning herself for shot at glory

As expected, Queensland's world No.1 Ash Barty is in the box seat for a first appearance in the Australian Open singles final.

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Three people arrested after anti-vaccination rally at Mackay shopping centre

An anti-vaccination protester has been charged with seriously assaulting a police officer, while two others have been charged with obstructing police, after a protest in Mackay.

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Private patients to swell Qld virus cases

Queensland has recorded another 10 COVID-19 deaths and 11,947 cases as the state prepares to ramp up its booster rollout after cutting waiting times.

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Another 10 deaths from COVID-19 in Queensland, 863 people in hospital

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says there are now 863 people in hospital with COVID-19, with 47 patients in ICU. There are 85,112 active cases of the virus across the state.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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Two dead after SE Queensland house fire

Two bodies, believed to be the remains of a couple, have been found at a home near Ipswich in southeast Queensland following a fire.

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Indigenous mayors sound alarm over crowded housing amid COVID outbreaks

Indigenous councils around Far North Queensland say housing shortages are exacerbating COVID outbreaks in remote communities.

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Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

Reuters

Australia's Queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away

Australia reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), said the Omicron COVID-19 variant would not delay the start of the school year.

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Qld records 10 deaths, 15,050 virus cases

Queensland has recorded another 10 COVID-19 deaths and 15,050 cases as the first international flight arrives after quarantine requirements were relaxed..

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Queensland records another 10 deaths from COVID-19, outbreak peak 'could be a few days' away, CHO says

Queensland records 10 new COVID-19 deaths and has 884 people in hospital being treated for symptoms, with international borders now open for fully vaccinated travellers to come to into the state without having to quarantine.

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Paradise started as a gold mining town and now lies beneath a dam of the same name

One of Queensland's most controversial structures, Paradise Dam, hides a history of a late-1800s gold mining town few people know about.

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