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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Reward offered to solve hitchhiker's suspected murder

Queensland police hope a $500,000 reward will lead to new information and assist an investigation into the suspected murder of Anthony Jones.

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Tourism minister calls time to focus on family

Queensland Tourism Minister Sterling Hinchliffe has announced he will retire at the next election, with the long-serving MP wanting to make family his priority.

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Apology after rape victim turned away from hospital

Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says a rape victim did not receive proper care at a central Queensland hospital and has "unreservedly apologised".

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Alleged teenage rape victim says she was left humiliated and suicidal by treatment at Queensland hospital

Exclusive: Year 11 student says she had to wait three hours and was made to ‘feel completely stupid’ by doctor who admitted to lacking relevant training

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Driver charged after fatal crash with coal train

Months after a fatal collision between a four-wheel drive and a coal train in north Queensland, a 40-year-old man has been charged by police.

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Queensland to make coercive control standalone offence

Three years after Hannah Clarke's death, laws to make coercive control a stand-alone offence have been introduced to Queensland's parliament.

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Ride for free, Greens push for no cost public transport

The Queensland Greens have put forward a motion in parliament to remove public transport costs and boost trains and bus use across the state.

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Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Most of the endangered greater glider's habitat in Queensland is not protected, a new study reveals.

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Funding for more Queensland social housing amid crisis

The Queensland government will build another 600 social homes across the state thanks to a federal funding injection of almost $400 million.

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QRU states position in Aussie rugby centralisation bid

Queensland has offered support to Rugby Australia's centralisation effort, but will not relinquish commercial independence in any high-performance restructure.

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Body in burning car found by police

Police responding to reports of a Queensland grass fire have discovered a dead person in a burning car nearby.

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'I can't breathe': family demands spit hood ban

Before she died in custody Selesa Tafaifa was pleading for her asthma medication and crying out 'I can't breathe', an inquest into her death heard.

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Queensland to make stealthing illegal under new affirmative consent laws

Exclusive: removing a condom without consent will be considered rape and could attract a maximum penalty of life in prison

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Surging demand for social housing as homelessness soars

Demand is soaring for housing assistance in Queensland with homelessness on the rise amid a cost of living crisis, the peak social service body warns.

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Rape victims reportedly being turned away from Queensland hospitals is ‘unacceptable’, says minister

The opposition has said a whistleblower revealed alleged rape victims were asked to take photos of injuries

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Twenty fire crews battling far north Queensland blaze

A watch and act alert remains in place for residents in Mutchilba as some 20 crews are on scene battling a bushfire in far north Queensland.

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Qld health minister to investigate whistleblower claims

Queensland's health minister is seeking more information after whistleblowers came forward with claims about mental health patients and rape victims.

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Desal plant to bolster water supplies in 30-year plan

A new desalination plant has been endorsed by the Queensland government as part of a 30-year water security plan.

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DV victims' payments to increase as part of reforms

Victims of domestic violence in Queensland will receive greater compensation under proposed legislative amendments.

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Three-quarters of Aussie coal-mining jobs to go by 2050

Coal communities will need a transition plan that extends beyond the pit, with Queensland tagged as one of the hardest hit regions as the world's mines close.

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'I can't argue away the shame': frontier violence and family history converge in David Marr's harrowing and important new book

Cultural capital is a rare and precious commodity. It is earned by doing – with wit, rigour and imagination. Being born to privilege may help in its accumulation, but that is not sufficient. These days, especially, privilege can be an impediment.

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Hate symbols, coercive control on Qld parliament agenda

The banning of hate symbols and legislating to make coercive control a criminal offence will be addressed as parliament returns in Queensland.

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Worker hurt in crocodile attack at wildlife sanctuary

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital after he was bitten by a crocodile at a Queensland wildlife sanctuary.

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Fringe-right favourite Amanda Stoker returns to politics as LNP moderates worry about her Christian faction ties

Former federal senator says her conservative views will take a back seat to kitchen table concerns during Queensland state parliament election

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Sandhu, Richardson unlikely heroes as QLD ambush NSW

Gurinder Sandhu and Kane Richardson were the unlikely heroes with the bat as Queensland defeated NSW in the Marsh Cup at North Sydney Oval.

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