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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

On Brittany Higgins and the weaponisation of leaked personal data

Plus: why a small regional Queensland town trended on TikTok over the weekend.

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Why a Queensland court overturned a ban on religious knives in schools

The Supreme Court of Queensland last week overturned a law banning children from bringing “knives” to school for religious reasons. This will allow Sikh students, parents, and teachers to carry a ceremonial dagger known as a “kirpan” at schools in Queensland.

The Conversation

Morning Mail: toxic pollution at Antarctic base, victims’ advocate calls for the cane, four French footballers to fear

Arsenic and toxic metals found at Australia’s largest Antarctic research base, man who backs the cane joins Queensland youth justice group, Trump’s Twitter trawled by investigators

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Queensland man who says schools should reconsider the cane joins government’s youth justice group

‘If the parents of kids aren’t able to exercise discipline … then the state needs to be disciplining these kids’, says victims’ advocate

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s corruption watchdog charges taxpayers $409,000 for consultancies on police investigating police

Crime and Corruption Commission chair Bruce Barbour confirms approval was given to probe recommendation from landmark inquiry into police responses to domestic violence

The Guardian - AU

Walter Sofronoff cancels Queensland Media Club event discussing ‘presumption of innocence’

Head of ACT inquiry was scheduled to front ‘Politics, journalism and social media v The presumption of innocence’ event alongside News Corp journalist

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police silent on fallout from court order to transfer three children from watch houses

Force refuses to answer questions about legality of detaining children in watch houses following supreme court ruling that three must be moved urgently to youth detention

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Shane Drumgold resigns as ACT director of public prosecutions; Queensland man shot by police – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Court orders urgent transfer of three children detained unlawfully in Queensland watch houses

Potential test case on the state’s use of watch houses to detain children takes unexpected turn, with hundreds possibly affected

The Guardian - AU

Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Queensland, NSW call for urgent safety review after childcare worker’s sex abuse charges

Child welfare expert says a nationwide standard of risk assessment needs to be driven at the federal level

The Guardian - AU

Advocates question Queensland’s ability to deliver on ambitious affordable homes plan

Qcoss says more details needed as to how state can ensure 20% of around 900,000 proposed new homes will be affordable

The Guardian - AU

Calls for stronger child protection training after Queensland man charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences

National check system and specialist instruction should be implemented to create a ‘truly child-safe environment’, experts say

The Guardian - AU

‘Unbearable grief’: families pay tribute to victims of helicopter crash

Loved ones express their loss for Lt Maxwell Nugent, Capt Danniel Lyon, Cpl Alexander Naggs and WO Phillip Laycock

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NSW group launches court bid to stop logging in bushfire-ravaged koala habitats

North East Forest Alliance say its surveys confirm populations of endangered species in state forests on north coast marked for logging

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: hope lost of finding Taipan crash crew; Sydney records hottest July; and the wife behind a famous author

The defence minister, Richard Marles, has said a thorough investigation will be launched after a helicopter crashed on a training mission in Queensland

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Taipan’s future in doubt after crash, Pakistan rally blast, EVs surge in popularity

Taipan helicopters might never be flown again by the ADF after a crash during military training exercises in waters off Queensland on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Missing ADF personnel involved in Queensland helicopter crash identified – As it happened

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The Independent UK

Four missing after Australian military helicopter crashes and halts US joint exercise

MRH-90 Taipan helicopters have experienced issues since their arrival in Australia in 2007

The Independent UK

4 air crew members are missing after Australian army helicopter ditched off Australia's coast

Four air crew members are missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States

The Guardian - AU

Properties worth more than $25bn were bought with cash in Australia’s three biggest states in early 2023

Many cash purchases were made in regional areas of NSW, Victoria and Queensland as buyers downsized to less expensive housing

The Guardian - AU

Man charged after allegedly riding lawn mower through Queensland town while drunk

Police allege the man was driving through Ingham with almost four times the legal blood-alcohol limit

TV Tech

Sky Racing Queensland Upgrades Production With Panasonic Cameras

The move positions the company one step closer to centralized production control

The Guardian - AU

Queensland to extend fire ant control zone into NSW in bid to stop their march to the border

Four-year plan includes forming a 10km band around infestation zones and will include penalties for those breaching the Biosecurity Act

The Guardian - AU

Disability advocates urge Queensland to resist builders’ bid to delay accessible housing rules

Requiring new homes to have step-free access and corridors wide enough for a wheelchair will save money in long run, experts say

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