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Anti-abortion campaigner wins control of Brisbane LNP division
Concerns raised after former Cherish Life vice-president Alan Baker elected chair of party’s Griffith divisional councilGet...
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No new stadium to be built for 2032 Olympics as Queensland opposition leader reveals plan
David Crisafulli’s stance means the multi-billion dollar Victoria Park plan recommended by Graham Quirk on Monday...
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Shock losses to LNP and Greens in Queensland elections sound warning for Labor ahead of October poll
Premier Steven Miles says massive swing against ALP in two key byelections was ‘very bad’ for...
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The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat track after its ‘Super Saturday’ losses
Steven Miles’s government is fighting battles on multiple fronts – and shifting right or left will...
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Appeal for information after death of man found injured on Sydney road – as it happened
This blog is now closed.The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat...
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Queensland electoral commission warns council candidates to behave amid ‘highly acrimonious’ election campaign
Concerns raised over election’s integrity as Redland city council campaign draws state’s largest number of complaintsFollow...
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Queensland passes law to allow nurses to provide abortion pills amid strong opposition from LNP
Nurses and midwives will be allowed to dispense MS-2 Step as state grapples with ‘postcode lottery’...
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Stabbing victim Vyleen White remembered for ‘unconditional love’ at Brisbane funeral
Mourners gathered to farewell 70-year-old after she was fatally stabbed outside a Redbank Plains shopping centreVyleen...
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Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’
Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered...
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Federal government approval the final hurdle for mega Queensland coalmine
Queensland government approves Winchester South mine despite report warning of potential ‘climate change consequences’Get our morning...
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Many Queensland families unable to afford basic cost of living as Brisbane leads nation in price hikes
Low-income family with children in deficit of about $200 a week just trying to afford basics,...
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Queensland police integrity unit ‘unlikely’ to be established by recommended deadline
Exclusive: timeline for creation of body to end practice of police investigating police in doubt as...
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Queensland government faces criticism over decision to replace Paradise Dam 20 years after it was built
State government says concrete issues mean wall can’t be repaired as planned so new dam will...
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Steven Miles says Queensland crime is not ‘worsening’ as new data shows spike in assaults and domestic violence
Queensland premier rejects opposition’s interpretation of numbers, as the total crime rate remains below mid-2000s levelsGet...
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Government to subsidise $79 flights to Cairns from across Australia to kickstart cyclone recovery
Qantas and Jetstar to offer special airfares, with accommodation deals to come, as Queensland premier insists...
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Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue
Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remainFollow...
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Defence force deployed to north Queensland flood zones as thousands remain without power and supplies run low
Rain is finally easing, but emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north, with...
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Cairns airport closed as Queensland premier declares ‘serious weather emergency’ amid record flood fears
Floods exceeding 1977 levels expected, Steven Miles says, as heavy rain leaves 10,500 homes without powerQueensland...
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Steven Miles announces ambitious emissions reduction plan in first speech as Queensland premier
Miles raises state’s reduction target to 75% by 2035, one of the most ambitious in the...
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Annastacia Palaszczuk’s annointed successor, Steven Miles, likely to face challenge, say Queensland Labor MPs
While deputy premier is considered the frontrunner, suggestions his two rivals may team up would make...
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Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk retires from politics
Labor leader says state is ‘in good shape’ and ‘now is the time for me to...
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Brisbane mayor resigns from 2032 Olympics forum and calls it a ‘dysfunctional farce’
Adrian Schrinner says controversial plans for Brisbane’s Gabba stadium were the final straw and accuses Palaszczuk...
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Plan for 20,000-seat stadium to temporarily replace Gabba kicks off Queensland funding row
Labor announces it will commit $46m towards $137m cost of upgrading Ekka showgroundsFollow our Australia news...
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Queensland police chief suggests ‘a lot of cases’ could be retried under double jeopardy changes
Katarina Carroll says if new legislation passes parliament it will be ‘exactly what we need’ amid...