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Queensland to borrow more, woo tourists
Treasurer Cameron Dick is due to hand down a budget on Tuesday he says is designed to pull Queensland out of the recession created by coronavirus.
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Training key to Qld domestic violence laws
Making coercive control an offence in Queensland won't be effective without training police and the courts, and community awareness, the attorney-general says.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaPictured: Mum and boyfriend charged with allegedly leaving girl, 3, in hot car
A mother of a three-year-old girl who died in a hot car on Friday has been charged with manslaughter along with her boyfriend.
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Missing Qld girls found with 36yo man
Queensland Police have found two girls, aged one and four, who were taken from an address north of Brisbane.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaQueensland man, 29, accused of plotting terror attack
The 29-year-old allegedly planned the attack for the Bundaberg region.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTourists ordered to stay away from popular holiday spot as fire rages
The massive blaze has been burning for six weeks and has destroyed 74,000 hectares of land.
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Bat disease warning for North Queensland
People in far north Queensland have been warned to stay clear of flying foxes as the risk of bites and scratches soars through the breeding season.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaCharges laid after girl, 3, found dead in car
Two people have been charged with manslaughter after a three-year-old girl was found dead in a car in Townsville.
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Child found dead in hot car in North Qld
A four-year-old child has reportedly been found dead in a hot car at Townsville University Hospital.
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Lack of gun enforcement puts Qld at risk
A Queensland audit report says unsuitable people are being granted gun licences, and more than 600 weapons are going missing each year.
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Bushfire closes Fraser Island to tourists
Queensland's world heritage-listed Fraser Island will close to tourists from 5pm on Friday as a six-week-old bushfire continues to test firefighters.
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State weighted toward removal: inquiry
Identifying risk early and helping families before removal could reduce Aboriginal over-representation in the child protection system, an inquiry has heard.
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Qld crocodile app to make waterways safer
People living near Queensland's crocodile-infested waterways are set to be safer with the launch of a new mobile phone app that tracks the dangerous reptiles.
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Two arrested after Qld coal mine protest
Two people have been arrested after locking themselves to a port to protest a $2 billion coalmine being built in Queensland by Bravus, formerly known as Adani.
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LNP leader lambasts Qld protest 'lunatics'
Queensland Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli has fired a broadside at Extinction Rebellion protesters, calling them the "Do-nothing Brigade".
NewsYahoo News AustraliaMultiple Queensland police officers exposed to coronavirus after incident
Almost a dozen QLD police officers have been forced into isolation after they came into close contact with an infected man in hotel quarantine.
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Indigenous MPs told not to rewrite history
Queensland minister and Indigenous MP Leeanne Enoch says it is "patronising" that the opposition's John-Paul Langbroek has challenged her lived experience.
ScienceYahoo News AustraliaGet set for a soaking: Concerning warning on widespread flooding issued for Australia
Australia is likely to avoid the carnage of another horror bushfire season, although high risk of widespread flooding means it's not out of the woods.
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Qld police troop in COVID-19 quarantine
Almost a dozen Queensland police officers have been forced to isolate after they came into close contact with a COVID-19 infected man at a Brisbane hotel.
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Queensland murder-accused granted bail
A 52-year-old man charged with the murder of another man during a confrontation at a Brisbane house last month has been granted bail.
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Greens propose Qld question time changes
The Greens have proposed changes to parliamentary session orders in Queensland to stop the government of the day wasting time during question time.
- ScienceAustralian Associated Press
La Nina ramps up Great Barrier Reef risks
This year's La Nina weather pattern has pumped up the risk of extreme weather events damaging Queensland's Great Barrier Reef over summer.
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Ex-Gold Coast rich-lister jailed for fraud
Former Gold Coast rich-lister Craig Gore has been jailed for five years for six counts of fraud charges involving more than $300,000.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaBoy, 5, walking on footpath hit by tyre in freak 'burnout' incident
The child suffered serious injuries after a wheel dislodged and struck him in the head while he was walking with his family in Queensland.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaPuppy's miraculous survival after close call with deadly predator
Wally the blue heeler was saved just in the nick of time.
