Queensland
Latest news and comment on the Australian state of Queensland
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A nickel refinery owned by the Palmer United party leader has been charged with six environmental breaches and faces a $1.1m fine for each charge
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Enormous dark clouds of sand and dirt turn day into night in the small outback town on the edge of the Simpson Desert
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Iranian man’s lawyer says he deserves the opportunity to clear his name in court and will contest the charge
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Mithaka people of south-west Queensland say the government has violated international law by failing to consult them over fracking
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Team examines tens of thousands of genes to identify those that allow coral to adapt to high carbon dioxide levels and more acidic oceans
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Diverting just 0.2% of justice funding to social work would keep 10 young people out of prison and 20 from probation every year, researchers say
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Queensland artist survived prisoner of war camp, near drowning and arrest to become one of Australian art’s most influential figures, writes Fiona Gruber
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Two sea turtles have been released into the waters of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef after being rehabilitated in captivity
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Gold Coast council is investigating after woman says she tasted fur on her second nibble into snack
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‘We are talking about … human hurt of such intensity it’s impossible to imagine,’ former governor general says in interview discussing her role leading a Queensland taskforce
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Campbell Newman says his ‘heart goes out’ to storm-hit businesses but ‘I’m afraid that’s one of the risks of this state and its climatic extremes’
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School trip ends in tragedy after a student and teacher were killed when the van they were travelling in collided with a tanker on a Bay of Plenty highway
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One-time assistant health minister compares government’s approach to that of a doctor who stops examining patients to deny the existence of an illness
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Residents are still counting the cost of Thursday’s storm, which left many without power overnight, and others without a roof
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Thousands still without power after hailstorm but Electrical Trades Union tells Senate hearing that utility kept staffing down to save on penalty rates
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Urgent action required to save white-throated snapping turtle amid fears that loss of eggs and hatchlings is crippling the population, says Queensland researcher
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Remarkable aerial footage captured by Queensland police shows the extent of the storm which lashed Brisbane on Thursday
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Inquest into 2011 fire recommends smoke alarms be fitted in every Queensland bedroom
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The ‘Supercell” storm and its 140km winds was caused by a perfect confluence of meteorological events.
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A ‘supercell’ storm hits Brisbane during afternoon peak hour, flooding roads, smashing windows and flipping planes
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Army called in to help after roofs are ripped off buildings and planes flipped over in severe thunderstorm
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Everything’s bigger in Queensland. Especially when it comes to Palmer’s legal battle with his former Chinese partners
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Golf ball-sized hailstones, destructive winds and torrential rain have battered parts of Brisbane
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Concept one of 20 to make semi-finals of Drones for Good competition, intended to steer technology towards improving lives
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Raptor and Nedry, the new Boyd’s forest dragons at Wild Life Sydney zoo, were born two days apart, each weighing only a few grams
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Clubmate charged with supplying methamphetamine to two-year-old in one of biggest raids since crackdown on outlaw motorcycle clubs
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A 14-month operation by Queensland police leads to seizure of $500,000 in cash and drugs worth $5m
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Mother of Troy Foster says her son was ‘rampant’ and ‘psychotic’ at the time but denies he lunged at Gold Coast police with a knife
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Civil case in Brisbane supreme court hears allegations Palmer knew of misuse of funds, while potential criminal investigation may shift from WA
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Mental health commissioner says while mental illness is yet to be confirmed as a factor in latest police shootings, plan would be a big advance in how police deal with such confrontations
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Lawyers for Brett Peter Cowan argue confession that he murdered 13-year-old Daniel on the Sunshine Coast was given involuntarily
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Four fatal police shootings this year, along with another in August 2013, are under investigation by the state coroner
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The tycoon has set his own deadline for the deal to be approved but has not met Queensland gaming officials, regulator says
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Guardian Australia: Environmental groups accuse government of leaning on banks to back mines despite being signatories to Equator Principles
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Gold Coast man in his 30s the most recent fatality after confrontation with police just hours after civil libertarians called for independent inquiry
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