Deadline looms for troubled Mackay Hospital
A Queensland hospital has until the close of business to respond to a show cause notice after a damning report into hospital care.
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Life imitates art as FNQ cassowary goes on the scrounge
When the local council installed new cassowary warning signs at Etty Bay, in far north Queensland, they were intended as light-hearted approach to safety around the endangered birds.
Robodebt scheme told to ‘cease and desist’
A royal commission into the illegal robodebt scheme was told the Australian Tax Office ordered the Department of Human Services to stop using taxpayer data.
Qld firm hones next-generation painkillers
New targeted painkillers potentially requiring fewer doses and with less side effects are being developed by a University of Queensland startup.
Star casino probe in Qld set for ‘outcome’
The federal money-laundering watchdog, Queensland police and the state's gaming regulator are set to finalise a probe into Star casinos in "the coming month".
Lift the right lid. Cairns campaign aims to boost recycling
More than 9,000 tonnes of recyclable waste is being put in the wrong bins in far north Queensland every year, and Cairns Regional Council hopes to change that.
Nude up north for a worthy cause
Race caller and ABC Radio sports host, Bluey Forsyth, is one of far north Queensland’s best-dressed men.
Historic trains begin the long ride to Longreach
The Queensland Rail Ipswich workshop farewells two of its favourite items today, historic 2000 class rail motors that have found a new home in the outback.
Sunshine Coast heat traps to get a cool change
A study is underway to find urban hot spots on the Sunshine Coast and find ways to cool them down using high-tech 3-D modelling.
Queenslanders inducted into Australian Sailing Hall of Fame
Jessica Watson and Mat Belcher have received sailing’s highest accolade, being inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.
Legal advice on robodebt not passed on
A royal commission has been told a government department had failed to relay information about the unlawfulness of the robodebt income averaging calculation.
Qld watchdog’s laptop probe questioned
Queensland's corruption watchdog may have unlawfully signed off an investigation report, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
Golf coach jailed for indecent treatment
A successful mind coach who once worked with former world No.1 golfer Jason Day - Sean Patrick Lynch - has been jailed on indecent treatment, grooming charges.
Pair charged with murder after baby death
A man and a woman have been charged with one count each of murder and torture after police found a baby boy dead north of Brisbane.
Qld BHP workers launch industrial action
Workers at four BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines in central Queensland have launched industrial action in a dispute over job security.
Qld rejects tourist levy, mulls park fees
The Queensland government is considering changing fees for national parks as part of its tourism plan ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.
$1m reward to catch Toyah’s alleged killer
A $1 million reward is on offer to help police find the man suspected of murdering Toyah Cordingley and leaving her body on a Queensland beach.
Electric buses reach two million milestone
More than two million Australians have taken a ride on an electric bus but experts predict many more will do so as states set zero-emission deadlines.
Qld blue cards a ‘modern-day injustice’
A Queensland inquiry says the state should consider laws to make it quicker to assess Indigenous people applying to work with children.
Two units offline at Biloela coal power plant
A cooling tower fire has taken another generation unit offline at a major Queensland coal power plant which already has one unit out of action until April.
Commissioner appalled by robodebt evidence
The robodebt royal commission is trying to determine how the scheme was initiated despite early legal advice raising significant problems with the proposal.
Hooning crackdown catches “idiotic behaviour” across south-east Queensland
Police have impounded more than 50 vehicles and issued 2,000 fines during a major police operation cracking down on hoons in the state’s south-east.
Historic pub with no town reopens its doors
Toompine was once a busy opal town, an important staging post for Cobb and Co coaches 1,000 kilometres west of Brisbane.
Robodebt legality flagged with department
A senior public servant who worked for a department overseeing the botched robodebt scheme did not raise questions about its legality with his superiors.
Qld reviews non-state school accreditation
The Queensland government has launched a review of the accreditation rules for non-state schools to ensure they maintain public confidence in the sector.
Triple shooting murder accused in court
The man accused of the shooting deaths of three people on a Bogie cattle station in north Queensland has appeared in court by video link.
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Rusting Qld gas wells leaked: activists
Queensland activists have obtained documents showing some coal seam gas wells have been leaking due to rust, which they say could be a widespread problem.
Electric car drivers to stay in fast lane
Some drivers will be offered shortcuts through traffic for another year in the latest push to encourage electric vehicle adoption in Australia.
DNA lab boss ‘depicted as Disney villain’
A managing scientist stood aside from duties at Queensland's troubled DNA lab says she was shocked when given five minutes' notice to leave.
Qld could decriminalise public drunkenness
A Queensland inquiry has recommended decriminalising public drunkenness, urination and begging once people can be diverted to social services.
Man’s throat cut by ‘scalpel-like’ blade
Harley David Wegener is on trial accused of slashing Benjamin Suttie's throat in a chance encounter years after, as a child, he stabbed the same man.