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.
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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.
Man found guilty of killing pregnant teen
A retrial jury in Brisbane has found Rodney Wayne Williams, 68, guilty of murdering pregnant teen Tiffany Taylor decades after committing his first murder.
Qld lab boss evidence ‘doesn’t make sense’
The managing scientist at Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland has again been accused of lying as she returned to an inquiry into the lab.
Search scaled back for missing Qld woman
Police have scaled back the search for Tea Wright-Finger two weeks after she disappeared in north Queensland.
New limits, fines, for Queensland e-scooters
New rules for e-scooters come in to force on Tuesday, with reduced speed limits and increased fines aiming to improve personal mobility device (PMD) safety.
Robodebt victim beat false debt in court
A Melbourne robodebt victim slugged with a false $4000 bill for Youth Allowance has told a royal commission how she took her case to the Federal Court and won.
Outback search for missing woman scaled down
Police have scaled down the search for a 19-year-old woman missing in outback Queensland since October 16.
100 companies support electric car changes
More than 100 companies are calling for policy changes to put more than one million electric cars on the road by 2027.
Cairns singer has something to say about domestic violence
Far north Queensland singer-songwriter, Danielle Davis, made her recording debut this weekend, with a song she hopes will shine light on a serious problem in the region.
Burdekin Shire tries world first approach to waste water
A north Queensland council will build a world first wastewater treatment plant that uses native green algae to filter out nutrients that harm the Great Barrier Reef.
Brisbane man charged over alleged stolen data fraud
The Australian Federal Police has charged a man for allegedly using stolen personal identification data online to and defraud hundreds of victims.
Jury deliberating in teen murder trial
A jury in the Brisbane trial of the man accused of killing pregnant 16-year-old Tiffany Taylor in 2015 has retired to consider its verdict.
Qld gig couriers could get set conditions
Queensland has passed laws for courier conditions to be set, parental leave more flexible and domestic violence leave to be extended to casual workers.
Development opposed on Qld Aboriginal site
Ipswich Council in Queensland has rejected a development near a former Aboriginal mission on cultural grounds, amid protests against another development nearby.
‘I am not a liar’, Qld DNA lab boss says
The managing scientist at Queensland's DNA lab has repeatedly denied lying in evidence before an inquiry investigating a decision not to test certain samples.
Study into nose-picking link to dementia
Scientists are trying to work out if a bacteria linked to dementia gets into human brains through the nose, like it does in mice.
Stolen car linked to missing Qld woman
A stolen vehicle has been linked to a missing Queensland woman, who was last seen in a remote northwest town 11 days ago.
Human error blamed for Qld DNA decision
The managing scientist at Queensland's DNA lab has rejected the idea she deliberately gave misleading advice when the state government was in damage control.
Accused killer ‘drove with dead teen’
A Brisbane court has been told toll booth photos indicate Rodney Wayne Williams drove down a highway with the body of a pregnant teenager in the passenger seat.
Missing woman was last seen with a stolen car
Police have revealed that a woman missing in outback Queensland since October 16 was last seen with a stolen car.
Jailed Qld cops to face immediate sack
The Queensland government has introduced a bill to allow police to dismiss an officer as soon as they are jailed by a court, regardless of a possible appeal.
Qld to open first Holocaust museum in 2023
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced the state's first Holocaust museum will open in the Cathedral Precinct in Brisbane's CBD early next year.
Inflation buffer for Qld public servants
A cost of living clause weighed against the consumer price index has been included in a pay offer for Queensland public servants.
Aussie octopus venom may treat melanoma
The venom of an Australian octopus contains a peptide that could reduce skin cancer cells and slow the growth of tumours, a study shows.
Qld man denies murdering pregnant teen
Footage of a police interview in which a Queensland man agrees that he has not been honest about the last time he saw a missing pregnant teen has been shown.
Queensland scales back pandemic powers
Queensland has stripped pandemic powers from its chief health officer to shut the state's borders or mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public.
Man jailed over SIEV-X smuggling operation
A refugee found guilty over a people-smuggling operation in which hundreds of asylum seekers died trying to get to Australia is immediately eligible for parole.
Queensland to change mental health laws for UN
Queensland's premier says United Nations inspectors will be allowed to physically visit detained mental health patients under laws being drafted.
Foster says fraud case is ‘fatally flawed’
Peter Foster says charges laid against him over an alleged $2 million Bitcoin fraud are "fatally flawed" and he expects Queensland police to drop them.
More firefighters part of Qld restructure
The Queensland government will spend $400 million on extra firefighters and equipment upgrades by 2026 as part of a major emergency services restructure.