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Insurance cover for weather events increasingly unaffordable: CHOICE

The consumer organisation, CHOICE, says an increasing number of Australians can’t afford to properly insure their homes for weather-related risks.

Man charged over threat to Ipswich educational facility

Police have charged a man with multiple offences after threats were allegedly made to an educational facility in North Ipswich on Thursday.

Queenslanders told face masks indoors not needed

Queensland authorities are no longer advising people to wear face masks indoors, except vulnerable residents, as the state's third COVID-19 wave fades.

Olympian takes up own case over drug plot

Olympic medallist Nathan Baggaley has asked to make his own submissions - without "incompetent" lawyers - in a court appeal against his conviction over a bungled cocaine-smuggling plot.

Darling Downs remembers its role in crucial WW2 Pacific battle  

The Toowoomba region will commemorate its contribution to the Battle of Milne Bay, one of the most important clashes in the Pacific during World War Two.

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PM’s role as Mackay Cutters agree to play in PNG

The prime minister's offer of assistance has helped to end a Queensland Rugby League stand-off and ensure the Mackay Cutters will travel to Papua New Guinea to play.

Inquest to probe two Queensland watch house deaths

The families of two women who died in watch houses hope for answers about how and why their loved ones died in police custody.

Two charged over Brisbane body in concrete case

Police have charged two men with the murder of Andrew Christopher Walsh, whose body was found in concrete at a transport depot on Musgrave Road at Coopers Plains earlier this year.

Cairns tries tech to get kids playing outside

Parents know how hard it is to get their kids off their screens and in to the great outdoors. Cairns Regional Council says it’s trialling new technology that could change that.

Queensland Premier wants CFMEU protest apology

The behaviour of CFMEU protesters inside a state government building was disgraceful and affected workers are owed an apology, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Woman arrested over Darling Downs murder

A woman has been arrested by Queensland police over links to the alleged murder of a 25-year-old man west of Brisbane in March.

Oracle customers face wait on homes in Queensland

Queensland's building watchdog says it is working with hundreds of customers of collapsed builder Oracle Homes to ensure their partially built homes are completed.

Flying Doctor brings dental services to outback Queensland towns

We’ve all heard of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). Its aeromedical retrieval and primary health care has been an essential part of life in rural Queensland since for almost 100 years.

Father faces far north Queensland court over child’s murder

A five-year-old boy likely suffered abuse over a long period before he died from his injuries in a north Queensland hospital, police say.

Rare liver cancer treatment makes north Queensland debut

A Townsville grandfather has become the first Queenslander to get a rarely performed treatment for inoperable liver cancer outside of Brisbane.

Woman’s body found in southeast Queensland home

A man is being questioned about the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in a home southeast of Brisbane.

Unvaxxed Queensland teachers to have pay reduced

Queensland teachers facing a pay cut for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are dealing with "the consequences of that choice", federal Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says.

Money laundering central to Queensland Star probe

Star Entertainment's money laundering controls will be tested as a fresh probe examines whether people banned from other casinos were encouraged to travel to Queensland.

Police appeal for public help in Rockhampton murder probe

Police are appealing for public assistance with an investigation into the death of a woman in the Rockhampton suburb of Allenstown last weekend.

Man charged over death of boy in far north Queensland

Police have charged a man with the murder of five-year-old boy at Yarrabah in far north Queensland.

Pandemic hit women harder than men: Queensland study

Queensland research has exposed the gender reality of COVID - finding that Australian women have been hit harder by the pandemic than men. 

Queensland woman face barriers for abortions

Women seeking an abortion in Queensland are facing bills of up $17,000, lack of support from doctors and social stigma, three years after the procedure was decriminalised, a new study shows.

Queensland Star casino inquiry begins

Public hearings into Star Entertainment's suitability to hold a casino licence in Queensland are set to get under way.

Man charged over alleged Mackay machete attack

Police in north Queensland have arrested a man they allege attacked a passing mobile street sweeper with a machete early this morning.

Queensland reviews off plan property contracts

Queenslanders are being asked for their views about off-the-plan home contracts with the state government considering law reforms.

Off-season coral breeding may boost Great Barrier Reef

Australian researchers have successfully played cupid and coaxed corals into breeding out of season in a major development for reef science.

Queensland ex-teacher jailed again for sexual abuse

There is no evidence of Stephen Frederick Koster offending for more than two decades, but the 70-year-old former teacher is back behind bars for sexually abusing another boy.

Inquest told of son-in-law’s confession in Townsville veteran’s disappearance

he son-in-law of a missing World War II veteran confessed to killing the 73-year-old when he "bashed him unmercifully", an inquest has heard.

Queensland police domestic violence probe reopens

An inquiry into Queensland police and domestic violence has reopened after the state's top cop admitted the force had issues with sexism, misogyny and racism.

‘I dropped my sushi and legged it.’ Hooker Hanson’s dash to son’s birth

Rugby union star James Hanson ran hard and fast, not at some distant try line, but to the Brisbane hospital room where his wife was about to give birth,

Project to study Queensland turtles during lost years at sea

They set out from the east coast of Queensland, small and vulnerable, on sea journeys that last up to 16 years. Nobody knows for certain where Queensland loggerhead turtles go, but it’s thought they travel as far as South America before returning to breed in Australian waters.