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The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Flood rescues as Australia's east gets soaked by storms

Emergency crews have rescued two people from a car and others from a home on the NSW south coast, with flooding in Queensland and Victoria.

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What are fire ants, and what will happen if these tiny killers take hold across Australia?

The invasive species has been found in NSW after crossing the border from Queensland, and can be deadly and damaging

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police spruik more inclusion and diversity – but new intake tells a different story

Exclusive: less than a quarter of recent recruits are women, with First Nations people and those from diverse backgrounds also underrepresented

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Queensland, NSW on storm watch as big wet heads east

Parts of southern Queensland and northern NSW could cop giant hail and destructive winds of more than 125km/h as South Australia's big wet heads east.

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Rain stalls Matt Renshaw's quest for Test selection

Test hopeful Matt Renshaw was 37 not out and Queensland 0-61 when rain stopped play against Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield in Brisbane.

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Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man

Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.

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States push back on cuts to infrastructure spending

Queensland is spending more on infrastructure than the federal government is "in the whole of Australia", the state's premier says.

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Bacterial outbreak at hospitals sparks safety warning

Contaminated saline products used at hospitals are being recalled after the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued an alert following a bacterial outbreak.

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Voluntary assisted dying is now available in all Australian states. How do the NSW laws compare?

From today, eligible people in New South Wales can ask for voluntary assisted dying.

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Double jeopardy bill tops Queensland parliament sitting

Bills that broaden the scope for double jeopardy and allow DNA samples to be retained longer form part of a busy final week of Queensland parliament.

AAP

Rain to hit NSW, Victoria and Queensland but unlikely to subdue bushfire season

Wet weather with thunderstorms, damaging winds and hail is forecast across eastern Australia

The Guardian - AU

Rat plague hits an Australian coastal town, and thousands more wash up on shore

Months after the local shire's council discussed what it dubbed a "Rat Plague," thousands of rats are creating havoc in a small town on the coast in Queensland.

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Search for answers on man missing from pig hunting trip

The family of a man who disappeared with a group who were pig hunting while travelling through Queensland to Darwin hope to get answers during an inquest.

AAP

Review underway at hospital after baby girl dies

Queensland's Health Minister says a clinical review is underway after parents raised questions about the death of their baby just hours after being born.

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Boat discovered in search for missing fisherman

Water police searching for a man who went missing while on a solo fishing trip have found his boat off the southeast Queensland coast.

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‘Urgent’ calls for biosecurity funding after fire ants cross Queensland border into NSW

Authorities working to chemically eradicate three nests after ‘one of world’s worst super pests’ found in South Murwillumbah

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‘I wanted to do something useful’: the teenager who drew edible maps for Australia’s wartime pilots

Rulers and rice paper became tools of war for a young cartographer whose work is mapped out in a new collection donated to Queensland State Library

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Invasive fire ants jump border from Queensland to NSW

Fire ant nests found in South Murwillumbah are believed to be the most southern spread of the pests so far as authorities scramble to stem the infestation.

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Prison escapee hands himself in to police

A man who absconded from a prison in north Queensland is back in custody after handing himself in to police.

The Guardian - AU

NSW police accused of ‘killing’ music festivals by charging excessive fees

Greens MP and Australian Festival Association say NSW force charging much more than other states to patrol equivalent events

Evening Standard

What is the rat plague spreading in Australia's Queensland?

'It's pretty bad here. The last week we've had them all over the beaches, some alive, some dead,' one resident says

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Investigations launched after man dies on snorkel trip

A 71-year-old man has died while on a Great Barrier Reef snorkelling trip in far north Queensland, prompting a number of investigations.

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Thousands of rats cause havoc in Queensland amid plague fears: ‘They’re eating everything’

For months, certain regions of the state have been grappling with infestation of rats

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Prisoner still on run after two escapees found

A prisoner is still on the run in north Queensland but police have been able to locate two escapees, days after they left a Townsville prison.

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Calls for reef protection after tourism industry boost

The Queensland government has been asked to do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef after a post-COVID comeback by the state's tourism industry.

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