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Early voting opens in Queensland for Fadden by-election

Pre-polling has opened in the Fadden by-election with the Liberal National Party seeking to defend the Gold Coast seat vacated by former minister Stuart Robert.

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Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Victoria, but you may not be able to access it

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in five Australian states with the sixth, New South Wales, following in November 2023. The territories are now permitted to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with the Australian Capital Territory intending to do so by the end of 2023.

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Horsburgh to debut, Brimson back as Maroons name squad

Canberra prop Corey Horsburgh and Gold Coast fullback AJ Brimson have been named in Queensland's 17 as the Maroons target a State of Origin clean sweep.

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Queensland to scale up affordable housing plans

Seventy-one projects are through to the next stage of assessment under the Queensland government's social and affordable housing commitment.

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Dr Raelene Nixon was told her son had died via Facebook – after Queensland police took hours to confirm his death in custody

Mother of Steven Nixon-McKellar says ‘he died in one of the most violent, atrocious ways that any 27-year-old could die’

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Wellcamp report finds failings on transparency, value

An audit report criticises the Queensland government's transparency on the cost and value of its Wellcamp quarantine facility but the premier remains defiant.

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'Bill has options': The Axe hails all-time Maroons pack

Maroons legend Trevor Gillmeister says coach Billy Slater has a smorgasbord of choice to replace injured Tom Flegler, with Corey Horsburgh at the front of list.

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July forecast to start off wet and cold across large parts of Australia

Unseasonable cloud band over north of the country predicted to hit parts of New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania

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'Systems failed' in rheumatic heart disease deaths

An inquest has found health systems failed three women from a remote Queensland community who had rheumatic heart disease and died within 18 months.

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Afternoon Update: shocking treatment of children in jail; France unrest escalates; and microscopic bag sells for $90,000

At least one child kept in solitary for more than 500 days in Queensland, prompting calls for end to solitary confinement for youths

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Brimson targets Maroons No.1 after Walsh suspension

Gold Coast fullback AJ Brimson says he wants to end his two-year Queensland absence as selector Darren Lockyer provides a clue on who will replace Reece Walsh.

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Institutional racism contributed to deaths of three Indigenous women, Queensland coroner finds

Deaths of the three Doomadgee residents were caused by complications due to rheumatic heart disease

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Southern states rely on Qld for winter gas supply

Queensland's excess gas supply will be sent to southern states this winter with the supply outlook for the next two winters described as "finely balanced".

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Downer wins $4.6b Queensland train contract

Downer will supply Queensland with 65 six-car passenger trains as the state invests in public transport in advance of the 2032 Brisbane Games.

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$300k per patient: Queensland auditor general questions decision to build $223m Wellcamp quarantine centre

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she doesn’t ‘have a crystal ball’, but report points to signs quarantine was about to ease

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Palmer lawyers accused of bid to 'derail' criminal case

Queensland businessman Clive Palmer faces years-old charges that he acted dishonestly when trying to buy out timeshare investors in his resort.

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Wellcamp fails on transparency, value for money: report

A report calls for more transparency after a probe of Queensland's Wellcamp quarantine facility, but the premier doesn't regret building the controversial site.

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Minister 'surprised' by premier revealing resignation

Queensland's health minister has named her department's new boss, admitting she was surprised when the premier announced the director-general had quit.

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Gas project loses tax claim over fly-in fly-out costs

A construction company for a Queensland gas project has argued for claiming more than $13 million in tax deductions for the cost of flying in workers.

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Why red fire ants and yellow crazy ants have given themselves a green light to invade Australia

Two of the worst ant pests on the planet are invading Australia. Red imported fire ants have been detected for the first time on the western side of the Great Dividing Range in Toowoomba, Queensland. Yellow crazy ants recently reached the Whitsundays.

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Terrifying moment 50 SHARKS tear humpback whale to shreds during ‘feeding frenzy’

GRAPHIC IMAGES AND FOOTAGE A horde of tiger sharks were seen ripping into the carcass of a humpback whale to shreds in a "feeding frenzy" off the coast of Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia in drone footage of the incident

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Hydrogen-powered trucks primed to roll out in Australia

The first prime-mover powered by hydrogen will hit Australian roads within months after PepsiCo revealed plans to trial the vehicle technology in Queensland.

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Queensland health boss resigns amid criticism of proposed whistleblower law change

Shaun Drummond had distanced himself from suggestions people who provide journalists with ‘inappropriate’ information should be penalised

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Qld health boss resigns after whistleblower controversy

A health department chief is resigning after controversy over a recommendation to prosecute staff who disclose "inappropriate" information to journalists.

Bangkok Post

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

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