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Future gas exploration in Lake Eyre could upset the 'greatest desert river system in the world' forever

The gas industry has been mining Australia's Lake Eyre Basin for decades, but possible future extraction techniques like fracking could devastate its fragile ecosystem.

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‘Unspeakable trauma’: police in Queensland and NSW failed to investigate alleged gang rape of 14-year-old girl, records show

Exclusive: A senior officer told Karen Iles they believed her statement, including names, photos, maps and diary excerpts, had been destroyed

The Guardian - AU

Police investigate fatal Qld shooting

The ethical standards command will investigate the fatal shooting of a man by police at Airlie Beach in north Queensland.

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‘Dark ages’: Brisbane lord mayor pushes for Queensland to adopt daylight savings

Adrian Schrinner promotes economic benefits in latest bid to change clocks, saying state is ‘letting good daylight hours go to waste’

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Widespread rainfall forecast for Australia

Much of Australia is in for a drenching this week, with heavy rain forecast from the far north through to Tasmania.

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Qld fracking risks leaving assets stranded

A new report from an anti-fracking group says projects in the Lake Eyre basin are unviable, as evidenced by one energy company recently abandoning its plans.

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Gas production costs in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will be 'staggering', report claims

A report commissioned by an environmental group claims gas extraction in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will cost millions, but proponents say the fossil fuel has an important role in Australia's transition to renewable energy.

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Fracking in Lake Eyre the ‘height of folly’, report suggests

Economic analysis suggests any proposal to allow fracking in Queensland basin would not be commercially viable

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Brisbane mayor calls for a daylight saving trial in Queensland 30 years after state's last referendum

The start of daylight saving for most states has again shown the north/south divide in Queensland, with the Townsville mayor saying it would not be worth it for northern regions.

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Canadian fossil hunters spend six months camping in outback Queensland each year, call it 'home'

Barb and Gary are a long way from their Nova Scotia roots, but over the past 14 years they have come to love the people and the country so much they now call it "home".

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How a gravestone clue about a flowering bush led to a family reunion in Almaden

With only a name and a puzzle about a grave marking "the spot near that white blossomed tree", Marion and Don Lawie's research connects a family to an outback Queensland town.

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Queensland strippers make disturbing allegations of wage theft, exploitation and sexual assault in clubs

Dancers at Brisbane strip clubs allege workplace failures, including wage theft, exploitative working conditions and sexual assaults as the state's law reform commission leaves strippers out of a review into sex work laws.

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Four state scandals that show what a federal anti-corruption commission could uncover

From Eddie Obeid to ‘Mr Ipswich’, state anti-corruption bodies have already shown how they can hold the powerful to account

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s renewable energy plan confirms the politics of coal have changed for good

Most now see opportunity instead of job losses – but Labor will have to match ambition with action if it’s to deliver on 80% renewables by 2035

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Science, justice and revelations from Queensland’s inquiry into forensic DNA testing

Advocates fear victims of crime are being left in the dark over alleged failures at a government lab

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Qld man killed after multiple police shots

Queensland police officers fatally shot a man who allegedly advanced on them while armed with a knife.

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Queensland Gemfields communities in limbo 10 months on from mining moratorium

The state government is yet to reveal its plan for small-scale mining, 10 months on from announcing a temporary ban. Queensland hand miners say their livelihoods and communities are at stake.

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Paralympians welcome Qld Premier's title change after 'Minister for the Olympics' snub

Paralympic athletes say they welcome an addition of Paralympics to the Queensland Premier's formal titles but still question why it was left off in the first place.

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Winds of ‘radical change’: Queensland breaks up with coal in stunning week in energy

Annastacia Palaszczuk promised to ditch coal by 2035, leaving experts ‘gobsmacked’ given the state’s deep association with the fossil fuel

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Fleets of Toyota utes set to go electric thanks to small Queensland startup

Toyota's lack of eagerness in the electric vehicle market has left room for an Australian startup to bridge the gap.

AAP

Meredith bags five as Bulls rolled in Cup

Paceman Riley Meredith has taken career-best domestic one-day figures of 5-26 to help Tasmania dismiss Queensland for 144 in their Marsh Cup clash in Brisbane.

ABC News

BOM says more rain on the way for east coast as the north-west cops a drenching

Rainfall records are tumbling in parts of the country while the east enjoys a period of relative calm, but forecasters say that will not last long.

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DNA retesting paused in Queensland after police fears process could exhaust evidence, inquiry hears

The inquiry heard Queensland police had concerns a blanket approach to concentrating the samples could make a profile unusable.

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Queensland government shelves controversial land tax changes as treasurer defends policy

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk denied the move was a backdown on her government's land tax policy.

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FBI expert critical of Qld forensic lab

An internationally renowned forensic expert has criticised Queensland's government-run forensic lab at an inquiry into DNA testing failures.

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