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Queensland renters living 'on knife's edge' after landlords issue new notices to leave in bid to stop 'lifelong' tenants

Brisbane woman Lyell Lamborn says she's living on a "knife's edge" after being handed a major rent increase and a notice to leave her worker's cottage following a new recommendation from Queensland's peak real estate body.

ABC News

Advocates criticise decision not to ask Queensland police boss to face domestic violence inquiry

Experts baffled by absence of commissioner, police minister and police union head among dozens of witnesses called

The Guardian - AU

CCC report on ex-Trustee not to go public

Allegations made against a former Queensland Public Trustee will not go public after the release of a state corruption watchdog report was blocked.

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'I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them': the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence

People who flee domestic violence desperately need safe, affordable and secure housing. Our study of people on housing waiting lists in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland found private rental housing isn’t an option when leaving domestic violence.

The Conversation

North Queensland mass shooting: man charged with murder over three deaths near Bogie

Deceased victims of the shooting have been identified as Mervyn and Maree Schwarz, and Graham Tighe

The Guardian - AU

No shift on new fossil fuel projects: PM

New fossil fuel projects will be assessed case by case and nothing should be read into the planned rejection of a Queensland coal mine, the prime minister says.

AAP

Lions coach would be keen on Franklin

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan believes it would be "remiss" of the Lions not to talk to Lance Franklin if the forward is seeking a Queensland move.

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Repacholi debriefs on Origin win under "lippy" Captain Conroy

"There were a few tremoring Queenslanders when they saw the size of the NSW team."

Newcastle Herald

Man held over rural Qld shooting deaths

A 59-year-old man is being held in custody over the shooting deaths of three people from the same family on a cattle property in rural Queensland.

AAP

Man charged with murder of neighbours on Bogie cattle property in north Queensland

Police have charged a 59-year-old man with the murders of three people and the attempted murder of a fourth on a rural cattle property at Bogie in north Queensland.

ABC News

Friday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

The Conversation

Southern Queensland weather forecast for another wet spring

Queensland farmers are getting ready for more rain over spring after the declaration of a key weather event.

ABC News

Queensland real estate body tells landlords how to skirt new no-grounds eviction laws

Renters express shock as property managers told to provide tenants with notice to leave at same time as new leases

The Guardian - AU

Man killed in two-vehicle crash near Northern Territory and Queensland border

Investigators have declared the scene of the crash, in a remote corner of the territory, a crime scene.

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The Guardian - AU

Hospitalised Torres Strait victims denied domestic violence protection, police report finds

The internal Queensland police intelligence report found officer responses had heightened the risk of fatal consequences

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Tanya Plibersek proposes blocking Clive Palmer's Queensland coal mine on environmental grounds

Tanya Plibersek proposes rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland Coal Project on the grounds it is likely to damage the Great Barrier Reef. It is the first time in Australian history a federal environment minister has set the wheels in motion to reject a coal mine.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek says she will block Clive Palmer’s proposed coalmine near Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s environment minister says billionaire Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal proposal would likely have ‘unacceptable impacts’ on reef

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Queensland child commission, advocates call for use of spit hoods on minors to be banned

Queensland's Family and Child Commission says it's time to stamp out the practice, after the revelation that a hood was used on a child as recently as seven months ago.

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'Void' of NDIS services in outback Qld

NDIS participants in very remote parts of Queensland have access to just 57 per cent of services included in their plans, a budget estimates hearing was told.

Daily Mirror

Three dead in shooting and suspect on the run as 'public safety emergency' declared

Three people have died and a public safety emergency has been declared following a shooting the rural locality of Bogie in Queensland, Australia and the gunman remains at large

ABC News

Rental stress hits families in Toowoomba with $15 standing between home and homelessness

Just $15 a week is all that stands between a secure home and homelessness for one family in a southern Queensland regional city.

The Conversation

'I am Country, and Country is me!' Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children

The authors are cultural men who have undertaken learning on and through Country with Elders in NSW, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. This piece is the product of their own experience and understanding and is not intended to represent the views of all Indigenous people.

The Guardian - AU

Heavy rain to hit NSW ski fields as fog blankets south-east Queensland

Severe weather warnings issued for Snowy Mountains as powerful cold front sweeps across parts of New South Wales and Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Police confirm three dead near Collinsville and man in critical condition

Officers say they are still searching the Bogie area and don’t know who was responsible for the shooting

AAP

Reports multiple victims in Qld shooting

Queensland police are responding to the incident in Bogie, northwest of Mackay.

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