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Premier Steven Miles says massive swing against ALP in two key byelections was ‘very bad’ for his governmentAnalysis: The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat track after its ‘Super Saturday’ lossesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland premier Steven Miles concedes massive swings against his government at the Ipswich West and Inala byelections...

Steven Miles’s government is fighting battles on multiple fronts – and shifting right or left will only create new problems elsewhereGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSeven months before Campbell Newman was tossed from office by angry Queensland voters, he called a press conference, flanked by members of his cabinet, and apologised.“I just want to say I am...

This blog is now closed.The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat track after its ‘Super Saturday’ lossesPaterson blasts government’s immigration detention policyShadow home affairs minister James Paterson is now asked about immigration detention, given the government has been briefing that the high court is unlikely to allow indefinite detention to continue.We have a risk now, that is that offenders,...

Girl, 13, taken to hospital with minor injuries after suspected shark attack at Bargara beach in BundabergGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenage girl has been taken to hospital after being injured in a suspected shark attack in Queensland’s north.Paramedics were called to Bargara beach in Bundaberg on Friday afternoon after reports of a shark attack.Sign up...

Concerns raised over election’s integrity as Redland city council campaign draws state’s largest number of complaintsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s electoral commission has warned candidates to behave amid a “highly acrimonious” Redland city council election campaign that has sparked the largest number of complaints across the state.An email...

Emergency services called to the shopping centre car park in Hope Island found a man with life-threatening injuriesA 25-year-old man has been taken into custody in relation to a fatal assault in a Gold Coast shopping centre car park.Emergency services were called to the car park along Santa Barbara Road in the suburb of Hope Island on Monday afternoon after reports a man had...

Donald Day Jr, linked to fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers, claims his right to guns for self-defence has been violatedA US man linked to the fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers has claimed that his right to own guns for self-defence has been violated by charges of alleged firearms possession while a convicted felon.Donald Day Jr, 58, was arrested in December...

Bus mounted a kerb and pinned the 18-year-old against wall near one of the city’s busiest intersections during peak hourGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities have pledged to find answers after an 18-year-old woman died when she was pinned between a bus and a building in Brisbane’s city centre on Friday evening.And authorities have said the bus...

Thirty-year-old arrested over death of three-month-old child in September 2011Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been charged with the murder of a baby girl more than 12 years ago in Queensland.The charge comes after police went to a home in Redland Bay, 35km south-east of Brisbane, on 2 September 2011 and found a three-month-old child...

Nurses and midwives will be allowed to dispense MS-2 Step as state grapples with ‘postcode lottery’ for women’s healthcareFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLaws allowing nurses to provide pregnancy termination medication have passed parliament despite strong opposition from Queensland’s Liberal National party.Nurses and midwives will be allowed to dispense...

Billionaire is fighting prosecutions by Asic involving his Leisure Coolum resort and his company MineralogyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBillionaire businessman Clive Palmer has appealed to the high court in a bid to halt criminal proceedings involving alleged fraud and dishonesty.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) filed complaints against Palmer and his Leisure Coolum resort in...

Nine says it can prove Synergy 360 and its CEO ‘engaged in corrupt conduct’ by former Liberal frontbencher in defence filed to NSW courtAlleged corrupt conduct between ex-federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert and Synergy 360 included a “gypsy’s warning” to encourage a contract between the consulting firm and a major IT company, Nine claims.The network is being sued for defamation in a NSW supreme...

Synergy 360 is seeking damages after claiming news articles were defamatory, while Nine says it will ‘vigorously defend’ the claimGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastConsulting firm Synergy 360 says it needs to be vindicated with significant damages over four news reports claiming secret advice from then-federal Liberal MP Stuart Robert benefited its clients.After a parliamentary inquiry, Robert...

Mourners gathered to farewell 70-year-old after she was fatally stabbed outside a Redbank Plains shopping centreVyleen White has been remembered as a woman with unconditional love and passion for her family, friends and anyone who crossed her path.More than 100 mourners gathered to celebrate the life of the 70-year-old who was fatally stabbed outside a shopping centre. Continue reading...

Revelation comes amid NSW asbestos crisis after contaminant found in mulch at more than 60 Sydney locationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA school is one of 25 entities in Queensland’s south-east that were supplied mulch that could be contaminated with friable asbestos.The state’s department of environment (DESI) confirmed the...

Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn the final frantic days before she was murdered, Kelly Wilkinson visited multiple police stations, warning she was in danger. Official police notes say she was “cop shopping”.On Wednesday, Wilkinson’s estranged husband,...

Fisherman, 47, facing dozens of charges, including assault and torture of young male and female deckhands offshoreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA fisherman has been charged with nearly two dozen further offences, including slavery and torture against deckhands on his boats.The 47-year-old had already been charged with 46 offences...

Cryptosporidium parasite causes 498 diarrhoea cases in NSW this year and 736 in Queensland in January alone Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHealth authorities are urging people with diarrhoea to avoid swimming pools as cryptosporidiosis infections surge across New South Wales and Queensland.The cryptosporidium parasite, which causes acute diarrhoea and can survive in chlorinated water for many...

Laws prohibiting sale of knives to minors will also be fast-tracked as government considers expanding police search powersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPossessing a knife in public will attract a maximum penalty of 18 months’ imprisonment for a first offence under changes announced by the Queensland government in the...

Police say victim did not know alleged attackers but there is no threat to wider community or indication it was gang-related Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwo men have faced court charged with torture, kidnapping and other offences while two others are wanted for questioning over an alleged violent attack on a woman in Brisbane.Detectives say the...

Queensland government approves Winchester South mine despite report warning of potential ‘climate change consequences’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has approved a mega coalmine project which environmentalists say poses “unacceptable threats” to Queenslanders’ human rights.The project now goes for federal approval, where it could become the biggest coalmine given the green light since the Albanese...

Vyleen White was stabbed to death in Redbank Plains car park in front of her six-year-old granddaughterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA family has rallied around a “very traumatised” girl after the six-year-old’s grandmother was fatally stabbed in front of her outside a Queensland shopping centre.A 16-year-old boy has...

Victim, 70, had been shopping with six-year-old before she was stabbed on Saturday night in Redbank Plains, police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have launched a homicide investigation after a 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in a shopping centre car park in Ipswich near Brisbane.Emergency services were...

Heatwave warnings as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues to dump heavy rain across parts of outback QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMuch of southern Queensland and eastern New South Wales will be gripped by heatwave conditions over the weekend as western Sydney and Melbourne brace for temperatures in the high 30s on Sunday.Ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily has continued to...