Queensland articles
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Queensland Labor’s lurch to the right on youth justice shows a government that’s lost principles and perspective
Premier Steven Miles’ erasure of the human rights principle of ‘detention as a last resort’ for children defies logicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLate on Tuesday night, the Queensland government called youth organisations and other social service providers to parliament house for a confidential briefing about changes to the Youth Justice Act.Four senior ministers – including the premier, Steven...
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Queensland police say man stole three cars and pointed a loaded rifle at officers before he was fatally shot
The 36-year-old Cairns man was shot dead by police while stopped on the Bruce Highway near Colosseum on Monday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police believe a man they shot and killed in a standoff outside Gladstone yesterday had stolen three vehicles before pointing a stolen loaded rifle at officers.Det Insp Darrin Shadlow told media on Tuesday a police patrol came across the...
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‘It’s going to be messy’: advocates balance climate action and conservation amid Queensland’s green energy boom
‘Some negative projects will get up, but we have to keep our eyes on the broader goals’, says WWF AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA map of operating windfarms in Queensland does not take too long to survey – of the 100 or so across Australia, only six of them are in the sunshine state.But this is about to change in a very big way. According to state government data, there are 46 separate...