Children as young as 10 have been kept in adult maximum-security watch houses in Queensland and now we know one of the main reasons why.
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Jury takes 15 minutes to acquit teacher who had sex with student
A high school teacher who had sex with a 16-year-old student from a North Queensland school is found not guilty of procuring a young person for carnal knowledge.
Sport memorabilia, garden gnomes and a creepy doll: This Queensland council bought up big
A south-east Queensland council with more than 700 memorabilia items — the bulk of which is believed to have been bought with ratepayers’ money — is asking the community what should be done with the haul.
Queensland Environment Minister 'shed tears' over Adani approval process
A new video shows Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch telling a room full of people she has shed tears over the approval of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, while also saying current environmental legislation is flawed.
Cancer risk or harmless?: Study provides clarity over gene variants
People undergoing genetic testing will have more certainty about whether the variants in their genes risk causing cancer or are completely harmless, after a new international study.
International transport payment system coming to regional Queensland
It’s the system they have in London and Chicago, it’s being trialled in New York, and soon it will allow people in Cairns, Mackay and Townsville to also pay for trains and buses with their credit cards and mobile phones.
Billion-dollar Indigenous-led power station to revive struggling Queensland coal town
A proposed $2 billion Indigenous-led coal-fired power station in Collinsville in North Queensland — developed by Brisbane-based Indigenous company Shine Energy and headed by traditional Biri man Ashley Dodd — is set to revive one of the country’s oldest coal towns.
Boy kept 'completely naked' in Brisbane watch house for days
An Indigenous boy with an intellectual impairment was stripped naked inside Brisbane’s adult maximum-security police watch house after being deemed a suicide risk, documents reveal.
'Devastated': Environment Minister 'caught out' by Adani comment
The Queensland Environment Minister’s admission she is “devastated” following her own department’s approval of the Adani coal mine is proof of division in Labor ranks on the project, the Opposition says.
Record $20m payout for man who suffered severe brain injuries in car crash
Chrys Barker has been confined to a wheelchair and in need of 24-hour care since being critically injured in a car accident in 2014. He’s now been awarded what is believed to be the biggest single personal injury settlement in Queensland.