Coalition back, but drama lurks in the shadows
By Michelle Grattan
Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow
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UNESCO rates Great Barrier Reef health as ‘very poor’
The Great Barrier Reef is on track to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage “in danger” list as early as next year.
A draft report, which will be considered at a
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Finance industry urged to act as risks increase
Financial services businesses need to improve cross-departmental communications to avoid digital disruption and ensure compliance with a new regulatory standard which
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Nine new gas fields to explore in Queensland
Nine new gas exploration areas have been opened up in western Queensland.
State Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dale Last said areas across the Cooper/Eromanga and
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New panel to guide DFV reform in Queensland
Experts in the field of domestic and family violence will sit a new advisory panel tasked with guiding reform in Queensland.
The new five-member independent Domestic and
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Double trouble for Story Bridge traffic Friday and Sunday
UPDATE: On Thursday (May 29) a Brisbane magistrate ruled the protest could not proceed, supporting a submission by the Queensland Police Service that the event could
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PFAS detected in 85 percent of Aussie population
More than 85 percent of all Australians have at least three types of PFAS in their system, with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releasing statistics for the first
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$40,000 incentive for trainee Queensland GPs
General Practice doctors who begin their training in Queensland this year will be given $40,000.
State Health Minister Tim Nicholls said $24 million would be invested
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Gold Coast economy nears $50 billion milestone
The Gold Coast economy has grown to just under $50 billion, cementing the South-East Queensland destination as Australia’s largest regional economy.
Mayor Tom Tate
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Modern warfare on show in US ‘experimental event’
Australian soldiers were given a glimpse of the battlefield of the future, joining an exercise in the United States, where drones and uncrewed vehicles
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