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Queensland government accepts recommendations from the DNA lab inquiry, foreshadows changes to double jeopardy laws

A proposal to amend double jeopardy laws in Queensland will be brought forward following the fallout from the inquiry into the state's failed DNA testing lab with managers Cathie Allen and Justin Howes served with show cause notices.

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Star fined $100m and threatened with a 90-day suspension of its Queensland casino licence

The state government also appoints a special manager after ‘major failings’ by casino operator

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Star Qld hit with record $100m fine

The Queensland government has fined Star Entertainment a record $100 million and appointed a special manager to rehabilitate the casino operator.

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Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over Queensland casino breaches, given 12 months to 'get their house in order'

Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman announces the penalties two months after she found the gambling giant unsuitable to hold a casino licence in Queensland, following a major report.

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Report shows 69 children known to Queensland's child protection system died between 2021-2022

A report finds 69 children who were known to the child protection system died between 2021 and 2022, an increase from 53 children the year before.

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Deaths of Qld children in care reviewed

More than half the children who died in Queensland's child protection system in 2021/22 did not die from natural causes, a new report says.

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Gender fix for Qld birth certificates

New laws will make it easier for people to have their gender accurately shown on Queensland legal documents without undergoing sexual reassignment surgery.

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Stealthing to be treated as rape in Qld

Queensland's sexual violence laws will be overhauled to protect victims after a landmark review called for sweeping change.

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Qld acts on UN inspection constraints

The Queensland government has introduced new laws removing restrictions so UN inspectors can visit patients being held in mental health facilities in person.

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‘Sat quietly with my pain’: Chanel Contos and stealthing victim to address Parliament

Queensland MPs will hear from a victim of stealthing — the non-consensual removal of a condom during sex.

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Queensland to change laws to allow United Nations physical access to mental health in-patient wards

More than a month after the UN's torture prevention body was denied access to sites where people were detained, new laws will be introduced in Queensland to give inspectors greater access.

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Decades-long wait for trans birth certificate reforms nearly over for Queensland’s Emily Wells

Being unable to change her foundational identity document still affects her life, she says – and ‘there will be euphoria’ when the law changes so she can

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Stealthing to be criminalised as rape and affirmative consent adopted in Queensland's sexual violence law overhaul

Major changes to laws around stealthing, consent and coercive control are set to be introduced into Queensland Parliament and passed next year in a move advocates say has been needed for decades.

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Queensland Police Union rejects independent integrity unit proposal, Commissioner Katarina Carroll seeks public's 'faith'

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she is committed to reforming the service, but the police union does not support a key recommendation.

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Queensland police service apologises for ‘sickening’ racist comments in leaked audio recordings

Deputy commissioner Mark Wheeler says comments made at the Brisbane city watchhouse ‘have no place in society’

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Qld police, watchdogs probing Star casinos

Queensland police say there is still an active investigation into Star Entertainment involving the federal money laundering watchdog and the casino regulator.

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Queensland's Star casinos issued with show cause notices following Gotterson Review

The Star group has until November 25 to show cause as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against it, after the findings of last month's Gotterson Review.

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Office of the Public Trustee accused of overcharging vulnerable clients commissions own review proposing fee increase

Last year, Queensland's Public Trustee was accused of overcharging its vulnerable clients in a damning report. Now a review it commissioned says it needs to lift fees.

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Queensland government moves to legislate coercive control as a form of domestic violence

The bill would amend laws to include a ‘pattern of behaviour’ and update the definition of stalking

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Qld moves toward coercive control law

A bill introduced to Queensland parliament is the first step in system-wide domestic violence reform, the state attorney-general says.

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Qld casino law offers lifeline to Star

The Queensland government has proposed a legal change that could allow Star to rehabilitate itself in time to open its $3.6 billion Brisbane casino next year.

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Grace Tame, Hannah Clarke's family applaud Queensland bill to broaden domestic violence definition to include coercive control

Queensland's new bill proposed to broaden the definitions of domestic violence and stalking to include coercive control.

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Queensland minister apologies for slur

Queensland agriculture minister Mark Furner has "unreservedly apologised" for making a "dopey, stupid woman" comment in parliament.

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More funds for Qld sexual assault services

An extra million dollars will go to sexual assault services in response to a likely increase in demand due to Queensland's forensic lab inquiry.

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Star has been found unsuitable to run casinos in Queensland, but can it still run the Queen's Wharf project?

Star Entertainment is a 50 per cent backer of the casino, residential and entertainment precinct development in the heart of Brisbane, with a shadow now cast over the project.

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