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Queensland lifts vax, check-in mandates

Unvaccinated Queenslanders can return to many venues after changes to mandates officially came into effect.

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Qld lures tradies for flood recovery

Queensland has launched a campaign to encourage interstate tradies to relocate and help with the southeast flood clean-up.

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Qld health under pressure amid COVID wave

Queensland's acting premier Steve Miles says the state has one of the world's best health systems but admits it is under pressure amid COVID-19.

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Queensland advances green hydrogen and ammonia project to be powered by renewables

Deputy premier says Gladstone, the proposed location of the project, is on the way to becoming a ‘clean energy powerhouse’

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Albanese mistake sparks state leader quiz

Two state Labor leaders have done what Anthony Albanese could not, correctly reciting their local unemployment numbers while going into bat for the PM hopeful.

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Queensland government has spent $27m on COVID-19 hotel quarantine despite program ending

The government reveals it has paid $26.9 million on hotel quarantine fees in the past seven-and-a-half weeks, despite announcing an end to hotel quarantine six weeks ago.

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Qld quarantine hotels cost $500,000 a day

Contractual obligations and regional provision have pushed Queensland to a $27 million spend on hotel quarantine since opening its Wellcamp facility in February

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BOM says worst of storms over in Queensland, as body of man missing at North Branch is found

The Bureau of Meteorology says the heavy downpours have passed for south-east Queensland, but river rises throughout the region could still cause flooding on Tuesday evening.

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Federal government yet to approve additional funding package for flooded Queenslanders

A month on from Queensland's devastating flood disaster, thousands of families are attempting to rebuild as federal government funding for a joint support package remains up in the air.

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Parts of Coronation Drive to close for cycling lanes as Drift restaurant remains stuck on bikeway

Parts of Coronation Drive will be temporarily closed to vehicles and converted into a bike lane due to the former floating restaurant Drift still blocking the Bicentennial Bikeway.

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Home buybacks part of Qld floods package

A $771 million flood relief package will allow affected Queenslanders to retrofit, elevate or sell back their homes pending support from the Commonwealth.

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Queensland government proposes third wave of funding for flood victims worth three-quarters of a billion dollars

Deputy Premier Steven Miles says the Queensland government has requested sign-off from the federal government on a $771-million flood relief package.

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Qld calls for federal flood-alert upgrade

The Queensland government has called on its federal counterpart to help upgrade the state's warning network after recent flooding inundated the southeast.

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State archivist's report into Mark Bailey's 'Mangocube' email saga reveals union boss 'appeared' to have knowledge of cabinet vote

A confidential report about a Palaszczuk government minister's deletion of a private email account raised concerns at the time an electrical trades union boss "appeared" to have knowledge of an upcoming cabinet vote and suggested how the MP vote.

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South-east Queensland flood disaster leaves hundreds needing emergency accommodation, recovery coordinator appointed

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said more than 15,000 property damage assessments had now been conducted across south-east Queensland and 1,778 had "severe" damage.

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Queensland's Wellcamp facility opens as COVID-19 hotel quarantine program ends

Queensland's Wellcamp quarantine facility is officially opened outside of Toowoomba as the state closes its COVID-19 hotel quarantine program and prepares for more international arrivals.

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Qld govt release 2017 email scandal report

The Queensland government has finally released a report on a 2017 email scandal, prompting accusations of "whitewashing" by the opposition.

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Qld govt resists calls for integrity probe

Queensland's deputy premier has rejected calls for a probe into government integrity, saying the crime watchdog provides enough oversight.

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Queensland records another nine COVID-19 deaths, mostly in aged care, with lack of boosters to blame, says CHO

The state currently has 726 COVID-19 patients in hospital and 47 in ICU, but concerns about slow booster uptake continue.

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Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’ – as it happened

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Qld aged deaths show boosters lag: Miles

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles says the state's COVID-19 death figures are showing that not enough aged care residents have had a booster vaccine.

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Deputy spurns Qld integrity 'pointscoring'

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles has rejected reports of integrity concerns from his state government colleagues, saying a "lot of mud is being slung".

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First guests set for Qld quarantine centre

Queensland's regional Wellcamp quarantine facility will welcome its first guests on Saturday.

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Qld DP slams PM over aged care handling

The federal government's handling of aged care sector COVID-19 outbreaks is a "national disgrace", Queensland's Deputy Premier Steven Miles says.

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Queensland records 13 more COVID-19 deaths and 6,857 new cases

Thirteen more people die with COVID-19 across Queensland and 6,857 new infections are confirmed in the latest reporting period.

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