An extra 82 new permanent child safety workers will be employed to lower caseloads in Queensland’s troubled Child Safety Department.
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Data drought: Rural Australians find alternative ways to get online despite Sky Muster rollout
Small telcos in regional Australia are finding a way around the data drought, by setting up fixed wireless networks that broadcast a signal to paying customers in town from high elevation points like grain silos, bucket elevators and buildings.
Queensland's cyclone outlook points to 'average' summer season, weather bureau predicts
Up to eight cyclones could form off the Queensland coast this summer, but only one or two are expected to cross the coast, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Consumers win as banana prices split across south-east Queensland
Across south-east Queensland consumers are scratching their heads trying to figure out why banana prices differ so greatly between suburbs.
Tiahleigh Palmer: Former foster mother, brother to plead guilty to perjury over 12yo schoolgirl's death
The former foster mother and brother of Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, whose body was found on a Gold Coast riverbank, intend to plead guilty when their matter returns to court next month, their lawyer says.
Gable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer
Part of a recording between Gable Tostee and the woman he is accused of murdering, detailing alleged moments of violence and expletive-ridden conversations before her fatal fall from his Gold Coast apartment balcony, is played to a court.
Man dies two days after one-punch attack in Brisbane
A man dies in hospital two days after a one-punch attack in South Brisbane, as police continue to hunt for the person responsible.
'Under-utilised' former university campus to become home to 3,500 Queenslanders: Jackie Trad
A housing development at the old QUT Carseldine campus on Brisbane’s northside will be a four-year joint venture between the Queensland Government and the private sector, Deputy Premier Jackie Trad announces.
Gable Tostee: Screaming, shouts of 'no' captured prior to Warriena Wright's balcony fall, court hears
An audio recording of a fight between Gable Tostee and the woman he is accused of murdering includes noises “consistent with her being choked or strangled in some way”, a Brisbane court is told in opening evidence.
Most Queensland councils will fail to maintain basic infrastructure, report reveals
A damning Queensland Audit Office report finds the majority of the state’s local governments will soon be unable to maintain roads, water, pipes and sewerage.