Close contacts and unvaccinated international travellers will no longer be required to quarantine in Queensland as the state eases one of the last Covid-19 restrictions. 

The Palaszczuk government’s Wellcamp facility has been effectively rendered useless with quarantine scrapped for unvaccinated travellers and close contacts. 

Distressing new data from Queensland Health has revealed children under four with mental health problems have turned up at the state’s emergency departments more than 2800 times in three years.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has confirmed he will run for a record fourth term in 2024, saying he still has the “fire in the belly” for the city’s top civic job. 

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An interim review into the culture and accountability of Queensland’s public service has raised concerns that biased staffers with no life experience are wielding their minister’s powers over a compliant public service who are working to protect and pacify the Palaszczuk Government.

Defence strategists say Australia's two-decade long focus on the “war on terror” and Afghanistan meant relationships within the Pacific were left by the wayside, ultimately leaving us “blindsided” by China’s security pact with the Solomon Islands,

Federal Labor is refusing to clarify it's  position on transgender players in sport after gold medallist Emma McKeon reignited the debate.

A new study has found one in three psychologists are being forced to turn new clients away, up from one in 100 before the pandemic.

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One of Queensland’s largest builders is demanding tens of thousands of extra dollars from clients to complete their homes amid the deepening financial crisis in the construction sector. 

Queensland will consider whether to scrap isolation requirements for close contacts of Covid patients as southern states move to ease the strict rules from today. 

The PM has declared Australia is the target of China’s coercion because of his government’s strong stance, as Scott Morrison rejected claims Beijing’s security deal with the Solomon Islands has damaged our standing in the Pacific.

A senior Labor frontbencher has admitted the Morrison Government has not called for the cashless welfare card to be expanded to pensioners, despite Opposition leader Anthony Albanese refusing to drop its claims. 

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Health experts fear the true number of Covid-19 infections could be “10 times” more than the official numbers show and have warned to expect further outbreaks as GPs are warning Queenslanders not to trust negative RAT tests.  

China has signed a security pact with Solomon Islands, despite Australia urging the Pacific nation not to forge ahead with closer defence ties.  

Unions would have the power to spend millions more than mayoral candidates in Brisbane’s council elections under proposed spending cap changes that have been slammed as an “assault on democracy”.  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Labor is “peddling lies seeking to scare pensioners” about going on a cashless welfare card, as another senior’s group condemned the false claims.  

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A young boy has died in an Easter tragedy after a ferocious blaze tore through his family home in Brisbane’s north, despite desperate attempts of firefighters to save him. 

It’s been revealed Air traffic controllers are regularly being forced to close airspace to aircraft because there is no one available to staff towers due to Covid infections and a high take-up of early retirement packages during the pandemic.  

Scott Morrison went for the jugular on day eight of the election campaign, shifting the focus to border security — the very issue that has dogged his rival. 

A key witness for Nine newspapers in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial has been recalled and quizzed over concerns he lied to the court. 

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FIRST-home buyers will be able to purchase more expensive properties with a five per cent deposit.

A HARD-of-hearing Anthony Albanese has again been forced to clarify Labor’s boats policy after he accidentally reversed the party’s stance on temporary protection visas.

ANTHONY Albanese arrived to a rockstar’s welcome at Bluesfest on Easter Sunday, making good on his vow to “shake off” a rough first week of election campaigning.

CHRILDREN are facing a “generation-defining disruption” from the Covid pandemic even though its health effects on young people are generally not serious, a major new study has found. 

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Labor's “fully costed” plan to trial 50 urgent care clinics across Australia with $135 million to top up running costs only covers the equivalent of one extra GP per centre.

One of Australia’s richest men has called for an inquiry into how charities use donated money after his $1 million was not spent how he intended. 

The Courier-Mail can reveal that during 2021, there were 1.002 million infringement notices issued to speeding drivers – up 8.6 per cent from the 922,837 that were dished out in 2020. 

Some of the state’s wealthiest private schools including Cannon Hill Anglican College, Brisbane Grammar and St Margaret’s are set to receive more than $650m in “over funded” Federal Government cash over the next six years, new analysis has claimed. 

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