Queensland authorities are considering a hard border closure border to New South Wales.

Police will allege a senior Mongols bikie orchestrated the execution-style murder of Finks enforcer Shane Bowden.

Staff are being poached by desperate competitors who are struggling to fill jobs amid a chronic skills shortage across Queensland that is driving up wages. 

Radio and television funnyman Jonathan Coleman lost his four-year battle with prostate cancer on Friday night. 

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