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$4b Borumba blowout revealed amid credit concerns

The cost of the Borumba Pumped Hydro project has blown out by $4 billion, taking the total cost to more than $18 billion, a new report from Queensland Hydro has showed. It comes as project cost blowouts and extra government spending threatens to put too much pressure on the state's More

State bracing for another week of torrential rain

Queensland is staring down another week of storms, with parts of the state's More

Fire ant treatment opponents face police action

Recalcitrant property owners who refuse to comply with mandatory treatment for fire ants More

Town’s only cop to swap Outback for Coast

On the edge of the Simpson Desert sits a small police station, aptly More

Landowners lock the gate on mandatory fire ant baiting

Workers trying to eradicate invasive fire ants are being harassed and intimidated as More

Girl, 4, bitten on chest by dingo on K’gari

Rangers on K’gari are monitoring a male dingo responsible for biting a four-year-old More

Buying a home now ‘beyond hope’ for essential workers

Frontline workers are being priced out of the housing market as the cost More

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Million-dollar bust interrupts state’s coastal drug supply

Police say they have disrupted a major drug distribution operation along the Queensland More

Jane Stephens: barbaric nets no longer relevant

Winter has just made its resplendent entrance and we have already had the More

Residents waiting years on claims after 2022 floods

Two years on, some Queenslanders devastated by floods are still waiting on their More

Tenders open to operate whale-watching tours

A rare opportunity to operate a whale-watching business in a renowned marine park More

Researcher sounds alarm over growing ‘dead zone’ in bay

In the vast, shallow bay that sits off southeast Queensland, a dead zone More

Reforms introduced for manufactured home parks

Reforms to rules around living in manufactured homes in residential parks will make More

Five teens facing stolen vehicle charges

Police have charged five people in relation to multiple property-related offences, including an More

Govt getting on with Games: no intention to cancel

The head of Brisbane 2032 says Queensland is getting on with Olympic preparations More

Tourist bitten by dingo at K’gari creek crossing

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is attempting to identify a dingo (wongari) More