South-east Queensland
Queensland is the global skin cancer capital, but for how much longer?
Where you live in Brisbane could determine whether you are diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Hotel reviews
This luxe Queensland retreat is a haven for foodies
A soothing stay at this south-east Queensland rural retreat also attracts food-loving day-trippers keen to linger over a long lunch at Homage restaurant.
- by Katrina Lobley
Analysis
Government
The test results Seqwater tried to keep secret, and how they came out
Brisbane residents were asking the government-owned water authority for information on “forever chemicals” in order to protect themselves. Seqwater kept quiet.
- by William Davis
Queensland in grip of whooping cough outbreak as cases skyrocket
As post-COVID apathy sets in, hospitals have reported up to 28 times the average number of whooping cough cases in some parts of Brisbane.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
‘Be self-critical’: Greens urged to take hard look at disappointing election result
Despite being swept from power in Queensland, Labor has seized upon the state election results to claim the party can reclaim inner-city seats from the Greens.
- by Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
Updated
Fire
Fire crew expects to find babysitter’s body in home where girl died
An eight-year-old who loved shopping and socialising and whose family nicknamed her “Turtle” has died in an inferno east of Brisbane.
- by William Davis and Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Queensland votes
The state seats where votes may be worth more – or less
Major party campaigns are gearing up for key stops across Queensland’s 93 electorates before October 26. But some seats aren’t like the others.
- by Matt Dennien
‘I had to put my hand up’: Victims of crime advocate to run for LNP in Qld election
Russell Field, whose son was killed by a teenager in a stolen car, will take on a Labor MP who labelled youth crime a “media beat-up”.
- by Louise Harris
Queensland tops nation for pulling kids out of NAPLAN tests
Two in five of the state’s school students are failing to meet national literacy and maths standards, but new data reveals their classmates are increasingly being withdrawn from the tests altogether.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Updated
Weather
Risk of flash flooding as Brisbane braces for public holiday downpour
As thousands of people prepare to visit the Ekka on Wednesday, the weather bureau has warned of heavy rain on the way.
- by William Davis
Albanese reveals Labor candidate to contest Kevin Rudd’s old seat
As Labor assembles its “Greenslide” fightback, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has introduced a youth mental health chief executive to take on the Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather in the inner-city seat of Griffith.
- by Tony Moore
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