Supercoach Wayne Bennett has revealed he was to be a star defence witness in the corruption trial of Queensland coal king Ken Talbot – declaring “it would have been hard to disbelieve me”.

More cases of patients waiting hours for ambulances or being stuck on the ramp at hospitals have been laid bare in confronting documents that expose the state’s under-pressure health system.

A QUEENSLAND regional council will debate whether the tradition of opening meetings with Christian prayer should be broadened to include Buddhist and Islamic worship and “inspirational” words of wisdom.

 A Queensland Botox clinic is trying to block an experienced nurse from working at her own rival clinic and using a special “trade secret” lip-filler technique after she allegedly defected and “poached” clients.