North Lakes dad Lee Lovell has re-lived the heartbreaking moment he knew he would “need to survive” for his kids after realising his wife – his daughters’ “best friend” – had been stabbed by home invaders. 

The Palaszczuk government is on track to make millions less than it had initially anticipated from a new drivers licence transfer fee that cashes in on interstate migrants. 

Queenslanders are set to farewell 2022 in style, with hundreds of thousands of revellers predicted to pack venues across the state as party numbers finally return to pre-Covid levels. 

After a relatively dry Queensland summer the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed La Nina will soon come to an end but the state has been warned of fresh tropcial cyclone danger due to warming sea temperatures. 

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