TV STAR Karl Stefanovic has been embroiled in a police investigation after a waiter at a charity gala claimed he was touched and complained to police.

QUEENSLANDERS will be able to lease their granny flats on the rental market to create thousands of new housing options after the Palaszczuk government adopts an urgent amendment to planning laws.

THE mother of murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn said the decision not to undertake detailed testing of thousands of low-level DNA samples was an act of “deliberate cruelty” and the consequences for victims of crime and their families should have been known.

BRISBANE Lions coach Chris Fagan has “categorically” denied allegations that he was involved in mistreatment of First Nations players at Hawthorn and says he is “distressed” by the accusations.

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