The Coalition will need the “focus and discipline” of “sports stars” to win the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said as he attempted to put the disastrous last week where MPs crossed the floor behind them.

Momentum towards planning Brisbane’s Olympics has stalled as Annastacia Palaszczuk delays the selection of her four appointments to the powerful Games’ organising committee.

A depraved and sadistic child killer and serial kidnapper – one of the few Queensland prisoners to be jailed indefinitely – has made a bid for freedom after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

And masks and controversial proof of vaccination mandates could be removed within weeks as Covid-19 case numbers continue to fall across Queensland.

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