Letters reveal work is pressing ahead on the $1bn Gabba redevelopment for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite the 50-50 funding deal with the federal government still up in the air.

Rapists and other sex ­offenders set free due to catastrophic failings at Queensland’s DNA lab could be brought to justice under ­proposed changes to double jeopardy laws, announced as part of major reforms to restore confidence in the state’s justice system.

A murderous family hid themselves in bushes and lay in wait for police to arrive at their rural home before opening fire with rifles from 40m away, in what is being investigated as a premeditated plot.

And Queenslanders “won’t cop” the Great Barrier Reef being singled out, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said as she expressed confidence the natural wonder will avoid getting slapped with an “in-danger” label by the United Nations.

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