The state government has closed a loophole that could have allowed Queensland motorists to escape without a fine if they were caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel.

The alarming extent that the state government has fallen behind in its election pledge to boost police numbers by 1450 officers by 2025 has been revealed through leaked internal staffing data.

A Queensland boy may die after a bone marrow donation was left on the tarmac in the US instead of being loaded on a flight to Brisbane.

And in sport, Brisbane hierarchy have rubber-stamped a two-year extension for Kevin Walters in a $1 million coup for the Broncos coach in his quest to break the club’s 17-year premiership drought.

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