Gladstone Hospital maternity bypass sees women flock to hospitals as far away as Brisbane and Logan to have their babies. A raunchy police trivia night at a station in country QLD is under internal investigation. Federal government plans to extend the deadline of its HomeBuilder scheme. Police are preparing to roll out metal detectors in party precincts and train stations to combat knife crime.

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