CHO’s personal touch in move to fight hospital Covid infections
The chief health officer will visit every state hospital to assess Covid-19 safety protocols following pressure from doctors who claim patients are dying due to ward transmission.
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‘Sickening, vile and degrading’: Leader of attack on woman involving bestiality and rape jailed
A Warwick man who orchestrated an ‘atrocious’ attack on an innocent young woman and gave instructions over the phone to his co-offenders to commit acts of torture, rape and bestiality against her, has faced court.
‘Serious concerns’: Big problem with Great Barrier Reef
A new government strategy to protect and restore the wetland areas of the Reef will drop today – highlighting slow progress in one area in particular.
Smashed: DUI mum’s prang at school pick-up
A southeast Queensland court has heard how a mum put children’s lives at risk when she crashed her car outside a school, during school pick-up hours — while five times the limit.
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Ipswich sale and auction results, week ending March 12
Of the 32 properties on the market in Ipswich last week, all have sold. See the latest auction and sales results.
Listed: Qld builder collapses and the brutal impact on jobs
Thousands of Queenslanders have had their home ownership dreams thrown into chaos – and there could be more pain on the way. LIST OF BUILDER COLLAPSES
‘Back home’: Well-known educator takes top title at prestigious private school
A well-loved educator who has spent time at some of Brisbane’s leading private schools has revealed the exciting thing that brought her back “home” from the other side of the country.
Royals, rock stars and saving lives: Inside the world of Qld’s flying farmers
Some have used them to fly in movie stars and royals, others to save lives. But for our Queensland farmers and cattle barons, the ‘Toyotas of the Sky’ are the only way to navigate huge properties which are close to nothing.
GPS First XI cricket premiership cliff hanger; Players of the Week
GPS First XI cricket: Stunning thriller sets up a three way shoot off after BBC and Toowoomba Grammar closed the gap on leaders The Southport School.
Residents defy orders to leave as great deluge knocks out power, sewerage
Some residents of Burketown in Queensland’s Gulf Country have opted not to leave as instructed, as the town’s sewerage was compromised and power cut by rising floodwaters.
Alleged attempted unborn baby killer committed to trial
The Ipswich man accused of trying to kill his pregnant partner’s unborn baby after she refused to get an abortion will be taking the case to trial.
Exposed: What happened to Qld’s convicted sex pests
A rise in sex offences to almost 9500 cases in Queensland has overstretched police with some of the state’s well-known sex offenders now living in the community. We have mapped their cases. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
‘It’s a weapon’: Council complaints system used as judge and jury
Claims that local councils could become ‘kangaroo courts’ by allowing councillors to rule on inappropriate conduct complaints will be addressed in state parliament next week.
‘Big challenge’: Queensland hit by menacing cocktail of illnesses
Medical experts say numerous illnesses are on the rise across Queensland this year, as they confirm people will be more likely to catch them due to Covid-19 protocols.
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