Four Queensland mayors and one councillor are immediately suspended following the passing of reforms to local government legislation.
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Alan Jones denies 'arrogant' and 'vicious' attacks against Wagners over floods
During his defamation trial, the broadcaster maintains his belief that the Wagner quarry was responsible for the deaths of 12 people in the Grantham floods, but says he had no hydrological evidence to support his claims.
Police release images of second Gold Coast 'kidnapper'
Police believe the second man involved in the alleged kidnapping of a Gold Coast boy is hiding out in the Sydney area, and have urged the public not to approach him.
Queensland needs real-time prescription monitoring 'urgently', coroner says
A prescription monitoring system to prevent “doctor shopping” in Queensland is needed urgently within the next two years, rather than the state waiting for a national scheme to come online, an inquest into four opioid deaths finds.
Sexual assaults rise sharply on Gold Coast, women warned to 'stay in groups'
A sharp rise in the number of Gold Coast sexual assaults — half of them in so-called Safe Night Precincts — prompts a senior policeman to warn women to stay in groups while out at night.
'Extraordinary self-indulgence': Man gets 12 years' jail for driving into wife's funeral, killing mourner
Garry Paul Hudson is sentenced to 12 years jail and banned from driving for life after being convicted of manslaughter for killing a woman when he drove his car into a house full of mourners in Kowanyama in 2016.
Gagged farmers hope banking royal commission will expose misconduct
Australian farmers who have been foreclosed on then gagged by big banks hope the return of the royal commission this week will help expose misconduct in the rural banking sector.
First female genital mutilation criminal trial to start in Queensland
A couple accused of removing two young girls from Queensland and taking them to Africa to undergo female circumcision is the first to be prosecuted on female genital mutilation charges in Queensland.
Finishing Mission Massimo to find cure for leukodystrophy
When doctors couldn’t explain why Sally and Stephen Damiani’s son was quickly deteriorating, the couple took it upon themselves to crack their boy’s genetic code and diagnose his disease. Now their remarkable discovery is helping people around the world.
Handprints scanned to stop reef tourists being left behind
An electronic tracking system, which scans handprints to identify and monitor tourists, is being trialled on the Great Barrier Reef to stop divers and snorkellers being left behind.