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CUP WITH NO BEER
Queensland pubs and clubs won’t be able to trade unrestricted during the FIFA World Cup after the Crisafulli government refused to follow NSW’s lead and relax rules in what is being labelled an economic own goal. It means punters can’t have a beer at...
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WE ARE FOR OUEENSLAND
Trent Dalton and Sallyanne Atkinson are two of the thousands of Queenslanders who have told the state’s story as reporters at The Courier-Mail. Today, as we mark our 180th birthday with this special edition, the pair reminisce about their memories of...
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SEE YA AT SUNCORP
The Maroons have booked an Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium with a barnstorming 44-24 win over the New South Wales Blues in front of a record crowd at the MCG in Melbourne. Inspired by the new ‘Little General’ Sam Walker and a brilliant hat-trick of...
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CAPTAIN’S KNOCK
Maroons Origin skipper Cameron Munster has vowed to step up to the crease and keep the series alive for Queensland tonight in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the hallowed Melbourne Cricket Ground. “I know what’s on the line,” he said. “There are no...
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PEACE IN OUR TIME
Iran and the United States have reached an interim peace deal after almost four months of war that disrupted international energy markets and wreaked havoc on the global economy. Donald Trump made the announcement on his 80th birthday before joining...
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OUR GIANT KILLERS
They entered the tournament with their opponents writing off their chances, but the Socceroos have shown they will be a force to be reckoned with at this World Cup with a 2-0 upset victory over Turkey in Vancouver.
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IT WAS MY CHOICE, NOT HIS
Mum Kaitlyn Boyle, 25, will no longer be able to have children naturally after she claims she was sterilised without her consent by a doctor working at the embattled Gladstone Hospital. Ms Boyle (pictured) went to hospital for a routine caesarean but...
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CFMEU SPY EXPOSED
A senior public servant accused of being the government conduit for the CFMEU shared confidential information via secret texts to union officials while overseeing the state’s construction compliance, a tribunal has found.
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Arrow to the heart
South Sydney’s “Legacy Bell” symbolises the famous rugby league club’s resilience and connection to the community. It was fitting then that Jai Arrow had the honour of ringing the bell at Accor Stadium on Thursday night before kickoff in the...
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UNION MAN ON INSIDE
Palaszczuk government minister Mick de Brenni (pictured) pressured Queensland’s building regulator to take action against contractors targeted by the CFMEU, a former senior executive has alleged. Former Queensland Building and Construction Commission...
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PARIS ON THE RIVER
Two Olympians have emerged as the buyers of inner-city Brisbane’s Parmalat milk factory site – and they want to turn the riverfront location into a party precinct for the 2032 Games, with a Paris 2024-style athletes “walk of champions” and sporting...
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MILES OFF THE PACE
Queensland Labor is on the verge of being overtaken by One Nation after its primary vote plunged to a worse level than in the 2012 election wipe-out. Shock polling reveals Labor’s primary vote fell three points to 25 per cent, one point ahead of One...
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OUEEN PAULINE
Queensland is at the centre of Pauline Hanson’s extraordinary political rise. During a 72-hour road trip, The Sunday Mail was given unprecedented access as the 72-year-old met her “Orange Wave” supporters. From scoffing meat pies in Murgon to selfies...
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ATOTAL DISASTER
The federal government has quietly proposed changing how it funds states recovering from natural disasters in a move which would cut millions of dollars from affected Queenslanders.
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YACHT SO FAST!
An accused Queensland bikie who allegedly tried to flee the country on a yacht with the help of three people claims he was just trying to get to Darwin. Dylan Cvek, 32, allegedly tried to flee the country by sailing from Exmouth in Western Australia –...
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WE FAILED THE KIDS
The Department of Child Safety should be dismantled and rebuilt, according to a landmark report that revealed not a single child in state care had been adopted in the past seven years. The report also detailed instances of abuse and said the 13,000...
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BUSH MATTERS
The largest conversation between the bush and powerbrokers starts today, as News Corp Australia launches its 2026 Bush Summit campaign. Regional Australians can have their say on issues that matter most in a new poll, which will help frame debate at...
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Please Australia, find my boy Peter
The mother of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio has made a rare public plea to Australians to help find her son’s body and finally give them closure. In an exclusive sit-down interview with The CourierMail ahead of the 25-year anniversary of...
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Family hit again
The family of murdered teenager Angus Beaumont have lost everything in a devastating house fire six years after their son was brutally stabbed to death. Police and emergency services were called to the Clontarf house, which was doused in petrol and...
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ABSOLUTE INSULT
The families of murdered police constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold have slammed the failure of the state government and Queensland Police Union to buy the Wieambilla “house of horrors”, where their children were gunned down, and turn the site...
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Broncos are back in black
The federal government is seeking $2bn in damages from the multinational manufacturer of a forever chemical that contaminated more than two dozen defence sites. In the largest claim ever lodged by the Commonwealth, the government has accused Wall...
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MAN OF THE MATCH
He is waging the fight of his life, but Jai Arrow was Queensland’s main man in Origin I on Wednesday night. In an Origin opener cruelled by shocking refereeing, Queensland had named 19 warriors for battle but it was their 20th man, spiritual hero...
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NEW ERA, SAME SPIRIT
The King and Alfie laid the blueprint. Now, four decades later, another renegade five-eighth and a rookie halfback from Ipswich hold the keys to Origin glory. Skipper Cam Munster and debutant Sam Walker are primed to give the Blues terrifying...
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KILLER’S 18 YEARS ON RADAR
Bondi shooter Sajid Akram was the subject of two National Security Hotline tip-offs – in 2007 and 2014 – placing him on the radar of authorities almost two decades before the Bondi terror attack. A major investigation has found that the first tip-off...
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HAMMER TIME FOR MAROONS FANS
Hundreds of passionate Queensland fans turned Sunshine Coast Stadium into a sea of maroon on Sunday as the Maroons held their free open training session ahead of Game I of the 2026 State of Origin series. Supporters packed the Bokarina venue from...
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IT’S JUST SO SAD
In a heartfelt interview, super coach Wayne Bennett has revealed the tears he has shed for Queensland rugby league star Jai Arrow – opening up about his sudden decline after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease and the moment he knew something...
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You’ve got this, mate
“I think all rugby league followers, our thoughts are with Jai and his wonderful family at this difficult time.” “Jai Arrow gave everything for Queensland on the field, and he’ll have all of Queensland’s support off it. My thoughts are with Jai, his...
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WE’LL DO IT FOR JAI
Queensland coach Billy Slater is set to invite ex-Origin forward Jai Arrow into Camp Maroon following his devastating motor neurone disease diagnosis. The Maroons have vowed to use Arrow’s shock health battle as extra motivation when they face NSW in...
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JAI’S FIGHT FOR LIFE
Queensland NRL star Jai Arrow is ready for the fight of his life after receiving the shock diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND). The State of Origin star and former Broncos forward revealed the diagnosis in an emotional press conference...
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GAMES HOTEL ROOM CRISIS
Queensland will fall embarrassingly short of the hotel rooms needed to host all the visitors expected for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a new study that says one new hotel will need to be built every month over the next...
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NEXT GEN MAROONS
The Queensland Maroons left their footwear A-game at home as they entered Origin camp, opting for rain-ready Crocs and Nikeslides as they arrived at Brisbane’s W Hotel. The players will spend two nights at the city hotel before making their way to the...
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THE MAGIC FORMULA
Magic Round has injected $50m into the Queensland economy as the NRL prepares to roll out version 2.0. Brisbane Economic Development Agency chief executive Anthony Ryan said hospitality venues experienced a more than 70 per cent increase in business...
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YOU HAD NO RIGHT
Most Australians think Anthony Albanese broke a promise not to touch negative gearing and the capital gains tax concession, and that the changes in last week’s budget should have been put to voters at an election. According to a new poll commissioned...
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GUNNING FOR YOU
One Nation has warned it is coming for the Crisafulli government at the next election. Despite surging in popularity, Pauline Hanson’s party does not have a candidate in today’s crucial Stafford by-election but has said it will have a candidate in...
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REVEALED: NRL’S BIG PARTY EXPANDS ONE WEEK OF MAGIC
Magic Round will be transformed from next year into a week-long feast of football – with live sites and events right across Queensland. The arrival of the Perth Bears will see Magic Round expand to nine games, with a Thursday night showdown at Suncorp...
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MIGRANT WELFARE BAN
New migrants to Australia would be barred from accessing welfare handouts until they became citizens under a landmark opposition plan to fight back against runaway migration. Opposition Leader Angus Taylor is expected to make the groundbreaking policy...
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JIM’S GUIDE TO LYING
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given all Labor MPs a cheat sheet on how to explain why the government broke two massive election promises in last night’s federal budget. After weeks of speculation, Mr Chalmers confirmed that from July 2027, negative...
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HANDS OFF OUR FOOTY
Premier David Crisafulli has dared rugby league boss Peter V’landys to lock in the future of Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium by Sunday night. It comes amid fears the $41m marquee event could be stolen by domestic or international poachers. This...
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CLIMATE WAR ON ORANGE WAVE
Nationals leader Matt Canavan has vowed to double down on killing net zero to win back conservative voters in the regions after Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party won its first federal lower house seat in three decades in Saturday’s NSW Farrer...
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MILES OFF THE MARK
The Crisafulli government is on track to pull off a historic upset in the Labor stronghold of Stafford in next weekend’s by-election, a contest that could reshape Queensland politics. Exclusive exit polling of 300 Queenslanders, conducted by The...
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FOREVER MATILDA’S MUM
Bondi massacre victim Matilda’s heartbroken mum Valentyna Poltavchenko has revealed she returns to the beach regularly to “feel closer” to her daughter as she prepares for her first Mother’s Day without her.
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INTEGRITY HALL PASS
Premier David Crisafulli has again declared he was not obligated to make sure a secret yearlong affair between two of his ministers did not pose a conflict of interest when the LNP formed government. He failed to ask the Integrity Commissioner when in...
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Alexa’s SECOND LIFE
Australia knows Alexa Leary as the bright and bubbly swim star who won the nation’s hearts with two swimming gold medals at the Paris Paralympics. Her inspirational heroics came after doctors gave her little chance of surviving a high-speed, road...
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Oueens OF NEW YORK
Nicole Kidman and daughter Sunday Rose lead Aussie Met Gala contingent
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YOU CAN’T TRUST ME
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has bizarrely claimed commitments made to voters at elections can be broken at will by the government if the broken promise is made for the “right reasons”. And he said that breaking his own promise not to mess with property tax...
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OUR KIDS, OUR FUTURE
Top doctors warn Australia’s children are at a critical turning point, with a generation now facing worse health outcomes than their parents for the first time. They say only world-leading research can reverse the slide and return kids to good...
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Premier’s bold plan to build fuel refineries along Queensland coast OIL BE BACK
A chain of fuel storage and refinery hubs will be built along Queensland’s coastline, as Premier David Crisafulli frees up government-owned land to harden the state against global energy shocks in the wake of the Iran War. Six parcels of...
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REZA RAPE CHARGES
Former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s partner, Dr Reza Adib, faces potential life behind bars if convicted after being charged with raping a woman three decades younger at his luxury apartment. Dr Adib, 65, was charged with three counts of rape, two...
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COPS RAID DR REZA
The luxury home of Dr Reza Adib – the high-profile partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – has been declared a crime scene by police amid a bombshell investigation. The Queensland Police Service conducted searches at Dr Adib’s...
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WHERE STARS ARE BORN
Angela Jones has her sights on Group 1 glory after creating history last season when she became the first female to win the Brisbane senior jockeys premiership. Jones, who grew up riding ponies in outback Queensland, will be one of the stars to watch...
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WAR WAGED ON EMAIL
Jackie Trad’s henchmen pushed the builders of Cross River Rail to sign up to a controversial CFMEU pay deal in a letter sent from a personal email address, an inquiry has heard. CPB Contractors would ultimately sign up to the Best Practice Industry...
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MAGIC ROUND TRAIN WRECK
Rugby league fans have been told to expect rail chaos during Magic Round, with thousands of train workers set to go on rolling strikes from today. The renewed round of industrial action by seven unions comes after a tense meeting with Queensland Rail...
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BALLROOM TERROR
A defiant Donald Trump declared the White House correspondents’ dinner will be rescheduled so the alleged shooter “doesn’t win” after a suspected third assassination attempt in three years on the US President was foiled yesterday. Cole Tomas Allen, a...
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CAULDRON CRUSH
Magic Round could be thrown into chaos due to the state’s ongoing public transport crisis in a major blow for fans and the NRL. Frustrated Broncos bosses are in urgent talks with the government amid revelations more than 10,000 fans are turning up...
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‘THEY GAVE US THE LIFE WE HAVE’
The black pocket book is faded now, each page threatening to come unstuck as it is turned. The 1915 Collins Diamond Diary went to Gallipoli, and then France, where its owner shied from shells and cringed at the instant carnage that they rained from...
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I SURVIVED 20 HOURS LOST AT SEA
A diver lost at sea in shark-infested waters off North Stradbroke Island has revealed the three words that kept him sane during the terrifying 20-hour ordeal: “Don’t look down.” In an exclusive interview with The Courier-Mail dive instructor Daniel...
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ABSOLUTE DIS-GRACE
The Palaszczuk government’s industrial relations minister Grace Grace threatened to tear up a billion-dollar contract unless builders of the Toowoomba bypass did a deal with the CFMEU, an inquiry has heard. Senior executives from the Nexus consortium...
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LEANNE’S KILL CASE REOPENED
One of Queensland’s most high-profile murders will be reinvestigated by a coroner after 35 years, multiple appeals and an internal police review. The Acting State Coroner has ordered the case of 12-year-old Leanne Hollands’ murder in 1991 be reopened...
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LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE
Brisbane Broncos superstar Reece Walsh might be sidelined by injury, but another member of the family has stepped up to fly the flag. Daughter Leila is following in his footsteps, making her debut for the Coomera Cutters on the Gold Coast at the...
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I’LL FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Ben Roberts-Smith has slammed the Australian Federal Police’s decision to arrest him so publicly in front of his family as an unnecessary spectacle as he vowed to fight the war crime charges laid against him. Australia’s most decorated living soldier,...
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CON AIR MADNESS
Thomas Chamberlin Prisoners are being flown around the state in private planes, using up precious jet fuel in the midst of a global crisis because Queensland’s watch-houses are overcrowded.
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The record breaking race that I almost didn’t run
It was the history-making moment that very nearly didn’t happen. Queenslander Lachlan Kennedy was all set to become the first Aussie to run 100m in under 10 seconds on home soil last Friday at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney. Coach...
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HOPES UP IN FLAMES
A blazing inferno at one of Australia’s two fuel refineries will tip the country closer to direct government intervention, experts have warned. Australian production will take a severe hit from the devastating fire at Viva’s refinery in Geelong, which...
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CFMEU’S INSIDER TRADIE
A union-aligned spy working as a workplace health and safety beaurocrat intercepted and diverted calls to police about violence on Queensland work sites. Explosive evidence to the CFMEU Commision of Inquiry alleged safety boss Helen Burgess, who was in...
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Royally chuffed
Prince Harry and Meghan have kicked off their four-day trip Down Under by visiting sick kids at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met patients, parents and staff at the world-class healthcare facility on...
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“I’M COMING FOR YOU LACHIE ”
World record-holder Gout Gout has already moved on to his next mission. As his stunning exploits at the national championships on Sunday reverberated around the world, the Queensland teenager is locked into taking care of unfinished business. The...
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BETTER THAN BOLT
Queenslander Gout Gout has confirmed he is a global sprinting icon after running the fastest under-20 200m of all time – quicker than even Usain Bolt’s best time at that age. Gout’s extraordinary new Australian record of 19.67 seconds would have won a...
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JAIL FOR AI CREEPS
Predators and bullies who create deepfake nudes will face up to three years’ jail under tough new state government laws. In a Queensland first, it will become a criminal offence to produce AI-generated or digitally altered explicit images of a person...
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SAVING ALEXA
Australia knows Alexa Leary as the bubbly star who won our hearts with two Paralympic gold medals. What they don’t know is how the world almost lost her a second time. Her desperate family helped her rise from the ashes of a suicide attempt after the...
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TRAIN PAIN UNTIL GAMES
Commuters face years of extended track closures as an unapologetic state government prioritises completing major rail projects such as Cross River Rail on time. Already the Queensland Rail works calendar until the start of December shows about 66...
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FUEL FIGHT RAGES ON
US President Donald Trump’s deal to end hostilities in Iran and begin peace talks will do nothing to ease petrol prices here – with motorists told to expect more months of pain. Peace talks are expected within days after the US and Iran agreed to a...
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WAR HERO BEHIND BARS
Former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith could face a lifetime behind bars if he is convicted on five war crime murder charges laid after his sensational arrest at Sydney Airport yesterday. But behind the scenes, lawyers say...
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YOUNG GUN’S MOMENT
Michael Maguire says ex-Cowboys halfback Tom Duffy is ready for a Broncos baptism of fire against his old club, as skipper Adam Reynolds races the clock for Friday’s Queensland derby. Reynolds is refusing to rule himself out of the Suncorp Stadium...
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CULTURAL CRINGE
Secret documents have revealed the Crisafulli government dumped plans for a long-dreamt-of First Nations Cultural Centre at South Bank, against the advice of the $3m taxpayer-funded business case report.
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KING-HIT CAPITAL
The number of Queenslanders being assaulted is the highest it has been in more than a decade, with residents more likely to be attacked than those in other states. There were 215,900 assault victims in 2024-25, data shows.
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