When the former Labor government introduced pill testing services last year, the Department of Health also engaged the University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research to conduct ...

The Queensland government has rubbished claims that its scrutiny of major renewables projects is holding back Australia’s energy transition after it approved two giant wind farm projects it had ...

The latest figures from ­December last year revealed there were 12,497 children in ­government-funded care in Queensland – including 4173 in foster care, 6112 in kinship care, and 2212 in ...

The state government has set the record straight on its plans for coal royalties after a comment by Resource Minister Dale Last hinted at changes. Find out whether they’ll be slashed. Addressing ...

The impact of Queensland’s move to extend coal-fired power on the Albanese government’s emissions targets was not immediately known. But the announcement will likely be welcomed by the ...

The Queensland Government has confirmed Molly the Magpie can stay with its owners for good after a court action threatened to tear them apart. The magpie has been living with Gold Coast couple ...

Action thriller Bear Country, starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, will begin filming in the Australian state of Queensland in February, local government film agency Screen Queensland has announced.

The Queensland government has confirmed a pause has been put in place on the use of hormone therapy for patients under 18 in the state after allegations surfaced a Cairns centre had provided ...

Children with gender dysphoria will be denied puberty blockers as a state government reviews hormone therapies for minors. The Queensland government launched the investigation after reports that ...

However, Mr Powell, a member of the Liberal National Party, has dismissed the idea of a visitor cap, stating that the Queensland government has “no intention” of implementing such restrictions.

A day after NSW struggled through a potential grid crisis caused largely by the absence of one third of its ageing coal generation fleet, the new Queensland LNP government has announced that it ...

Since Adani shipped its first coal in June 2021, it has paid more than $148m in royalties direct to the Queensland government. The deferral has not occurred. The Australian understands Queensland ...