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Queensland medicinal cannabis users could soon gain greater certainty about their ability to get behind the wheel, with the state government confirming it will examine drug-driving laws as part of a broader review.

A senior official has told an inquiry of the ominous moment ex-CFMEU boss Michael Ravbar warned her that “you’ve chosen to take us on … anyone who does that, does not win”.

Mental health patients deem­ed an immediate risk of serious harm are being turned away from hospitals, with paramedics battling emergency department staff for them to be detained and admitted.

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council has stood down its general manager Melanie Anderson following her comments about assassinating Donald Trump.

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council has stood down its general manager Melanie Anderson following her comments about the assassination of Donald Trump.

The CFMEU Commission of Inquiry has expanded beyond Brisbane, launching hearings in Cairns to probe allegations of aggressive “hit squads”, worksite sabotage and a culture of extreme intimidation.

The tentacles of a workplace health and safety boss accused of doing the CFMEU’s bidding stretched all the way to Far North Queensland, with inspectors telling an inquiry they were abused, undermined and pressured to write notices for the militant union.

Sport Minister Tim Mander and Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm have revealed Premier David Crisafulli knew about their affair a year before they publicly disclosed it.

The state government has not given a national road safety dashboard a full report on Queensland’s most dangerous stretches despite years of promises to be transparent on crash risks.

Corruption investigator Geoffrey Watson has been grilled at the CFMEU Commission of Inquiry on his explosive 2025 report into the union.

Big-name builders who have clashed with the CFMEU are set to take centre stage at the commission of inquiry this week, detailing their run-ins with the militant union across some of Queensland’s biggest projects.

Two thirds of patients waiting for urgent neurosurgery and urology specialist appointments are waiting longer than medically recommended as Queensland’s outpatient waitlist continues to grow.

Queensland will reinstate the ability to register as an organ donor with a simple tick of the box during driver’s licence applications and renewals.

The state government’s flagship Adult Crime, Adult Time laws were enacted without serious legal consultation, according to some of Queensland’s most senior criminal law experts.

The former Labor state government was doing the bidding of the militant CFMEU at the expense of Queensland’s construction industry, an inquiry has heard.

‘Serious health risk’: Operator confirms maggots in meal served at $1bn Qld work site

Graduate nurses and midwives cannot find jobs in Queensland state hospitals, despite a projected 21,000 workforce shortage.

Go-slow Miles mocked after embarrassing parliament misstep

Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government had confidential internal legal advice warning its sweetheart deal with the militant CFMEU was legally fraught, would increase construction costs and risk billions in federal funding – but went ahead with it ­anyway.

Furious Premier, Labor go toe to toe over shocking child safety failure