The Queensland Government has taken control of the proposed Boral Resources quarry at Reedy Creek on the Gold Coast, following significant community feedback and calls for greater oversight. More than 2,900 submissions were received regarding the project, prompting the Government to "call in" the application.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has joined forces with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) to launch Operation Sandstorm, a coordinated safety campaign across key coastal hotspots during the Easter school holidays. The operation will focus on high-traffic areas including Noosa North Shore, Teewah Beach and Double Island Point.
Households and small businesses in regional Queensland are set to benefit from notable electricity price reductions under the Crisafulli Government's Energy Roadmap, with new projections pointing to meaningful cost-of-living relief.
ROME (AP) – Pope Leo XIV washed the feet of 12 priests in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a tradition his predecessor had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians in ceremonies at prisons, juvenile detention halls and centers for asylum-seekers.
U.S. futures were trading modestly lower early Friday following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government. Equities markets are closed for Good Friday, but futures markets were trading into Friday morning, albeit quietly. Futures for S&P 500 dipped 0.3%, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2% and Nasdaq futures were down 0.4%.
The Queensland Government has fulfilled a key election pledge to return decision-making power in hospitals to local clinicians, appointing frontline health professionals to all 16 Hospital and Health Boards across the state. A total of 91 appointments have been confirmed, including 50 new members and 41 reappointments.
Construction has officially begun on a major new wildlife research and education facility at Currumbin, marking a significant step forward for conservation efforts in Queensland. The new Currumbin Wildlife Institute will be built alongside the renowned Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, creating a cutting-edge campus dedicated to wildlife care, research and public education.
The Queensland Government says it has fulfilled a major election promise after deploying more than 1,600 new police officers across the state in less than 18 months. The milestone was marked this week following the graduation of 61 recruits from the Queensland Police Academy in Oxley, bringing the total number of new frontline officers to 1,625.
BANGKOK (AP) – Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the country’s new president. The move marks a nominal return to an elected government but is widely considered as an effort to keep the army in power.
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