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Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18s

Breaking: Queensland’s controversial ban on puberty blockers for transgender patients has been overturned by the supreme court.

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Evicted and dying of cancer Tammie spent her final months desperately house hunting in Brisbane ‘I’m suffering from as much rage as I am grief, because for so long I had managed to keep her in her own home,’ her mother says

New from me: the real dark side of Brisbane's housing market
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Jessica has 77 half-brothers and sisters through the same sperm donor. She wonders how many more there could be Queensland woman says its time for clinic to destroy 30-year-old samples as state and federal health ministers meet to push for reform

Latest from me: Queensland woman says its time for clinic to destroy 30-year-old samples as state and federal health ministers meet to push for reform

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Bruce Springsteen to release fabled electric version of 1982 album Nebraska Studio versions of the stark, home-recorded album have never been issued, but will appear alongside new Springsteen biopic

First a Broncs win, now this? Must be my birthday

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Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs Based on the real-life crimes of Neddy Smith, the 1995 two-parter was a ‘love story’ between a corrupt cop and a notorious crook. Everyone knew it would be huge

They should make a Blue Murder: Fitzgerald Inquiry!
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A missing cat and motel homes: inside Queensland’s crackdown on those in need of housing help Critics say the state’s harsher policies, intended to prioritise those in ‘genuine need’, won’t reduce homelessness

New from me: A missing cat and motel homes: inside Queensland’s crackdown on those in need of housing help

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Overheard at the Brisbane rally: "I stand with Desi"! #auspol

From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

He was wearing the aviators today! I rate an aviator, it's a good look

Bob Katter threatens to punch Nine journalist over ‘Lebanese heritage’ comment Queensland MP says he ‘punches blokes in the mouth’ for comments on his heritage as he backs anti-immigration March for Australia protests at Brisbane press conference

New from me: Queensland MP says he ‘punches blokes in the mouth’ for comments on his heritage as he backs anti-immigration March for Australia protests at Brisbane press conference

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Pedestrian deaths up by almost 50 per cent over four-year period Australia's peak motoring body is calling for more transparency around the cause of fatalities involving pedestrians.

Sound the Harold Scruby klaxon! He blames e-scooters for an increase in the number of pedestrians killed by cars

Slightly odd to quote Chamberlain to remember the END of the war

Australia rightly ignored the false allegation of terrorism against AJ journalist Peter Greste ten years ago. There might actually be less evidence against Ana's al-Sharif

You'd need 10 more to avoid a wonky flag

City of Nedlands referred to Corruption and Crime Commission The referral is for a separate matter aside from recent controversies including the council refusing to give up land for a children's hospice and four councillors resigning in a day.

Drawing the attention of
@nogodsnomayors
to this quote by a mayor of a tiny Perth council: "No one on this planet is against dying children, no one hates dying children, everyone loves dying children".

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Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ Boyce tells Climate and Energy Realists Queensland that opposition to renewables is growing and fellow MPs should adopt a ‘do nothing strategy’

Great get by my colleague @bensmee.bsky.social. Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Where’s the human dignity?’ As bulldozers roll in, this is the face of a Queensland crisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

By the looks they're going to try to beatify George Pell

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Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban City of Moreton Bay CEO says change that will see homeless face threat of fines is needed for health and safety

Moreton Bay council plans to start threatening to fine people next month “We just became the soft touch. I mean, a lot of these people have got smartphones,” one councillor said.

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The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic

Spoke to @regedahmad.bsky.social for the Full Story podcast on the trial of a Toowoomba religious sect for the manslaughter of 8-year-old type diabetic Elizabeth Struhs. They're set to learn their sentence today

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The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic

14 members of religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of 8 year old Elizabeth Struhs… including her father and mother.

They will be sentenced today.

@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:

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Gerald Ridsdale, Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail The paedophile priest died in jail while serving time for the abuse of more than 70 children over three decades

Gerald Ridsdale spent three decades abusing kids and then three decades in jail for it

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Could a high-rise apartment replace the classic family home? Apartment living is a key pillar of government plans to ease the housing crisis by densifying well-connected parts of Australia's largest cities. But some have questioned the viability of the plans, s...

Quite vexing that this story couldnt find space to mention the reason we don't build high quality apartments in this country which is thatthey're illegal

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The reason the UK justice system is backlogged is Cameron's austerity, not innocent people exercising their right to challenge a prosecutor's false allegations

Super easy answer is that people - particularly completely innocent people like Sam Kerr - have a right to justice they are ethically permitted to exercise even if someone else in a different country decides it would make it difficult for a hypothetical victim

It is unclear why Kerr didn’t resolve the case in Wimbledon Magistrate’s court last year, where she may have got a simple fine. Going to a jury in the Crown Court for a favourable outcome has added to the strains on the groaning British court system: rape victims are waiting up to five years to get their day in the crown court.

This by Jacquelin Magnay on Sam Kerr is just disgusting shit.

Child abuse victim given tent to live in by Queensland Department of Child Safety before dying, report finds Report from Child Death Review Board details the system ‘appeared ineffective at being able to address or stop further trauma’

New from me: A victim of child abuse, who was made homeless after being banned from every Queensland residential care facility, was given a tent to live in by the Department of Child Safety before killing themselves.

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