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The Queensland Government holds its first Cabinet meeting in its brand new tower at 1 William Street in Brisbane's CBD.
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| UpdatedA water outage which affected toilets and air conditioners in more than 50 buildings in Brisbane's CBD has been fixed, hours after government workers evacuated office towers.
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| UpdatedQueensland Rail acting chief Neil Scales says he is not answerable over the QR board's apparent refusal to cooperate with an investigation into a train driver shortage causing ongoing network disruptions.
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| UpdatedHundreds of new paramedics will be hired as part of a $500 million plan to improve Victoria's ambulance service and better response times.
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| UpdatedSydney's Long Bay Correctional Centre is being considered as a potential Supermax unit for inmates detained on terrorism-related offences currently located 200 kilometres out of the city, Corrective Services NSW confirms.
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The New South Wales prison back-log is costing the state more than $200,000 a day as prisons exceed full capacity, an Auditor-General's report finds.
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Police charge 20 people over a riot in a youth detention centre in north Queensland two weeks ago that left four staff injured, one seriously.
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| UpdatedTwo new roles created to oversee Tasmania's greyhound racing industry are a slow step in the right direction, the RSPCA says as the Government promises further action.
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| UpdatedA criminal sentenced to jail on Wednesday has two extra days of freedom because a Tasmanian court fails to issue an imprisonment warrant.
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| UpdatedScott Driscoll, the former LNP member for Redcliffe, admits falsifying meeting minutes of the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association and taking secret commissions while with the group.
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| UpdatedA probe into Queensland Rail's bungled train crewing practices is upgraded into a Commission of Inquiry, with the Premier saying the QR board had failed to cooperate with an independent investigator.
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The New South Wales Government's proposed changes to its koala protection policy may put the vulnerable species closer to extinction, conservationists fear, but the Government says they are improving protections.
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Government releases a scathing report on the Territory's corrections system, just weeks after saying it was too sensitive to be made public.
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian Magistrate dismisses a P-plater's drink-driving charge after hearing evidence that a device meant to stop alcohol-affected drivers does not always work.
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Sick firefighters who worked or trained at the Country Fire Authority's contaminated Fiskville base could be compensated under a dedicated Victorian Government redress scheme.
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| UpdatedA report suggesting Queensland child safety workers made serious errors of judgement in the case of a toddler (pictured) who died north of Brisbane will not be released publicly, despite the Premier's earlier suggestion it would.
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| UpdatedResearchers record the first fledgling night parrot seen since the elusive bird was rediscovered in south-west Queensland in 2013.
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government releases a 10-year plan in response to the state's Royal Commission into Family Violence, which will include law reforms to prioritise the safety of victims over the privacy of perpetrators.
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| UpdatedThe owners of a Victorian abattoir at the centre of animal cruelty allegations say they were unaware of the mistreatment that was recorded taking place at the slaughterhouse.
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| UpdatedVictoria's chief vet has described footage of animal cruelty at an Echuca abattoir, which shows animals being stabbed in the neck, face and head as "the worst" he has seen in his career.
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