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Insurance costs rise, regional Queenslanders say they're paying the price for youth crime

Regional residents paying more for car insurance say it's due to a spate of thefts, but major insurers say crime isn't the only factor in premium increases.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Flatpack homes are being touted as the salve to affordable housing, but will it work?

Homes built off-site and trucked to the regions are being proposed as the latest solution to affordable housing in what one state says is its most ambitious construction program since WWII.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2023

Locals in regional Queensland town Oakey are divided over plans to reopen New Acland thermal coal mine

The New Hope mining company pushed for 14 years to expand the New Acland mine near the Queensland town of Oakey. Now it's been approved, but some locals say they'll fight it "like a mongrel dog".

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Cold weather brings frost to parts of southern Queensland as system spreads north, BOM says

It is another frosty start to the day across parts of Queensland with the Bureau of Meteorology saying below average temperatures are expected to last until mid-next week.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Groom has only ever been held by a man. These female, non-binary candidates stand for change

The southern Queensland seat of Groom has only ever been held by male conservatives. In this federal election, four women and a non-binary candidate are making waves in conservative heartland.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Therapy labradoodle dogs key to better outcomes for at-risk youth in court, hospitals

Odessa the labradoodle is far from your average lovable puppy. She is cute and cuddly, but she has a very important job to do.

ABC News · May 4, 2022

Wakka Wakka people win native title battle for traditional land, including Cherbourg

Twenty-five-year legal fight ends with Justice Darryl Rangiah saying the Federal Court was "not giving the Wakka Wakka people anything", but simply recognising what they had "always known".

ABC News · Apr 13, 2022