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The federal government abandoned proposed disaster-recovery funding changes after criticism from Queensland councils and states. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said current cost-sharing arrangements would remain, while further reform details are pending.
All 77 Queensland mayors signed a letter calling for the proposed disaster-recovery funding changes to be abandoned.
The High Court allowed Rachel Smith’s appeal against Queensland Corrective Services’ refusal to approve privately funded egg freezing in prison. It found the procedure was not assisted reproductive technology, set aside the lower courts’ orders and sent the application back for determination according to law.
Smith was serving a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
Duration of a proposed police-issued protection directive
The High Court ruled 3–2 that planners had to consider emissions from coal burned overseas when approving Mount Pleasant's expansion, invalidating the approval. The mine can operate until 2032 while MACH Energy pursues a new application, and officials dispute the ruling's wider significance.
High Court judges who found in favour of the residents' group
Tayla Jackson relied on informal childcare for one day each week.
The Queensland Child Death Review Board reviewed 13 suicide deaths of children known to the child safety system in 2025-26.
AllegedThe area moved from the suppression zone into active eradication, according to Reece Pianta.
Illegal fishing is estimated to cost legal fisheries up to $23 billion annually worldwide.