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  Queensland has recorded 23,630 new COVID-19 cases and sadly three more deaths as the peak of the Omicron wave is still two weeks away. The new cases include 10,182 self-reported positive rapid antigen tests. Two of the three people who died were in their 70s, and the other was in their 60s. None...

  Isla is the new queen of baby girl names in Queensland after overtaking long-running favourite Charlotte in 2021 while Oliver continues a nine-year streak at the top of the list.. In revealing the top baby names of last year, Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said it was the first time that Isla had...

A house in Biloela has caught fire overnight. Emergency services received a call at 8.20pm, with reports a blaze had broke out at a house on Granville Street. Two crews arrived 10 minutes later, with the flames extinguished by 8.45pm. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson says the fire started at the...

A man has been airlifted to hospital after getting crushed by his car at Clairview, north of Rockhampton. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 1.30pm on Thursday, to reports a male in his 60s was changing a tyre on a vehicle, when it slipped off the jack and hit...

Queensland has recorded six deaths from COVID-19 - the single deadliest day for Queensland during the pandemic - as the Premier lifts domestic border restrictions from 1am Saturday. Queensland has reported 14,914 cases, 556 people in hospital, 26 in ICU and 10 on ventilators. Two of the deaths were people in their...

Frontline Queensland pharmacy staff are fielding hundreds of calls each day from desperate patients seeking rapid antigen tests. There has been a spike in demand across regional Queensland pharmacies with rapid antigen tests, vaccines for booster shots and vaccines for paediatric age groups placing a strain on already tired staff. Chris Owen,...