A Queensland man has been charged under the state's one-punch laws after his sister's partner died in an alleged attack.
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The 40-year-old Mount Isa man died after he was knocked out at the front of a home in the north-west Queensland town on Sunday morning.
A police spokesman said there was possibly an altercation over the treatment of a woman at the address.
It was understood the dead man was the woman's partner and the accused attacker was her brother.
Police have charged a 26-year-old man from the same town with unlawful striking causing death after he allegedly struck the older man in a one-punch attack.
Emergency services rushed to the Emerald Street home about 4am but were not able to revive the man with CPR.
Police charged the 26-year-old overnight.
He was due to appear in the Mount Isa Magistrates on Monday morning.