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People queue to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a Bunnings store in Brisbane.

Queensland could hit 90 per cent jab target by early 2022

Queenslanders waiting to find out when they can travel overseas with no restrictions have been given new hope.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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The Queensland parole board has a backlog of thousands of cases.

Prisoners kept behind bars for months amid parole board backlog

The board is at a “crisis point” as thousands of cases sit undecided, causing prisoners to eventually be released into the community with no supervision.

  • Felicity Caldwell
There have been no convictions under the Queensland government's consorting laws for the past two years.

No bikies convicted under 'toughest' laws in the country

Despite 389 official warnings issued for consorting, only three people were charged last financial year, the Queensland Public Interest Monitor revealed.

  • Lydia Lynch
Devices like this would be outlawed under the new laws.

'Dragon's den' protest device to be banned but glue and ropes are OK

Police Minister Mark Ryan has introduced a bill to crack down on protesters using "booby trapped" devices that can be difficult or dangerous to remove.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Queensland police work to remove protesters who have secured themselves in place with metal cylinders.

'This is the kind of draconian police state that Joh would be proud of': Greens MP

The Queensland government's laws to crack down on protesters have been likened to the Joh Bjelke-Petersen era, while new footage reveals some of the "sinister" devices.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Staff overtime costs are on the rise in Queensland's prisons.

Overtime at Queensland's jails costs taxpayers millions every month

The union has blamed the extra staff costs on overcrowding in the state's jails.

  • Felicity Caldwell
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Stage two of the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre will be built next to the existing prison, near Gatton.

Crime does pay with new mega-jail to revive Queensland region's economy

A new prison has been labelled a "game-changer" for this drought-ravaged community.

  • Felicity Caldwell
There are now 650 confirmed patched members of bikie gangs in Queensland.

Push to force out bikies leads to 139 fewer patched members in four years

The LNP has argued attempts to shut down outlaw motorcycle gangs are still not working.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Twice as many calls to Policelink were not answered or disconnected in 2018 compared with 2017.

Almost one in five calls to police hotline go unanswered

There has been a 644 per cent increase in unanswered or disconnected calls to Policelink since 2014.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Female prisoners walking in the Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre in Queensland.

More than one in three female Queensland prisoners Indigenous

The Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland has recommended low-risk Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women be diverted from prison into non-custodial services.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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