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Damien Walker during Queensland budget estimates in 2018.

Queensland’s top public servant revealed as Premier announces new D-G

Premier David Crisafulli has poached South Australia’s top public servant to head Queensland’s state bureaucracy as Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Incoming premier David Crisafulli, shown right with LNP deputy leader Jarrod Bleijie, has told Labor’s top bureaucrat, Mike Kaiser, his services are no longer required.

David Crisafulli’s first move - sacking Mike Kaiser

The premier-elect has sacked top bureaucrat Mike Kaiser, and spoken with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.

  • Cameron Atfield
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LNP says public service jobs are safe. Union warns of Newman-style cuts

In a savage attack on the LNP, the public sector union has warned members of job cuts if David Crisafulli is premier next week.

  • Cameron Atfield
Premier Steven Miles addresses the media ahead of the June state budget.

‘They see crime as a way of winning seats’: Miles slams LNP youth plan

The LNP’s plan to impose ‘adult time for adult crime’ has been met with harsh criticism, with experts saying it will only worsen youth crime.

  • Courtney Kruk
Queensland author and disability advocate Robert Hoge, who works in the public service.

Why a reluctance to disclose is hurting Queensland’s diversity targets

Queensland has failed to reach this ambitious target, but advocates say there are myriad reasons that public servants might not disclose.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Some Queensland public servants find it easier to work from home than others.

The Queensland government jobs where most people can work from home

Some public servants manage to avoid going into the office at all, as working from home remains a dominant trend long after COVID.

  • Felicity Caldwell
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Birthday parties have proved real superspreaders.

‘Great waste of time and money’: Birthday GIF drama exposed by commission

The Queensland public service is mired in a new and unusual controversy after a GIF posted in a group chat was deemed racist and sexually provocative.

  • Sean Parnell
Queensland Governor Jeannette Young (left) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Taxpayers funded two Europe trips for the Governor. What went on?

The Governor’s travel budget was about $220,000 more than the previous year, but there is scant detail of what the former chief health officer did while she was away.

  • Zach Hope
The state valuer-general will not revalue Brisbane land this year.

Valuer-general hits back at Brisbane council ‘conspiracy’ claims

Brisbane City Council’s LNP administration has accused the Queensland Labor government of a cash grab, but the relevant minister says the council agreed to the state’s approach.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Queensland government is set to change its vaccination requirements for health workers.

Unvaccinated health workers to be given shifts in Queensland hospitals

At the height of the pandemic, thousands of nurses and frontline healthcare workers were stood down after refusing to be vaccinated.

  • Tim Arvier

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