Queensland taxpayers have shelled out $40 million to keep the state’s hotel quarantine system running while it was used to house just 12 people – and a purpose-built facility sat empty.
Because of politicking, Queensland has an empty quarantine facility, another yet to open and a wasteful hotel quarantine system, writes Domanii Cameron.
Taxpayers have forked out $1m for a marketing campaign to sell the Queensland government’s contentious new coal royalties scheme amid fierce backlash from the resources industry.
The state government spent almost $2 million on an advertising campaign offering a cash incentive to lure interstate tradies to Queensland. Just 12 applied.
Queensland schools – both public and private – are urging students and staff to wear masks amid warnings the third Covid wave could take another four weeks to peak.
The Premier has pleaded with Queenslanders to wear a mask after 11,000 new Covid cases overnight as authorities admit they don’t know when the state’s third Covid wave will peak. VOTE IN OUR POLL
At a time when already-stressed hospitals are buckling under the third Covid-19 wave, the State Government has splashed $1.7 million to promote its health spending.
The vast majority of senior Queensland education bureaucrats are still acting in their roles after a departmental overhaul.
A consultancy firm, whose Labor-aligned director helped on the Palaszczuk government’s 2020 election campaign, will no longer provide lobbying services in Queensland, following a recent report into the government’s integrity.
The mining giant boss has added to a swelling wave of criticism over the state government’s sudden introduction of new coal royalties, saying Central Queensland will be the biggest loser.
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