Cyclone alert: Authorities warn of severe weather season
Queenslanders have been warned to prepare for the possibility of more cyclones this summer, with a severe weather season already predicted for the coming months.
Queenslanders have been warned to prepare for the possibility of more cyclones this summer, with a severe weather season already predicted for the coming months.
A former Queensland Labor MP who once admitted to involvement in vote-rigging will become a top State Government bureaucrat in a move welcomed by industry but attacked by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s political rivals.
Health experts have urged Queenslanders not to panic over reports of a new strain of coronavirus in South Australia and its propensity to spread from surfaces.
Queensland’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.7 per cent, but the state Treasurer says that doesn’t tell the full story in the year of COVID-19.
He’s a director of the North Queensland Cowboys and Netball Australia, and is now tipped to become a heavy hitter in the Queensland Government.
It’s the big mystery over Queensland’s finances, and it won’t be resolved until the State Budget is handed down on December 1.
As Queensland moves to avoid horror hotel quarantine outbreaks like seen in South Australia and Victoria, the state’s Chief Health Officer has confirmed while there will be more regular testing of hotel workers, they won’t need to self-isolating while waiting for results.
Businesses are blowing up over Queensland’s ‘knee-jerk’ border closures to Adelaide, fearing it will cost millions, and doesn’t meet hotspot definitions. They say it’s time for a new approach. VOTE IN THE POLL
Anyone who bought a ticket to Wednesday night’s State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium from Adelaide has been banned from attending, with Queensland’s Health Minister warning of heavy fines for anyone who attempts to breach the rules.
Queensland has come under fire for shutting the border to Adelaide too soon with federal medical experts saying the outbreak had not reached ‘hotspot’ levels. It comes as the state Health Minister defended the quick action. VOTE IN THE POLL
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