Queensland will launch the largest sporting talent search in Australia’s history, partnering with schools and sporting codes to identify and develop 400 young athletes who could win homegrown gold at the 2032 Olympic Games.
Another member has been named for Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics organising committee following a resounding vote of athletes.
A bid to shelve voluntary assisted dying laws until more palliative care funding can be allocated has been labelled a “stunt” by the leader of the House.
The government is facing a grilling about its embattled Covid exemptions unit, with Opposition Leader David Crisafulli questioning whether Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk “needs to take responsibility, and do better”.
Queensland has recorded one new community case of Covid, a girl linked to the Sunnybank cluster, as more than 9000 children get the jab.
Just 24 hours after it was revealed the Australian Institute of Sport was considering a relocation to Queensland, another major national sporting group could be lured to Brisbane ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.
The same qualities that have helped the Sunshine State evade a full-blown Delta outbreak may yet work against it, experts warn.
Politicians could be dismissed midterm by their constituents if they under-perform, in a radical push put before parliament.
The Premier has hit back at journalists probing whether there will be any changes to her groundbreaking assisted dying Bill which will be debated this week.
The Premier has admitted, amid the state’s latest Covid scare and nine truckies having entered Queensland while infectious, hard borders won’t stop the Delta outbreak.
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