Queensland victims of crime are owed tens of millions of dollars in restitution debts, much of which has been sitting on the books of the state’s debt collection agency for more than five years.
Former state government minister Kate Jones is being pushed to run as Labor’s candidate for Brisbane lord mayor. VOTE IN THE POLL
A tiny 1.6 per cent of $45m in rebates has been doled out in a bid to encourage Queensland drivers to buy electric vehicles – but there’s a reason. FULL REPORT
Queensland media have been left fuming after being given just seconds to read a 278,630-word landmark review into Queensland Police responses to domestic violence ahead of a press conference.
Two Labor MPs appeared to have missed the Premier’s memo when they showed up at Wednesday’s resources industry lunch despite a series of high-profile withdrawals.
Responding to former premier Peter Beattie, Annastacia Palaszczuk has pledged she’s in it for the long haul but continues to dodge questions whether the next term will be her last.
The Premier has lashed out at $40m campaign by mining companies targeting her government’s royalties regime, saying the money could have been spent on helping Queenslanders.
Police Minister Mark Ryan has confirmed a new civilian-run integrity unit tasked with investigating all complaints against police has no funding allocated to it yet.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has backed Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll to instigate massive changes to the service, saying no senior officers would lose their jobs after a damning report into responses to family and domestic violence pinpoints a ‘failure of leadership’.
More cases of patients waiting hours for ambulances or being stuck on the ramp at hospitals have been revealed in new documents that expose the state’s under-pressure health system.
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