I’m sorry but I’d do it again: Premier slammed over school shutdown apology
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s apology to parents for the broadscale closure of hundreds of schools after wild weather failed to materialise has been labelled ‘media management’.
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‘Bugger off’: MP apologises for abusive post aimed at voters
A Sunshine Coast Labor MP has apologised for telling voters to “bugger off with your bulls**t” in an abusive social media post that has since been deleted, but not before it was screengrabbed.
‘Deepening crisis’ claims as Qld Health Director-General resigns
Queensland Health’s Director-General Dr John Wakefield has tendered his resignation after two-and-a-half years in the role in what the Opposition is calling a sign of the “deepening” health crisis.
‘Should never have been built on’: Councils slammed over flood-hit areas
The Deputy Premier has hit out at local councils, saying some of the flooded areas he’s visited “should never have been built upon”, as he flags changes to some of Queensland’s planning laws in a bid to reduce the risk of a repeat of this week’s devastation.
Cloudy with a chance of blunder: Premier lashed for school shutdown
Schools are closed across South East Queensland despite a “partly cloudy” forecast, after the Premier sparked chaos and confusion with “mixed messages”. VOTE IN OUR POLL
‘I’m sorry’: Premier apologises for shutting schools after storms fail to eventuate
Annastacia Palaszczuk has apologised for inconveniencing southeast Queensland residents by ordering schools to close and urging people to stay at home after severe storms failed to eventuate. It comes as the floods have claimed a 10th life
‘Diabolical, dangerous’: Premier’s epic school pick-up fail causes anger, confusion
The Premier has come under fire for a ‘complete failure of leadership’ after mixed messaging when calling for parents to pick their children up from school early. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Schools closed, stay home order: What you need to know as severe storm emergency unfolds
Southeast Queensland residents have been told to stay home for the next 48 hours with schools to be closed on Friday except for the children of essential workers as fierce storms continue to lash the region. EXPLAINED: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
STORM SURGE: Town evacuated, schools closed, southeast told ‘stay home’ for 48 hours
Schools will be closed tomorrow and southeast Queensland residents told to stay home for the next 48 hours as fresh storms fire up over the flood-hit region. It comes after giant hail, torrential rain and an order from the Premier for parents to collect their children from school early on Thursday.
‘Lowest act’: Cops take action amid looting fury as minister blasts ‘grubs’
Police have confirmed they will target shameful opportunistic looters targeting flood-hit Queenslanders as theft of property from the vulnerable is blasted as the “lowest act”.
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