Soaring numbers of public servants have been reporting wrongdoing under the state’s whistleblower laws, with the figure three times higher now than when Annastacia Palaszczuk was first elected.
The Education Department’s new director-general has issued an appeal to staff to dob in dodgy workmates. SEE THE VIDEO
A political lobbyist firm headed by two former Labor heavyweights has welcomed the prospect of greater regulation of its activities.
The Acting Premier says he doesn’t regret spending $200 million on the now-unnecessary Wellcamp quarantine hub, hitting out at Opposition Leader David Crisafulli for being “that bloke on TV whinging about how we were more prepared than we needed to be”.
Queensland’s peak child protection body is demanding the Education Minister do more to stop so many of the state’s most vulnerable children copping suspentions.
The hundreds of submissions and dozens of interviews undertaken so far have proven the Palaszczuk Government’s integrity crisis is far from just a ‘vibe’, writes Jessica Marszalek.
The integrity review’s interim report warns that organisations are at risk when “compliant” or “fear-based behaviour” becomes entrenched, writes Jessica Marszalek.
Biased staffers with no life experience are wielding their minister’s powers over a compliant public service who are working to protect and pacify the Palaszczuk Government, a damning series of bombshell “observations” has revealed.
Queensland’s concerning rate of school suspensions among vulnerable children could be the subject of a formal review.
Discrimination against female trade apprentices has been held up as one example of why Queensland needs tougher anti-discrimination laws.
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