Kids should determine school punishments, Commissioner says
The state’s Child Commissioner has suggested students be drafted in to shape school discipline to tackle an overreliance on suspensions and expulsions. VOTE IN THE POLL
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Cash bonus to lure tradies into eight-week working holiday in Qld
Tradies across Australia will land a bonus cash payment if they pack up and head to Queensland for two months as the state recovers from flooding earlier this year.
Police ramped for hours as Qld suicide call outs skyrocket
A top cop has spoken of police being forced to ramp for hours outside Queensland hospitals with mental health patients as they deal with almost 1000 calls a week from desperate Queenslanders threatening suicide.
55 questions: Have your say on sex work law changes
Queenslanders are being asked for their feedback on decriminalising the sex industry, including whether public solicitation should be allowed, whether criminals should be able to engage in sex work and whether councils should be able to ban it.
‘Unprecedented’: $96m Covid loans will not be recovered
Taxpayers won’t recover $96 million in job support loans the state government made during the pandemic.
Palaszczuk Government’s integrity questioned (again) over slow reporting
The auditor-general has rebuked the State Government for the time it’s taking to publicly release annual reports, arguing taxpayers have the right to timely information on what’s going on.
Labor steps away from $14b state school spending plan
Opposition education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek has indicated that a promise to boost public school spending by $14 billion over the next decade has been abandoned by the Labor Party.
Plibersek dodges question on family law review
Labor women’s spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek has acknowledged the “very important federal responsibility” of family law, but not answered a question over whether her party will commit to a review of the embattled system.
‘Political weapon’: LNP slams ‘farcical’ health crisis inquiry
An inquiry into Queensland’s shattered health system has been slammed as a farce, with the Palaszczuk government targeted in only four out of 40 recommendations.
Revealed: Final five appointments for 2032 Games board
A global businessman who attended school and university in Brisbane has been appointed president of the Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee. Four other final appointments have also been revealed.
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