It’s less than four months before Queenslanders go to the polls and someone has finally revealed a post-COVID economic plan. The problem is, it’s not from someone currently in power, writes Jessica Marszalek.
LNP Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says raising the criminal age of responsibility in Queensland would be a “complete cop-out” for residents suffering from youth crime.
A national review on lifting the criminal age from 10 to keep more children out of detention will be blocked by the LNP in Queensland, Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
As nightclubs are warned they’ll be shut down if there’s a repeat of heaving dance floors this weekend, an official edict has outlined exactly who remains exempt from Queensland’s dance ban.
The State Government has announced a hiring freeze to claw back $3 billion over four years for a virus-stricken Budget. This is what means for public servants – from fat-cat bosses, to frontline workers and Government contractors.
High-paid senior public servants won’t be replaced and a public service hiring freeze will be put in place as part of measures introduced by the Queensland Government in a bid to save $3 billion from its COVID-hit Budget.
Some 1500 Queensland public servants will be freed from the dreaded commute under a new plan to let people work closer to home. FIND OUT HOW IT WILL WORK AND HOW TO APPLY
It was unveiled as the “first major element” of the Palaszczuk Government’s worker’s assistance package amid fears 272,000 Queenslanders would be out of work due to the COVID pandemic. But it has helped less than 150 jobseekers find work.
Young criminals would be jailed under a three-strikes mandatory detention policy by a Frecklington government. It’s one of several sweeping changes in an LNP plan to crack down on youth crime, which includes releasing offenders to farms and huge changes for those on bail.
LNP leader Deb Frecklington will announce her new youth justice shake-up today. But this is a fraught issue, as both the Newman and Palaszczuk governments can attest to, and both parties will need to learn from past efforts if anything is to be solved, writes Jessica Marszalek.
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