A day after agreeing not to move the debate on net-zero higher up its agenda, the LNP is promising to push for the construction of coal-fired power plants to be fast-tracked. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Queensland students would be made to sing Advance Australia Fair at the start of a school day under an LNP plan to foster “national identity” in younger generations. VOTE IN THE POLL
Queensland’s LNP rank-and-file have saved the PM from a potentially embarrassing rebuke of the government’s new net-zero target after kyboshing a move by a Nationals-aligned federal hopeful.
New Doherty Institute modelling released by the national cabinet is the first glimpse of how Australia could live with Covid in the near future, but the Premier was yet to respond overnight.
Queensland could halve the amount of time international arrivals spend in quarantine without federal approval but is staying firm on its vaccination milestones despite other states moving early. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Queensland has recorded its first new local case of Covid in nearly two weeks, after a person tested positive in the border town of Goondiwindi, as authorities race to determine how the person picked up the virus.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has revealed a new $10 meal voucher rollout across Queensland as an incentive to get more people vaccinated, as the state recorded no new cases again. DETAILS HERE
New details, including images, have revealed for the first time what Brisbane’s Covid quarantine camp is expected to look like. But the federal government has hinted big changes may already be in the pipeline.
Almost one million Queenslanders will be exposed to Covid-19 when borders open in less than seven weeks, new figures show. SEE LATEST JAB RATES
A vaccine preparation stuff-up by Queensland Health has resulted in nearly 200 people who attended a pop-up clinic in Brisbane’s south potentially having to get the jab again.
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