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LNP to reveal next move in Emma Lovell case
The government is on the precipice of making its next move in relation to the punishment meted out to a youth offender involved in the violent home invasion that ended in Emma Lovell’s death.
Mam’s ‘slap on the wrist’ could spark harsh law changes
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington confirmed the government would be discussing what changes need to be made to existing laws following the penalty dished out to Broncos star Ezra Mam.
Be damned: LNP reveals projects’ $6.5bn blowout
The cost of 11 critical water projects across the state, including the rebuild of a major dam, has blown out by a combined $6.5bn – enough to almost fund all infrastructure for the 2032 Games.
Spectre of 2011 as floodgates flung open across sodden southeast
Wivenhoe Dam’s floodgates have been opened for the first time in two years as Queensland braces for its wettest December since the 2011 floods.
No rebate: State won’t repeat 2022 dam water ‘waste’
There will not be a repeat of the former government’s $55 free water rebate rolled out in 2022 to lower dam levels ahead of a wet summer, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has said.
Bullying explodes in Qld schools, 75k-plus cases in just one year
The QAO data recorded within a single year has laid bare the staggering frequency of bullying in Queensland schools with more than 75,000 bullying incidents recorded.
‘Stop rubbing it in’: Labor’s ex-MPs flaunt their life after politics
Unseated Labor MPs’ happy snaps have forced an intervention from Opposition Leader Steven Miles. THIS IS GEORGE STREET BEAT
Nothing achieved: 2000 kids still calling residential care home
Queensland’s residential care system has surged beyond 2000 children for the first time as a scathing review finds a plan meant to halve numbers has made nearly no progress in a year.
Medico sexual misconduct history public for more than a decade
Health professionals will have their sexual misconduct history dating back more than a decade displayed publicly under major law changes designed to keep patients safe.
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