Jobs after COVID will be coming from surprising places, and a new taskforce being sent to regional Queensland will seek out those opportunities emerging and link job seekers to them. FIND OUT IF YOUR REGION WILL BENEFIT.
An Australian journalist and former University of Queensland student has been detained in China. It comes just weeks after authorities warned that Australians could be arbitrarily detained in China as tensions rise with our largest trading partner.
Queensland’s most prestigious private schools are set for huge fee losses as they fear “inflexible” COVID restrictions will lead to a mass exodus of students.
Thousands of elderly Queenslanders are stuck on the waiting list for Home Care packages, which helps them avoid going into residential aged care. There are calls for action to fix the system.
Students and parents have written of their “unimaginable heartache and anguish” of not being able to see each other due to Queensland’s tough border restrictions, telling Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk it feels like “a cruel kick in the guts”. Read their tearful pleas for action HERE.
The latest fallout from Queensland’s hardline border restrictions has been labelled “worse than the soul-destroying drought” by heartbroken families. And they want the government to do something about it.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will push for states and territories to move towards a national COVID-19 hotspot definition that would use a “traffic light” system to determine travel. This is how it would work.
The tragic death of an unborn twin baby, who died after its mum was forced to wait 16 hours for a care flight to Sydney instead of crossing the border, has its grieving family questioning whether a faster transfer to Brisbane could have made all the difference.
China has wasted no time in responding to Scott Morrison’s crackdown on foreign influence this week, delivering a stark statement about “man-made hurdles” in the embattled relationship.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there will be a definition of the COVID-19 hotspot – even if state premiers refuse to follow suit – after a NSW woman lost one of her unborn twins after seeking treatment in Sydney because it was felt applying for a Queensland border exemption would have taken too long.
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