Renewed push to extend free kindy to three-year-olds
Fee relief for kindergarten should be expanded to include three-year-olds to bring Queensland into line with NSW and Victoria, childcare bodies propose.
Fee relief for kindergarten should be expanded to include three-year-olds to bring Queensland into line with NSW and Victoria, childcare bodies propose.
Two state-owned electricity generators allegedly manipulated the price bracket of their wholesale power packages to create massive artificial spikes in energy market prices for their own profit, a court has heard.
The alleged “ringleader” of a Queensland car rebirthing racket accused of buying written-off vehicles and reselling them for profit to dozens of unsuspecting motorists is set to stand trial.
A former Queensland Rail employee has been jailed for brazen fraud over seven years to buy tools, equipment and materials, some of which were used for home renovations.
A man who organised drug deals using a bizarrely named Facebook Messenger group chat has avoided jail time despite pleading guilty to supplying drugs including cocaine and cannabis.
Children are being raised in crisis hotel rooms and affordable rental properties are now non-existent as Queensland’s housing emergency shows no signs of easing.
The University of Queensland plans to discontinue some programs next year, prompting grave concerns that certain institutions could become a thing of the past.
Battered and broken Queensland teachers are calling for a trial of body-worn cameras, as incidents of physical aggression against them continue to rise in classrooms.
Incidents where Queensland school students were either excluded, short suspended or long suspended for physical aggression have surged to a five-year high of 20,368. See which regions and grades have the worst students.
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