Major leadership changes at Qld university, private school
A long-serving principal unexpectedly announced they will leave the top job at the end of this year, while a Queensland university chancellor has retired, with a successor being appointed.
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Juvie schools set to open in Qld’s youth crime hotspots
As part of a broader $55m initiative, young offenders are set to be eased back into mainstream classrooms in youth crime capitals like Cairns, Townsville, Mt Isa and Ipswich.
‘Vicious drug-fuelled attack on unarmed man’: Life sentence for brutal mall murder
Two men have been jailed – one for life – for killing a 27-year-old father who was stabbed and bled out in the middle of Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise from “catastrophic injuries”. A third accused walked free.
‘Trust in God’: Dad denied dying daughter insulin to ‘prove faith’, court hears
A hardline religious congregation was “excited” for a Queensland father to deny his eight-year-old diabetic child insulin, a court has heard.
No seat at the table: Qld unis snubbed on national committee
Queensland universities, and regional university leaders more broadly, have been left off a newly-formed tertiary advisory committee, in what has been described as a “critical oversight”.
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Three patients die by suicide at Brisbane hospital, review ordered
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says the state government is ready to implement the recommendations of an independent review into a hospital following the tragic suicides of three patients.
Terrified Holocaust survivor slams unis over ‘soft’ stance on protests
A Queensland Holocaust survivor, whose parents hid in ceilings to avoid being shot while other relatives were murdered in gas chambers, says she has “never seen this level of antisemitism” since fleeing Hungary over 75 years ago.
UQ firm on pro-Palestine camp stance despite evictions elsewhere
The University of Queensland is not budging on its preference to negotiate with camped pro-Palestine protesters, despite another Australian university issuing an eviction notice.
‘Enrolment crunch’: Autism schools struggle to keep up with demand
Autism Queensland hopes to open its fourth campus next year and expressions of interest have already far exceeded capacity.
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