Ezra Mam drives without a licence and with cocaine in his blood, and gets an $850 fine for a crash that injured a four-year-old, while drivers using phones cop $1200. Where’s the fairness, asks Kylie Lang.
The Labor party had almost 10 years to unblock its ears and listen to the people of Queensland – the new crime laws prove this, Kylie Lang argues.
Qld’s richest schools, some of which are charging $30,000-plus a year, have no choice but to hike their fees, writes Kylie Lang as she argues there’s even a benefit to state schools as a result. HAVE YOUR SAY
Australian Venue Co might be scrambling to save its image but it appears to have stopped short of lifting its ban on Australia Day festivities at more than 200 pubs and hotels, writes Kylie Lang.
Queensland police, the judiciary and the state government need to get on the same page to prevent the youth crime crisis from spiralling out of control, writes Kylie Lang.
Leaders we can look up to are few and far between these days – and we in Queensland have had an unfair share of duds. So I’m calling it: John Coates is a hero, writes Kylie Lang.
When it is no longer safe to go to a shopping centre for fear of being brutally murdered, the public is justified in questioning whether or not the right people are in power, writes Kylie Lang.
When new laws rightly place landlords in breach if they don’t eradicate existing mould in rental properties within seven days, how is it that potentially deadly mould can be allowed to grow on the ceilings of our biggest hospital for weeks, asks Kylie Lang.
Covid remains a part of our life but why are we now ignoring it?
To kill a pet because it has become an inconvenience is not “humane” in my book and those who do it deserve to be punished, writes Kylie Lang.
The delay in uni offers in Queensland announced this week is more than just an inconvenience. And the body responsible has to come clean about what went wrong, writes Kylie Lang.
Getting old is nothing new but there is one terrifying reality about it that no one seems to tell you about – until now.
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