Thousands of Queensland students are “wasting” an hour a week reading or revising ­instead of learning new information while their peers are taught religious instruction, education insiders say.

The Queensland LNP will make it far easier for magistrates to put juvenile offenders behind bars if its wins power next year.

Hundreds of Queensland homebuyers are at risk of being left in a financial lurch by the government amid a looming paperwork deadline they cannot meet through no fault of their own.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has confirmed he will run for re-election in next year’s council poll, with the LNP leader at City Hall insisting he is “just warming up”.