A boutique 20,000-plus seat stadium could soon be constructed at the Main Arena in the Brisbane Showgrounds to host AFL games and potentially Big Bash cricket fixtures.

Being drunk in public and begging could be decriminalised, while the offence of urinating in public could also be repealed, under a state government review of the offences.

Former Australian Federal Police officers, anti-corruption organisations and civil liberties groups are calling for the urgent establishment of a federal ICAC that also ­investigates law enforcement ­officials.

Queensland has the lowest take-up of Covid-19 booster shots in the nation amid grim warnings the state’s current virus surge has all the ingredients to be as bad as the first wave.

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