The Palaszczuk government is nearly a year behind schedule on its Olympics infrastructure plan, and frustrated senior bureaucrats are warning venues, athletes’ villages, road and rail networks risk not being built on time unless it starts to accelerate quickly.

A respected university dean who bludgeoned his brother to death with a spanner in an hours-long attack filmed disturbing footage of himself talking to his critically injured victim as he lay dying.

Taxing vacant properties, cracking down on short-term letting, and mandating the construction of social and affordable housing in new developments were among the ideas raised at the state government’s housing roundtable on Friday.

The state government has declared it will stand by its contentious land tax, as Treasurer Cameron Dick claimed the hike would not drive rental prices higher.