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Patricia Fitzgerald (right) and Amanda Bartle (left) created grassroots homeschooling information and activism group Free2Homeschool to bring home educators’ concerns to the government, and information back to the community.

Home-school overhaul welcomed as state bows to parent power

Home-school parents have had their calls for a system overhaul answered after they railed against an earlier decision to force them to teach to the curriculum.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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A a “once in a generation” under river infrastructure project is forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

The big stink: This is how much raw sewage is being dumped into the Brisbane River

Complications with a “once in a generation” under-river infrastructure project are forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

  • Josh Bavas
Shelley Reys lost her place on the Brisbane 2032 Board.

Axed Brisbane Olympics board member says ‘nothing replaces’ Indigenous representation

Greg Norman is among those appointed to the revised board despite losing a nomination from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month.

  • Frances Howe
A rendering of the glass facade out the front of QPAC’s new theatre.

Brisbane’s new theatre name revealed following public poll

The state government has given a first look into the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s new $184 million theatre, christening the space with a performance and a name.  

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Premier-elect David Crisafulli and his deputy, Jarrod Bleijie, speak to the media at Parliament House on the morning after October’s state election.

Can Queensland workers count on the LNP’s respect? This year they’ll find out

As negotiations between state employees and the first-year government ramp up, hints of the LNP’s previously slim industrial relations agenda are also starting to emerge.

  • Matt Dennien
Flowers placed outside the home of Zdravko Bilic, where he was found dead on Monday.

Youth crime debate flares after teens face court over Sunshine Coast death

The Premier has promised he will not be “taking a backwards step” on Queensland’s youth crime crisis, as the Sunshine Coast reeled from Zdravko Bilic’s violent death.

  • Matt Dennien and Catherine Strohfeldt
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Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde has moved to Griffith University.

Queensland forensic testing boss resigns after suspension

The attorney-general suspended Linzi Wilson-Wilde late last month, after a pause in DNA testing sparked by contamination issues.

  • Matt Dennien
Police are also combatting an increase in online crime, including on Facebook Marketplace, where offenders target homes where valuable goods are being sold.

Police shift Brisbane jobs to regions in bid to help tired staff

A 100-day review recommended clearer definitions of the limits of frontline roles, after “mission creep within the organisation, particularly post-COVID”.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington, Premier David Crisafulli and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie at the announcement of a commission of inquiry into the CFMEU on Sunday.

‘A line in the sand’: LNP announces ‘Queensland’s royal commission’ into CFMEU

“This is the spotlight needed to bring the CFMEU out of the shadows,” the Premier said on Sunday, days after a report alleged violence, intimidation and misogyny in the union.

  • Courtney Kruk
National Association of Women in Construction Queensland chapter president Emma McCaughey and Queensland Major Contractors Association chief executive Andrew Chapman, second from right, fronting media with government ministers on Friday.

Bleijie lays groundwork for deeper public inquiry into state CFMEU

Without saying where they should go, the Deputy Premier has urged Queenslanders to “prepare to come forward with their stories” about the union’s actions.

  • Matt Dennien

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