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Police officer found guilty of misconduct over missing Glock

Police officer found guilty of misconduct over missing Glock

A police-issued gun remains unaccounted for after it went missing from a south-east Queensland police station.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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Plans for new inner city school campus revealed as work set to start
High school

Plans for new inner city school campus revealed as work set to start

The next step in tackling inner-city school enrolment pressures caused by the swell of inner-city living - a new school campus for inner-city West End - has been revealed by the Queensland Government.

  • by Tony Moore
Prison officers walk off the job over assault on Woodford prison guard
Prisons

Prison officers walk off the job over assault on Woodford prison guard

Assaults in Queensland's prisons have risen by 95 per cent in five years, with overcrowding blamed for increasing levels of violence.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Thousands of Queensland children languish on housing wait list
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Public housing

Thousands of Queensland children languish on housing wait list

Children made up more than two in five people on the waiting list in Queensland who were living on the streets or fleeing domestic violence.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
David Hutchinson will be the new acting president of the LNP
LNP

David Hutchinson will be the new acting president of the LNP

Outgoing LNP president Gary Spence quit his role, blaming Labor's property developer donation ban.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
One person escaped from custody every week last year in Queensland
Crime

One person escaped from custody every week last year in Queensland

Hundreds of people have been convicted of escaping custody in recent years in Queensland.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
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Election signs to be displayed for six weeks, not three months, before polling day
Queensland election

Election signs to be displayed for six weeks, not three months, before polling day

A major south-east Queensland council has proposed changes to where and when election signs can be displayed, which follows a long-running stoush with the LNP.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
LNP president Gary Spence 'jumped before he was pushed', insider says
LNP

LNP president Gary Spence 'jumped before he was pushed', insider says

LNP president Gary Spence has denied his decision had anything to do with internal ructions but some LNP insiders aren't buying it.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Guards and prisoners can take advantage of CCTV 'blind spots'
Prisons

Guards and prisoners can take advantage of CCTV 'blind spots'

Crime and Corruption Commission chair Alan MacSporran says overcrowding is the "single greatest threat to mitigating corruption."

  • by Felicity Caldwell
LNP president Gary Spence to resign, blaming developer donation laws
LNP

LNP president Gary Spence to resign, blaming developer donation laws

Mr Spence said there was an "extreme risk" he would go to jail for two years if he did not quit.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
There are significant corruption risks in Queensland's prisons
Prisons

There are significant corruption risks in Queensland's prisons

Contraband including illegal drugs, phones and weapons are being smuggled into prisons by mules, inmates and guards, a Crime and Corruption Commission probe has found.

  • by Felicity Caldwell