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'Quiet, determined, positive leadership': Campbell Newman praises Graham Quirk

'Quiet, determined, positive leadership': Campbell Newman praises Graham Quirk

Former lord mayor and premier Campbell Newman has joined a chorus of politicians and business leaders paying tribute to Brisbane's outgoing lord mayor Graham Quirk.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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Adults and children with links to terrorism will stay behind bars
Terror charges

Adults and children with links to terrorism will stay behind bars

Laws have passed in Queensland making it harder for people who have expressed support for or who have links to terrorism to get bail or parole.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Complaints raised about suspended surgeon in 2006
Queensland Health

Complaints raised about suspended surgeon in 2006

An MP says the surgeon should never have been operating in Queensland's hospitals.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
'Epic waste of time': Parents and teachers slam NAPLAN
Naplan

'Epic waste of time': Parents and teachers slam NAPLAN

There are concerns some parents are being told to keep their children at home on NAPLAN testing days to protect the school's reputation.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
'Code yellow' lifts at south-east Queensland hospitals
Queensland Health

'Code yellow' lifts at south-east Queensland hospitals

No elective surgeries are expected to be cancelled on Thursday, after "unprecedented demand" hit public hospitals this week.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Asylum seekers to get support to find work and emergency help
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers to get support to find work and emergency help

A report recently revealed thousands of migrants and refugees were struggling to have their qualifications recognised in Queensland.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
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Queensland MP reveals sexual abuse as a child
Child abuse

Queensland MP reveals sexual abuse as a child

A Queensland MP has revealed he was sexually abused as a 10-year-old and called for the introduction a child sex offender register.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Ipswich ratepayers face $38 million bill over failed council business
Paul Pisasale

Ipswich ratepayers face $38 million bill over failed council business

Empty shops are symbols of failed attempts to redevelop Ipswich Mall.

  • by Tony Moore
'Potentially worse than Patel': More accusations against Queensland surgeon
Queensland Health

'Potentially worse than Patel': More accusations against Queensland surgeon

As more accusations are tabled in Parliament, surgeon argues he is the victim of a “co-ordinated campaign of harassment”.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Call to investigate One Nation Queensland leader's comments in secret recording
One Nation

Call to investigate One Nation Queensland leader's comments in secret recording

Steve Dickson called on to clarify his remarks, made In a covertly filmed segment for al-Jazeera, about the powerful body overseeing Qld's corruption watchdog.

  • by Mark Solomons
Greens MP referred to ethics committee for protest shirt
Greens

Greens MP referred to ethics committee for protest shirt

Greens MP Michael Berkman has been referred to the ethics committee for wearing an anti-Adani T-shirt at the student strike at Parliament.

  • by Felicity Caldwell