Politics
Queensland
COVID-19 protection for Queensland schools still up in the air
Ventilation audits are being conducted to determine whether Queensland schools will need heavy-duty air filters to better protect students and staff.
- by Tony Moore
Latest
65 trains put election promise on track but NGR fixes slow to roll
In a $7 billion investment, the Premier announces “largest investment in train manufacturing in Queensland”.
- by Tony Moore
‘The storm is coming’: Palaszczuk urges Queenslanders to get on the vax lifeboat
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has compared an expected influx of up to 1000 new daily COVID cases to a storm, as the state opens up to New Zealand’s South Island.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Brisbane Airport warns it could lose flights to states that open sooner
Airlines could shift flights – and tourists – away from Brisbane, rather than wait for the Sunshine State to reopen, the Brisbane Airport Corporation has warned.
- by Tony Moore
Analysis
Queensland Health
Queensland contact tracers may be overwhelmed with 1000 cases a day
Queensland modelling assumes contact tracers have a capacity for 100 new cases daily – a 10th of the number expected to swamp them when borders reopen.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Queensland schools bypass communities by asking state to approve expansion plans
In a growing trend, schools are seeking development approval from the state rather than councils, and one community group is concerned that noise and congestion issues are being ignored.
- by Tony Moore
Comeback Campbell: The angry ex-premier and his battle for regional Queensland
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman, the self-styled anti-establishment libertarian, is resurrecting his political career, and he’s starting with the Coalition’s conservative base.
- by Zach Hope
Queensland budget hole not as deep as previously thought
Treasurer Cameron Dick has the state’s budget deficit under $1 billion for the first time since the surplus recorded in 2018-19.
- by Sean Parnell
Exemptions unit lost staff before public outcry over decisions
Annastacia Palaszczuk publicly declared a need for 100 staff in Queensland’s exemptions unit. There was a time when it had little more than a third that number.
- by Sean Parnell
Rental reforms pass in Queensland but not all tails are wagging
The changes have been denounced by both the LNP and the Greens for going too far - and not far enough.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Queensland has nation’s biggest jobs boost, but still lags most states
Queensland might have the second-highest unemployment rate but NSW and Victoria are scoring worse for people who wish they could work more hours.
- by Felicity Caldwell