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Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

The backlog of cases at a forensic DNA lab has increased to more than 41,000 as Queensland’s opposition calls for a strategy to address the beleaguered service.

  • by Fraser Barton

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The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’
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The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’

As major infrastructure project costs rise and deadlines extend across the country, a state election also approaches – and can help explain some of the bluster.

  • by Matt Dennien
‘What does that say about our society?’: Qld government announces $50m to target DV

‘What does that say about our society?’: Qld government announces $50m to target DV

Funding will be spread across a range of initiatives, including primary prevention, education and a new peak body for the sector.

  • by Courtney Kruk
Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld

Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld

Twenty-five years after prostitution was legalised in Queensland, the industry will be decriminalised to improve the lives of sex workers.

  • by Courtney Kruk
How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article

How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article

The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament, the media, and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.

  • by Matt Dennien
‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

With election results finalised, Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.

  • by Matt Dennien
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The Queensland government jobs where most people can work from home

The Queensland government jobs where most people can work from home

Some public servants manage to avoid going into the office at all, as working from home remains a dominant trend long after COVID.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Classroom resignations are rising. But they’re not the full story
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Classroom resignations are rising. But they’re not the full story

Are more teachers leaving or being hired? It’s not the only question facing Queensland education in an election year.

  • by Matt Dennien
How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

Three weeks on from the statewide vote, new faces are being sworn in and more than one-third of local government roles in the south-east have changed hands.

  • by Matt Dennien
Prep students should not be suspended from school, Human Rights Commissioner says

Prep students should not be suspended from school, Human Rights Commissioner says

Students in Prep, who can be as young as four, should not be suspended for misbehaving in school, the state’s Human Rights Commissioner has argued.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
South Bank’s future vision clouded by changes to 2032 Games venues

South Bank’s future vision clouded by changes to 2032 Games venues

First floated to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Expo 88, a new master plan for South Bank has been caught up in debate about another city legacy.

  • by Matt Dennien