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Qld will hand out $2b in power bill rebates but the cash splash has raised questions
While broadly welcomed by social service groups, there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
- by Matt Dennien
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End of the line for Translink app, with new model to link with walking and riding
Translink’s often-derided public transport app is set to get a facelift and new features, thanks to an award-winning German company.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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The fork in Queensland’s path to treaty gets wider all the way to election day
Yet one year ago, the state’s major parties had voted for a shared road ahead for First Nations communities.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Horrifying’ and ‘shocking’: Queensland minister reacts to fellow MP’s drugging, assault allegations
The assistant minister for health posted a statement on social media this morning describing the alleged attack in which she was drugged and sexually assaulted.
- by Courtney Kruk
New Woolloongabba plan to allow for 75-storey towers
Towers of up to 75 storeys would be allowed in Woolloongabba under a new Queensland government planning scheme put out for public comment on Thursday.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Calls for quarantine site to be used for crisis housing show how far some are from the real issue
The perception that any bed is better than none is not reflective of conversations with service providers and those working closely with vulnerable communities.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Labor’s latest retreat on youth justice is a sign of a broader problem
For the second time, the government has folded under pressure on crime and an inability to sell its message. This is more than a political problem.
- by Matt Dennien
Footy fans and pub goers to be scanned for knives under Qld crime plan
The expansion of arbitrary police metal detection searches form part of the Miles government’s latest effort to address community and political pressure on crime.
- by Matt Dennien
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The two key fixes for renters not included in Qld’s fresh reform round
As housing prices march on and a state election looms, Labor is working through long-promised help for renters labelled both a “war” on landlords and not enough.
- by Matt Dennien
A path or two and a kangaroo: New plan to keep the CBD moving
An isolated traffic island in one of Brisbane’s busiest intersections will be redesigned, and a street closed off, to help people take public transport.
- by Tony Moore
From COVID to cops? Fate of abandoned quarantine site ‘sad and absurd’
Brisbane’s lord mayor is among those slamming the decision to convert the $400 million Pinkenba quarantine facility into an AFP training hub, rather than using it to shelter the homeless.
- by Courtney Kruk