Healthcare workers need third vax shot before COVID surge hits:Experts

Healthcare workers need third vax shot before COVID surge hits:Experts

Experts have predicted Queensland will report up to 12,000 cases by January 5.

  • byCloe Read

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Unvaxxed teachers could face the sack before school goes back

Unvaxxed teachers could face the sack before school goes back

Education officials will not have final numbers on how many state school teachers are vaccinated until after January 7.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
‘Catastrophic’:Qld could lose 6000 teachers due to vax mandate,says body

‘Catastrophic’:Qld could lose 6000 teachers due to vax mandate,says body

At least 10 per cent of teachers could be reluctant to get the COVID-19 jab,as the state government introduces new vaccine mandates in schools.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
‘Totally unacceptable’:Police investigate terrorist-related email sent to politicians

‘Totally unacceptable’:Police investigate terrorist-related email sent to politicians

Politicians and Queensland Police say the emails have been sent to numerous ministers in a bulk email.

  • byCloe Read
Palaszczuk ministers sledge nurses group as ‘fake union,anti-vax campaign’

Palaszczuk ministers sledge nurses group as ‘fake union,anti-vax campaign’

Red Union director responds to extraordinary spray by inviting frontbenchers to repeat their claims “outside the coward’s castle” of parliamentary privilege.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Senior public servant paid $334,000 while suspended during probe

Senior public servant paid $334,000 while suspended during probe

A senior Education Department public servant remains on paid leave while an investigation continues into the hiring of a school principal that led to Jackie Trad quitting cabinet.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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17 days before asbestos clean-up crews were sent to Brisbane school

17 days before asbestos clean-up crews were sent to Brisbane school

There have been 19 asbestos incidents at Queensland schools during the installation of airconditioning since 2019.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Satanists play devil’s advocate over religious instruction in court fight

Satanists play devil’s advocate over religious instruction in court fight

Satanists hailing from the Sunshine Coast are claiming their human rights are being trodden on after being refused access to state schools.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Apology demanded after minister claims health issues were ‘made up’

Apology demanded after minister claims health issues were ‘made up’

A patient who has waited months for a double hip replacement says she is “broken” and believes the health system is broken.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Cops,medics and prison guards to get easier access to compensation for PTSD
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Cops,medics and prison guards to get easier access to compensation for PTSD

A former prison officer has detailed the graphic and horrific scenes workers face inside Queensland’s jails.

  • byFelicity Caldwell andLydia Lynch
Fewer Year 12s earn QCE in year characterised by mass disruptions

Fewer Year 12s earn QCE in year characterised by mass disruptions

Year 12s faced a challenging year,including learning from home during the COVID pandemic.

  • byFelicity Caldwell