For more than a decade,the Brisbane property mogul has been locked in a battle over unpaid land tax and court costs with the Queensland government.
The commission was tasked with a construction industry review on Thursday,with the government also promising a future for flailing health sector upgrades.
The Crisafulli government wants to make it easier for police to search people,but a growing number of stakeholders are concerned about the loss of freedoms.
At one construction site,an impasse over a tree is costing $54,000 a day. At another,no-one realised the entire power system would have to be upgraded.
Queenslanders have given Premier David Crisafulli an emphatic tick of approval,but federal counterpart Peter Dutton is not basking in his afterglow.
A multimillion-dollar incentive designed to boost frontline police numbers was rolled out with a major loophole,enabling new recruits to accept cash payments and then leave within months.
Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski detailed his concerns about the force in text messages to the minister’s office,which inexplicably had his name saved as “Golschescsky”.
A young boy was mauled to death by dingoes in 2001. Strategies to manage the island’s native predators have shifted drastically in the years since,but millions of tourists are still at risk.
One of the boys,the Court of Appeal heard on Friday,has already been released from detention. The violent home invasion fuelled the debate over youth crime.
The Crisafulli government has lifted a ban on the development of farmland in one of several future growth corridors,as it finalises plans for a new motorway.