Troubled department confirms third permanent boss in closed-door hire

Troubled department confirms third permanent boss in closed-door hire

Appointing Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber’s top bureaucrat marks the first in a series of looming LNP moves to shore up the highest public service ranks.

  • byMatt Dennien

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Critics question risk of ‘Airtrain 2’ under Wave fast-track law tweaks

Critics question risk of ‘Airtrain 2’ under Wave fast-track law tweaks

Amid a largely unrelated bill introduced last month,the LNP has floated changes to public transport procurement laws to fast-track the watered-down project.

  • byMatt Dennien
One week into e-bike crackdown,63 bikes and scooters seized

One week into e-bike crackdown,63 bikes and scooters seized

Police can seize illegal bikes,but the government hasn’t yet explained how to get an official sticker proving your bike is legal – or how to apply for an exemption from the licence rules.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Games venues at risk of legal cloud under inquiry proposal,unions warn

Games venues at risk of legal cloud under inquiry proposal,unions warn

Queensland’s union movement has criticised ‘deranged’ Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie and the Crisafulli LNP’s declaration of ‘ideological war’,as relations deteriorate further.

  • byMatt Dennien
Audit office fast-tracks probe of bungled child safety IT system

Audit office fast-tracks probe of bungled child safety IT system

Queensland’s public-spending watchdog now plans to release its audit of the $188 million Unify upgrade in months,as pressure mounts on the department and minister.

  • byMatt Dennien
Queensland Rail strikes deal with some unions,timetable drama continues

Queensland Rail strikes deal with some unions,timetable drama continues

Some industrial action will continue,but unions have withdrawn a threat to extend it to the State of Origin next week.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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AEC investigation into Labor MP urged to probe new claims

AEC investigation into Labor MP urged to probe new claims

Ali France shot to national fame after she unseated Peter Dutton in Brisbane’s outer northern electorate at the last federal poll.

  • byJames Hall
Suspected arsonist dies in house fire a week after alleged threats

Suspected arsonist dies in house fire a week after alleged threats

Police believe a man might have started the fire inside a locked room.

  • byWilliam Davis
Unions lash out after Bleijie’s Friday night workplace board purge

Unions lash out after Bleijie’s Friday night workplace board purge

The deputy premier has quietly removed all six union officials from two key workplace boards. Their replacements include LNP insiders and industry figures.

  • byMatt Dennien
Miles slams ‘corrupted’ electoral map redraw,as Labor,Katter MPs lose seats

Miles slams ‘corrupted’ electoral map redraw,as Labor,Katter MPs lose seats

Queensland’s first electoral redistribution since 2017 could leave the LNP better off by two seats,while a KAP MP’s seat will be abolished for a third time.

  • byMatt Dennien
Rule tweak lets Queensland pubs open for Socceroos’ knockout clash

Rule tweak lets Queensland pubs open for Socceroos’ knockout clash

Licensed pubs and clubs will be allowed to trade between 3am and 7am on Saturday for the match – only the third time the men’s team have made the do-or-die stages of the World Cup.

  • byMatt Dennien