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.
Yet one year ago,the state’s major parties had voted for a shared road ahead for First Nations communities.
Police said the pro-Palestine protester allegedly attempted to interfere with the march,with officers attempting to move her on peacefully before making the arrest.
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.
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.
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.
Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has rejected claims he is a shoo-in to be sworn in as premier in October,following polls that pointed to a convincing LNP victory.
Premier Steven Miles has conceded the “most likely” result of October’s state election was an LNP victory,as both he and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli campaigned in central Queensland on Friday.
Queensland has failed to reach this ambitious target,but advocates say there are myriad reasons that public servants might not disclose.
Practice makes perfect,as the saying goes. And there are few less-practised areas in Queensland politics than collaboration,as the youth justice blow-up shows.
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.