Classroom resignations are rising. But they’re not the full story
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Classroom resignations are rising. But they’re not the full story

Are more teachers leaving or being hired? It’s not the only question facing Queensland education in an election year.

  • byMatt Dennien

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How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

Three weeks on from the statewide vote,new faces are being sworn in and more than one-third of local government roles in the south-east have changed hands.

  • byMatt Dennien
Prep students should not be suspended from school,Human Rights Commissioner says

Prep students should not be suspended from school,Human Rights Commissioner says

Students in Prep,who can be as young as four,should not be suspended for misbehaving in school,the state’s Human Rights Commissioner has argued.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
South Bank’s future vision clouded by changes to 2032 Games venues

South Bank’s future vision clouded by changes to 2032 Games venues

First floated to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Expo 88,a new master plan for South Bank has been caught up in debate about another city legacy.

  • byMatt Dennien
Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes:Qld election season begins
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Queensland votes

Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes:Qld election season begins

April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt,but in a state election year,it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Please don’t make our jobs harder’:Suspended students to get more power to appeal

‘Please don’t make our jobs harder’:Suspended students to get more power to appeal

A public school principal has spoken out against the Miles government’s plans to grant more appeal rights to students given short suspensions in Queensland schools.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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Qld’s home-school parents fight orders to teach Australian curriculum

Qld’s home-school parents fight orders to teach Australian curriculum

The state government has been warned that increasing its rules for home-schooling could push the movement underground.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review
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Government

How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review

A rare radio appearance by the Queensland premier has shed more light on the surprise move’s timeline – and a key phone call three days before its announcement.

  • byMatt Dennien
Schrinner firms his push for Victoria Park stadium’s ‘compelling case’

Schrinner firms his push for Victoria Park stadium’s ‘compelling case’

Brisbane’s re-elected lord mayor has bucked rejection of a new stadium by both state major party leaders,as 2032 organisers met to cap-off a turbulent week.

  • byMatt Dennien
Qld moves to ban rent bidding but ‘tenants offer to pay more’

Qld moves to ban rent bidding but ‘tenants offer to pay more’

Limiting rent increases to once a year and a ban on rent bidding are pitched to “help to stabilise the private rental market”. But debate in Qld is far from over.

  • byMatt Dennien
Qld renters’ identities kept to themselves under proposed law changes

Qld renters’ identities kept to themselves under proposed law changes

Long-awaited Queensland reforms will crack down on information requests from owners and agents.

  • byMatt Dennien