We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games
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We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games

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.

  • byMatt Dennien

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Steve Gollschewski named as Queensland’s new police commissioner

Steve Gollschewski named as Queensland’s new police commissioner

The police veteran of 44 years has been appointed to the top job after a two-month search to fill the early departure of his predecessor,Katarina Carroll.

  • byMatt Dennien
Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000

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.

  • byFraser Barton
Govt has ‘eroded’ Brisbane’s 11-year Olympic runway:Paris ’24 and LA ’28 consultant

Govt has ‘eroded’ Brisbane’s 11-year Olympic runway:Paris ’24 and LA ’28 consultant

There’s time to get the Games right,he says,but Brisbane’s advantage from an 11-year lead-up has been affected by the lack of an independent delivery authority.

  • byCameron Atfield
Star has weeks to prove progress on planned Qld fixes. But you can’t see them
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Star has weeks to prove progress on planned Qld fixes. But you can’t see them

The casino giant stares down licence suspensions in Queensland amid a second grilling in NSW,tied to tightly held reforms partially obtained by Brisbane Times.

  • byMatt Dennien
The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’
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The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’

As major infrastructure project costs rise and deadlines extend across the country,a state election also approaches – and can help explain some of the bluster.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld

Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld

Twenty-five years after prostitution was legalised in Queensland,the industry will be decriminalised to improve the lives of sex workers.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Molly the magpie to return home,but ‘owners’ can’t cash in

Molly the magpie to return home,but ‘owners’ can’t cash in

The Gold Coast couple who adopted an abandoned magpie will be reunited with their beloved bird,but will not be allowed to make any more money off the world-famous Molly.

  • byCameron Atfield
Molly the magpie to reunite with best mate

Molly the magpie to reunite with best mate

The friendship between a magpie and two English Staffies is set to be renewed after the Queensland government agreed to give a Gold Coast couple a licence to care for the native bird.

  • byCameron Atfield
Questions over power,independence of Queensland Victims’ Commissioner

Questions over power,independence of Queensland Victims’ Commissioner

The Miles government says a new Victims’ Commissioner will champion the rights of victims. But multiple groups have taken issue with the fine print.

  • byCloe Read
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