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Police service, health department bungled vaccine mandates, judge finds
Vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the Supreme Court has found.
Perspective
Produce-aisle probe highlights the rot in parts of our governing system
Seeing recent LNP talk about expanding a looming Qld inquiry into supermarket pricing, you’d be forgiven to almost think they had a chance at shifting the dial.
Matt Dennien
Reporter
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
Queensland suffered through its worst year for flu in 2023 in decades. And our “soldier on” mentality – which never really went away – isn’t helping.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
This week, we have published 11,258 words about quality of life issues (not including the 700-plus words I am writing here). It’s time for you to have your say.
Sean Parnell
Editor
Urban Affairs
The decision to pave Brisbane’s civic space is still being debated 15 years later
King George Square was paved in 2009 - a decision backed by both major parties - but it has again become an issue ahead of the Brisbane City Council election.
- by Tony Moore
Updated
Council election
Greens refloat plan to ban new developments in flood-prone areas
Two years since the 2022 Brisbane floods, the party has also pledged a $20 million annual buyback scheme as part of its council election policy platform.
- by Matt Dennien
Updated
City council
LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane Life Study
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
- by Sean Parnell
City Life
Updated
City council
LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane Life Study
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
- by Sean Parnell
Crime & Courts
Police service, health department bungled vaccine mandates, judge finds
Vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the Supreme Court has found.
A new witness and DNA profiles: Breakthrough in suspected Gold Coast murders
Two Gold Coast men disappeared 22 years ago. Police now have a new witness and DNA profiles of “possible persons of interest”.
- by Keira Jenkins
Politics
Perspective
Government
Produce-aisle probe highlights the rot in parts of our governing system
- by Matt Dennien
Updated
Council election
Greens refloat plan to ban new developments in flood-prone areas
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
$2.75b announced for Qld’s ‘next big rail project’ – but it will need much more
State funds have been earmarked for a key south-east rail link that will only be partly completed by 2032, and still requires a federal cash injection.
- by Matt Dennien
Major US airline adds direct flight from Brisbane to LA
By December, there will be a total of 34 flights per week from North America to the Queensland capital.
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Forget Quirk’s 60-day review into Olympic venues. I did mine in 60 minutes
- by Cameron Atfield
Transport
Health
Perspective
Flu season
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
- by Felicity Caldwell