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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
Matt Dennien

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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.

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.

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Urban Affairs

King George Square in 2024

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
Jason and Rebecca Petzke look at cars swamped by floodwater at West End in 2022.

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

City Life

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Crime & Courts

The directions given to Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service staff were found to be “poorly considered”.

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.

The white Ford Laser or a white Toyota Corona sedan police are seeking; Inset: Hogg (top) and Rosson.

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

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

An artist’s impression of a station along the Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line, proposed to link commuters from Maroochydore into the existing North Coast Line toward Brisbane.

$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
By December, four of America’s biggest airline operators will be flying into Brisbane, including Delta, United, American Airlines and Air Canada.

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

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