A former head of Queensland’s prisons system wants the State Government to stop sending Indigenous drug offenders to jail and instead set up remote “healing centres”.
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Personal wellbeing, finances being sacrificed for small business success
The promise of flexible working hours and complete autonomy draws many people to start up small businesses, but being your own boss often comes with a 24-7 commitment that can have implications for your health.
2.4pc Brisbane rate rise, $1b for transport in council budget
Brisbane ratepayers will fork out $37 more next financial year in a council budget that includes more than $1 billion for transport infrastructure.
Don't be fooled, NSW, these Maroons mean business
New South Wales can not afford to fall for Queensland’s mind games ahead of game II — the Maroons are primed, ready and believe they can level the series.
London attacks inquest hears details of Australian victims' deaths
Julie and Mark Wallace should have been preparing for a trip to Paris to meet their 21-year-old daughter Sara Zelenak — instead the Brisbane parents found themselves in a coroner’s court in London hearing how she had been murdered.
Labor's cash-for-access fundraising slammed by corruption fighter
One of Queensland’s most respected corruption busters accuses the Palaszczuk Government of “prostituting” itself by selling access to ministers, saying the practice is “hypocritical” to the party’s stated principles.
Queensland budget sweeteners designed to 'defend against One Nation'
The Palaszczuk Government’s budget is designed “to batten down the hatches” and ward off the advancements of One Nation, in the face of an upcoming election, political analysists say.
Budget spend for environment a 'band-aid solution': Queensland Greens
While the Queensland Government is talking up a “record environment budget”, the Greens say the failure to curb land clearing undermines all other efforts to help the Great Barrier Reef.
Logan Mayor denies donors benefited from council's decisions
Logan Mayor Luke Smith denies any wrongdoing after being grilled by the Crime and Corruption Commission about allegations he misused his position to favour developers who donated to his 2016 campaign.
Inland rail 'held hostage' over Cross River Rail commitment: PM
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses the Queensland Premier of holding national rail projects hostage, because the Commonwealth would not fund Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project.