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[Link] George Christensen announces intention to run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party
Read: 13/4/2022 www.abc.net.au
Rogue former Coalition MP George Christensen has prompted one of the early shocks of the 2022 election campaign, announcing he will run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at the May 21 election.
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[Link] 'Horrible to think about': Dire warning on spread of fire ants
Read: 16/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The national fire ant program began in 2017 with a $411 million budget from the Commonwealth, states and territories, but recently admitted it needs more money and time to eradicate the ants.
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[Link] Brisbane Christian school withdraws controversial sexuality contract after community backlash
Read: 3/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The contract demanded families denounce homosexuality and that students identify by birth gender, or risk being excluded from the school. Citipointe Christian College's contract describes homosexuality as a sin and compares it to bestiality and paedophilia.
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[Link] Police urge caution after man dies in unofficial search for missing police dog
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Emergency services were called to help the man at about 7:00pm but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers cut back their search for PD Quizz on Sunday, six days after his disappearance.
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[Link] Farmers 'cautiously joyous' after Queensland food bowl is deemed no place for 'big, dirty coal mine'
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Resources Minister Scott Stewart has delivered a preliminary review that says coal exploration north of Bundaberg is not in the public interest. It comes after the company Fox Resources applied for a mineral development licence (MDL) between Moore Park Beach and Avondale.
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[Link] The restoration project giving oyster shells a new life
Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Discarded oyster shells from restaurants, usually destined for landfill, are being recycled to create shellfish reefs in Queensland's Moreton Bay. It is the biggest community-driven reef restoration in Australia.
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[Link] Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The full bench of Queensland's Industrial Relation Commission (QIRC) rejected submissions that Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll had no power to mandate compulsory vaccinations, did not consult staff and infringed upon workers' rights.
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[Link] Queensland MP's son charged over child exploitation material
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The son of a Queensland politician has been denied bail after being charged with possessing child exploitation material while on probation. Daniel Knuth, 24, is the son of Shane Knuth, the Katter's Australian Party state member for Hill.
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[Link] Woman charged under new Queensland laws for allegedly failing to report child sex abuse
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Redbank Plains woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fronted Ipswich Magistrates Court this week over the charge – three months after the laws took effect.
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[Link] Police officer who fined Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri regularly criticised him on Facebook
Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police service says it will conduct a “full review” into a fine issued to prominent Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri, after it emerged the police officer involved had regularly criticised Sri in social media posts.
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[Link] Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site
Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.
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[Link] Queensland police officer who leaked domestic abuse victim’s address resigns
Read: 4/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Queensland police officer who leaked the address of a domestic abuse victim to her violent former partner has resigned, more than five years after first admitting to hacking into a confidential police database.
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[Link] Queensland police superintendent 'disappointed' by allegations officer snuck daughter over NSW border
Read: 22/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
An internal investigation has since begun into the incident and the officer has been stood down from official duties in the road policing unit in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall. The man's 20-year-old daughter was issued with a $4,135 fine last Wednesday and has been placed in hotel quarantine.
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[Link] Men arrested after alleged two-day crime spree stretching from Gold Coast to Townsville
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Two men who allegedly went on went on a two-day crime spree from the Gold Coast to north Queensland have been remanded in custody. The men were arrested separately on Monday after allegedly committing a string of violent offences around Coomera, Mackay and Townsville.
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[Link] Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim
Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, is “carefully considering” whether to take further disciplinary action against an officer who leaked the address of a domestic violence victim.
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[Link] Outback horse slayer deserves prison time for 'persistent, cruel behaviour'
Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The person who slaughtered more than 40 horses in outback Queensland in scenes that left seasoned police officers horrified is likely to face several years behind bars, lawyers say.
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[Link] Attorney general’s department advised Coalition Toondah Harbour development could breach wetlands convention
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Coalition government decided a controversial apartment complex and marina proposed for Queensland’s Moreton Bay should proceed to the next stage of the assessment process, despite legal advice from the federal attorney general’s department warning it was unacceptable because of the risk it p
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[Link] Victorian couple desperate to return from NSW hear nothing a week after applying for Covid travel pass
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Victorians Carla Styles and Stuart Annand were just past the Queensland border, near Goondiwindi, when their mad scramble home began to unravel.
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[Link] Woman awarded $130k damages in sexual harassment case against boss at laundromat
Read: 9/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
A woman who was found to have been sexually harassed while working at a Brisbane laundromat has been awarded $130,000 in damages — a sum her lawyers believe could be a record-breaking amount in Queensland.
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[Link] Crocodile attacks two soldiers swimming at Portland Roads in Far North Queensland
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Another man, in his 30s, was slashed on his wrist and arm. The pair are Army soldiers and are believed to have been swimming just before 5:00pm on Friday near the coastal fishing village, Portland Roads, about 800 kilometres north of Cairns.
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[Link] Centrelink pauses welfare and childcare debt repayments during lockdowns
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Centrelink will no longer issue or recover welfare and childcare debts during lockdowns, including in parts of New South Wales and Queensland currently under stay-at-home orders.
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[Link] Surgeon left waiting 12 days to burst through 'border bubble'
Read: 4/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Tugun doctor David Ryan is calling on the Queensland government to streamline its COVID-19 exemptions process after finding himself stuck on the wrong side of the state's border.
[Link] Queensland police union condemned over claims DVOs used to get advantage in family court disputes
Read: 16/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The union representing Queensland’s police officers has been criticised for claiming some people seek domestic violence orders to gain an advantage in family law disputes.
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[Link] Queensland police blocked research into domestic violence cases and attitudes of officers
Read: 6/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police service blocked academic research seeking to scrutinise its response to domestic violence cases and the attitudes of officers – sending rejection letters that denied there was a need for studies.
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