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Principals were told too many tradespeople were unable to do their jobs due to not having the checks.

Hundreds of Queenslanders stopped from working with kids under crackdown

Figures released on Monday show more than 540 Blue Cards were suspended or withdrawn since changes were brought in by the Crisafulli government last year.

  • Courtney Kruk

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The offender walked free from court on a suspended sentence last year.

He raped his sister then walked free. Now he will serve time behind bars

The man was given 72 hours to hand himself in before being thrown behind bars.

  • James Hall and Cloe Read
Premier David Crisafulli and Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber (back right) will expand the LNP’s adult crime, adult time legislation in parliament this week.

LNP expands ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws with 12 new offences

The new laws will target stalking, conspiring to murder, abuse and other offences, taking the total to 45, the premier announced on Sunday.

  • Cameron Atfield
Protesters taking part in August 2025’s March for Palestine in Brisbane, which attendance estimates of XX,000 people.

Police will ‘choose their mark’ to enforce protest slogan ban

High-ranking police faced questions about how they would crack down on crowds of thousands if they chanted phrases banned under the new laws.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington, who had carriage of the donation change bill, in parliament last year.

Warning on Olympic corruption risk after developer donation ban overturned

The LNP this week reversed a ban on state political donations by developers and quadrupled the cap, despite the corruption watchdog’s concerns.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli speaks at parliament house earlier this year.

Queensland refuses to back Albanese’s gun buyback scheme

Queensland will deliver another blow to the prime minister’s proposed reforms to be rushed through parliament in response to the Bondi Beach terror attack.

  • James Hall
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Work friends Ram (left), Shiv (centre), and Sunny (right) were planning to stay in the city with their families until midnight.

Brisbane revellers brave the rain amid boosted police presence for NYE

A smattering of rain dusted crowds securing their prime viewing spot ahead of Brisbane’s drone and fireworks shows.

  • Dominique Tassell and Catherine Strohfeldt
David Crisafulli says the yet-to-be-detailed changes would come before parliament in 2026.

Queensland to unwind ‘knee-jerk’ action on decades-old inquiry call

Under Labor, the state was the last to decriminalise public drunkenness – disproportionately used against Indigenous Australians. The LNP will change course.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington.

Queensland to ban more hate symbols in fight against antisemitism

Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said “everything” was on the table in Queensland’s crackdown on hate speech, but the government would not rush its response.

  • Matt Dennien
Debbie Platz has been named Queensland’s Human Rights Commissioner.

Former senior cop appointed Queensland human rights tsar

Deborah Platz AM will replace outgoing commissioner Scott McDougall, with her five-year term to begin at the end of January.

  • Julius Dennis