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Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Debbie Platz APM in her Brisbane office during her first month in the role.

Watchdog’s silence on controversial government bill sparks alarm

New human rights boss Debbie Platz declined to publicly weigh in on the LNP’s proposed drug crackdown and new police power expansion.

  • Matt Dennien

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Raising Queensland lead author Professor Karen Healy AM said there was a link between neurodevelopmental delays and housing insecurity.

Queensland kids worse off than kids in other states: report

Close to a quarter of Queensland children are not hitting their developmental milestones, the study from UQ found.

  • Courtney Kruk
Indonesian activist attacked.

The shocking moment an Indonesian activist was allegedly attacked with chemicals in Jakarta

Indonesian authorities have arrested six people, four of them from the military’s intelligence unit, in connection to the incident that has sent a chill through Indonesian human rights activists.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
The NSW Government is cracking down on homophobic hate crimes.

Parliament to hold inquiry into human rights act for NSW

A group of MPs and legal groups had called on the state government to investigate introducing a human rights act in NSW, as tough new laws to combat homophobic hate crimes are revealed.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Iran players stand silently during the anthem before their match against Korea Republic on March 2.

Iran’s brave players have stood tall. Now Australia must stand with them

Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.

  • Daniel Ghezelbash and Mary Anne Kenny
Tents being destroyed at an encampment in April after Moreton Bay Council made camping on public land illegal.

Moreton Bay council ‘violated human rights’ of homeless campers, court rules

The decision handed down in Brisbane’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled Moreton Bay City Council had made several “errors of law” when evicting a homeless encampment from public parks last year.

  • Courtney Kruk
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The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

The curious case of The Wave contractors and a new consulting firm

This week on our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: a major project brings in the consultants, a harder question for human rights HQ, brand 2.0, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall

How Queensland’s new human rights boss aims to chart a less ‘combative’ course

In her first interview as the state’s second Human Rights Commissioner, Debbie Platz opens up about her plans for the watchdog role.

  • Matt Dennien
“Universities have experienced protests, encampments and polarised debates,” the report said.

‘Significant hostility’: Scale of racism on university campuses revealed

Racism is “pervasive” across the country’s 43 universities and has worsened with “external events”.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Brisbane Palestine rally on 9/2/26.

Huge rally shouts the six-word chant Queensland plans to ban

A court challenge against banning the contested phrase was foreshadowed by organisers of the rally, which attracted well over 1000 people.

  • Courtney Kruk and William Davis