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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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The staffer’s workload increased, on average, 65 per cent.

‘Morale’s terrible’: When does a vacancy management plan become a hiring freeze?

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus takes a look at staff morale at Transport and Main Roads as well as Government House up in Paddington.

  • James Hall, Matt Dennien and Julius Dennis
Queensland Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development Minister Dale Last, his director-general Graham Fraine, Solicitor-General Gim Del Villar KC, and Federal Court Chief Justice Debra Mortimer.

A ministerial direction, a court warning, and a cloud over native title

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: native title questions swirl, (Red) Union boss’ board gig, slow progress on police integrity, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
The lease for the Stones Corner building was signed without funding allocated for the deal.

Police signed Stones Corner lease without approval – then didn’t tell auditors

A Queensland Audit Office report sheds light on the controversial 15-year, $116 million station deal.

  • Matt Dennien
Shaun Drummond, then acting Queensland Health director general while on leave from Deloitte, pictured leaving the state’s Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland in 2022.

Former health boss’s firm wraps up consulting gig in old digs – for now

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: extra cash for Metro North’s key consultants, (at least one) Education pay rise, question time bubbly, and more.

  • Matt Dennien, James Hall and Cameron Atfield
The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

Opposition raises concerns over transport project’s contract roles

The transport department has revealed it awarded commercial roles on “The Wave” to members of a new consulting firm who recently left another government agency.

  • Matt Dennien
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Redlands CEO Louise Rusan (second right) with Beeaumont (third right), Daly (holding the shirt).

Recruiter for $500k council CEO gig quit with fears of ‘significant internal issues’

Leaked documents show a respected recruiter quit midway through the search for a new Redlands CEO search after flagging what he thought were potential conflicts of interest.

  • Julius Dennis
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
Sharon Kelsey at pictured at her Adelaide home in 2022.

Council should redo CEO hire to meet ‘pub test’: Logan whistleblower

The whistleblower former chief of a major south-east council believes “irregularities” in the recent $500,000 Redland top job process need to be addressed.

  • Matt Dennien