An extra one million people will live in southeast Queensland by the 2032 Games and Olympic success will rise and fall on the state’s ability to move them around, according to one of the mayors who began the quest to get the event to Brisbane.
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has blasted a State Government proposal to impose rental controls to combat rising costs and homelessness as showing “no grasp on basic economics”.
The verdict is in – vaping by children as young as 8 must be outlawed immediately to avoid a growing health crisis within our schools. The Premier simply has to act decisively, writes Madonna King
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s revised youth justice bill comes as an iron first wrapped in a velvet glove. Time will tell if it wallops soaring crime rates, or permanently floors our most vulnerable kids.