Lockyer Valley counts flood cost as cleanup begins

A ‘gutwrenching’ clean up and recovery is underway across Queensland as the floodwaters slowly subside from the second major rain event this year.

Local mayor laments end of privately-run prisons in Queensland

All of Queensland’s prisons are again run at taxpayers’ expense after a Crime and Corruption Commission report criticised jails being run by “profit-driven” organisations, but the move has upset at least one local mayor who does not see a reason for the change.

Tanya Milligan

Lockyer Valley counts flood cost as cleanup begins

Local mayor laments end of privately-run prisons in Queensland