Annastacia Palaszczuk
Queensland Human Rights Commission flooded with inquiries due to Covid border confusion
Commissioner says lack of detail has ‘created a vacuum where misinformation is able to be spread’
Ben Smee
26, Nov, 2021 @7:00 PM
Queensland moves to automatically cancel Covid travel exemption requests amid delays
Exclusive: Some people waited weeks before receiving an email saying their application would be closed if they don’t reply soon
Ben Smee
16, Nov, 2021 @9:10 AM
Gerard Rennick demanding Morrison government challenge Queensland border ban in high court
Liberal senator threatens to withhold vote unless border closure contested in court ‘as a matter of urgency’
Sarah Martin and Paul Karp
19, Oct, 2021 @6:54 AM
Greg Hunt suggests Queensland premier has ‘misled the public’ as hospital funding dispute heats up
Federal health minister calls state government policy a ‘most profound and grave use of border closure for a monetary reason’
Paul Karp
05, Oct, 2021 @5:17 AM
Australia set to restart international travel in November, Scott Morrison says
Prime minister announces plans to allow vaccinated passengers into Australia with a pre-flight Covid test and one week of home quarantine
Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis
01, Oct, 2021 @8:11 AM
Queensland Covid update: NRL grand final capacity cut as six new cases recorded
Annastacia Palaszczuk announces new restrictions in greater Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Townsville and Palm Island amid several small outbreaks
Ben Smee
30, Sep, 2021 @1:18 AM
NSW schools reportedly to reopen earlier than planned and Oberon enters lockdown – as it happened
Victorian health department charged over alleged OHS breaches in hotel quarantine. This blog is now closed
Caitlin Cassidy, Donna Lu, Nino Bucci and Mostafa Rachwani
29, Sep, 2021 @8:49 AM
Queensland scrambles to contain Brisbane Covid outbreak ahead of NRL grand final
State records four new cases and reintroduces some restrictions, but premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there is ‘no need to panic’
Ben Smee
28, Sep, 2021 @1:14 AM
‘Are you going to India?’: Queensland isn’t in any hurry to open borders
Frustrations grow as premier declines to detail when NSW roadblocks will be removed and dismisses idea of international travel
Ben Smee
24, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM
Police arrest 92 protesters in Melbourne – as it happened
This blog is now closed
Mostafa Rachwani (now) and Matilda Boseley (earlier)
23, Sep, 2021 @8:58 AM
NSW records 935 cases and four deaths; protests over mandatory construction jabs in Melbourne – as it happened
This blog is now closed
Ben Doherty and Matilda Boseley
20, Sep, 2021 @9:46 AM
Making progress: is Queensland actually as conservative as we think?
The passage of voluntary assisted dying laws is the latest in the state’s slow but steady trickle of progressive reforms
Ben Smee
17, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM
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