Qld boasts largest publicly owned wind farm

The Tarong West wind farm project has been purchased from global renewable energy developer RES.

10 October, 2024

Queensland police to deploy drones

The Queensland Government is investing nearly a million dollars in drone technology to support police in North Queensland.

21 February, 2022

Qld Govt to establish environment protection agency

The Queensland Government has begun public consultation on the establishment of an environmental protection agency.

17 January, 2022

Queensland to unleash croc-spotting drones

The Queensland government plans to use drone technology to spot crocodiles and assist in rescues.

22 August, 2019

Health groups lobby candidates on climate impacts

Public health professionals campaign to make the health impacts of climate change an issue in the Wentworth by-election.

14 October, 2018

Errors, missing projects on governments’ ICT dashboards

Audits into the Queensland and Victorian governments’ online ICT expenditure reporting tools have found both dashboards improved transparency but their accuracy is in question.

13 July, 2018

Calls for crackdown on local government misconduct

Queensland’s councils have put forward tighter transparency regulations beyond those proposed by the state’s corruption commission.   

1 May, 2018

Scrambling in the party ranks

The Greens federally and the Queensland Government have had to rearrange their houses, fast.

20 July, 2017

Exports: a tale of two states

While SA extends a program to boost exports, Qld’s coffers are boosted by the recovery of its coal exports.

10 July, 2017

Legal lessons from the Queensland Health Payroll Report

By Michael Grosser* The Queensland Government’s procurement practices and the acceptance of the role of probity advisors have evolved considerably since 2007 when it commenced the procurement activity for the Queensland Health Payroll System. Probity is now recognised by Queensland Government agencies, statutory bodies and Government Owned Corporations as being an integral part of how […]

23 January, 2014

Queensland councils cleared to take out bat colonies

By Paul Hemsley The Queensland government has given councils the all-clear to take aim at “problem” flying foxes in an effort to mitigate the potential health hazards they present. The approval follows a long campaign by councils which demanded that the state government cut “red tape” that previously hindered them from shifting flying fox infestations. […]

3 December, 2013

Doctors slam resuscitation of ‘Workchoices-style’ hospital contracts

By Paul Hemsley The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has slammed the Queensland government’s decision to move all of its public hospital Senior Medical Officers to individual contracts from 1st July 2014. The peak doctor’s group has warned that the state government’s decision will have “dramatic” consequences on medical workforce numbers and could force doctors to […]

24 October, 2013

Financial probe launched after Wide Bay Water mayhem

By Paul Hemsley The Queensland government will instigate a ministerial probe into the financial operations of the Fraser Coast Regional Council and the Wide Bay Water Corporation (WBWC) recent stoushes between the two organisations prompted Minister for Local Government David Crisafulli to approve an extraordinary appointment of a councillor to the WBWC board. The ongoing […]

30 August, 2013

Queensland releases government technology vision

By Julian Bajkowski The Queensland Government has set out its grand vision for recasting how the state’s public sector buys and consumes more than $1.6 billion a year in technology services, software and infrastructure, confirming it will dump confirmed the longstanding build-own-operate model in favour of buying technology as a service. In a set of […]

30 August, 2013