Les Walker continues to pocket a salary for his role on a parliamentary committee, despite planning to resign and failing to show up for budget estimates hearings.
Queensland MPs are set to vote on sweeping euthanasia legislation this year, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made it a key election pledge. The Courier-Mail went to all MPs for comment to seek their view on the issue, as they await draft legislation from the Queensland Law Reform Commission which is due by May. See what your MP had to say in response to the following questions: Do you support voluntary assisted dying? Will you vote in favour of voluntary assisted dying when the legislation comes before the parliament? See where your local MP stands on this sensitive issue. Stephen Andrew, Member for Mirani (One Nation)
Thursday marks one year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Queensland.
Less than a month into 2020, the state was recovering from a summer of devastating bushfires and residents and authorities were bracing for cyclone season.
A cleaner in the otherwise vacated King George Square in Brisbane.
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By March, the nation was in lockdown and Queenslanders could be fined for leaving their homes.
The global tally of coronavirus cases has surpassed 100 million and more than 2 million people have died.
Brisbane Times takes a look back at how the virus spread through Queensland, and some of the state’s near misses.