BRISBANE — Aboriginal organisations have slammed Queensland Premier Wayne Goss's decision to order the rewriting of a draft year 5 social studies source book.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Consultative
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Queensland riot squad condemnedBRISBANE — The Queensland Civil Liberties Council has condemned the introduction of a new riot squad to deal with street offences in the city and Fortitude Valley malls as a
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BRISBANE - Supreme Court Judge John Dowsett has said he is "heartily sick" of government agencies' applications to install secret listening devices in Queensland. Speaking on January 12 during a Criminal Justice Commission
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BRISBANE - Meetings of members of the Public Sector Union in the Department of Social Security here have voted to impose additional half-day office closures as an expression of "deep concern" over funding cuts to salary budgets and
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Brisbane garbos vote to end strikeBRISBANE — A dawn meeting of 300 garbage collectors in King George Square voted on November 26 to end their two-day strike and accept the city council's improved redundancy offer. The
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Queensland rail lines reprievedBRISBANE — The Goss government has agreed to retain 17 rail lines threatened with closure several months ago (some conditionally), to lease one as a private siding, to mothball five and close
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Residents slam Lang Park takeoverBRISBANE — Milton and Paddington residents outraged at the state government decision to fast-track redevelopment of the Lang Park rugby league stadium met on November 19 and called on the
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Protest hits waste incineratorBRISBANE — With placards declaring "School kids demand clean air", some 40 protesters met outside state parliament on November 16 to oppose the continued use of Ace Waste incinerators at
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Brisbane garbos reject offerBRISBANE — Brisbane garbage collectors are continuing to campaign for a better redundancy deal when one-person collection is introduced next July. Transport Workers Union state secretary
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Triumph clothing strike endsBRISBANE — More than 350 women at Triumph International women's underwear factories at Ipswich and Wynnum ended a nine-day strike on November 3, after gaining some improvement in the redundancy
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Officials 'ignored' illegal sewer dumpsBRISBANE — Brisbane City Council staff have turned a blind eye to the dumping of huge amounts of illegal liquid waste into the city's sewerage system, a Criminal Justice Commission
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Secret tour exposes illegal waste dumpsBRISBANE — A late-night tour of illegal waste dumps here has given Queensland Greens convener Drew Hutton the information he needs to expose the racket of organised environmental crime