Five Queensland mayors and councillors, including Logan Mayor Luke Smith and Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli, face immediate suspension under new laws designed to help restore confidence in local government.
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Authorities 'fast-tracking' some African athlete asylum applications: lawyer
A leading refugee lawyer says Australian authorities appear to be expediting the asylum applications of overseas athletes and sports officials who remained in Australia after the Commonwealth Games.
Mayors, councillors face suspension as new laws passed in Qld Parliament
Logan Mayor Luke Smith and Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli are among five councillors now facing immediate suspension after the Queensland Government passes new laws on standards in local government.
Mother charged with kidnapping her kids will have to wear tracking device on bail
The mother allegedly took her two daughters from outside their Townsville school in 2014, when they were aged seven, and went “off the grid for four years”, the court hears.
Alan Jones fights back tears as he testifies in multi-million-dollar defamation trial
Broadcaster Alan Jones chokes up in a Brisbane court as he speaks about the deadly 2011 flooding in Grantham and defends comments he made about the collapse of a quarry wall.
Electoral commissioner 'drunk at work', seen in 'compromising sexual position'
Queensland’s former electoral commissioner, Walter van der Merwe, was drunk in the workplace, absent without reasonable excuse, and seen in a compromising position of a “sexual nature” with an employee, an investigation finds.
Up to 100 foreign Commonwealth Games delegates without visas 'may still be in Australia'
It is possible that up to 100 foreign athletes and team officials who came to Australia for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in March remain in the country without a valid visa, the Refugee Council of Australia says.
Rundown buildings provide adventures for urban explorers despite dangers
Abandoned, rundown and dilapidated buildings are the playground of a group of people whose adventure thrives on urban decay.
Multi-million-dollar island development knocked back near Gladstone
As idyllic islands up and down the Great Barrier Reef sit in ruins, a regional Queensland council knocks back a multi-million-dollar resort development.
Royal Flying Doctors' first flight re-enacted, 90 years on
The world’s first flying doctor service takes to the skies to celebrate 90 years of delivering healthcare to outback Australians.