Jason Tin
The Courier-Mail
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Offensive training materials behind Indonesia’s decision to suspend military co-operation with Australia
INDONESIA has farcically suspended military co-operation with Australia after one of its officers took issue with some teaching materials in a room 3000km away from Jakarta. → Read More
Queensland Rail wins national award weeks after Brisbane train chaos
AFTER more than a fortnight of train woes and accusations of misleading briefings to Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe, Queensland Rail has taken out a top project management award. → Read More
Bid for shake-up of opening hours at hardware stores, car yards
BUNNINGS would open from 6am on weekends and car yards would be allowed to operate on Sundays under a plan being considered by a key panel examining Queensland’s outdated trading hours. → Read More
Child safety commencement time frames ‘still not where they need to be’
COMMENCEMENT time frames for child safety investigations have slipped, with the latest data revealing declining outcomes. → Read More
Construction of facility to replace Barrett Adolescent Centre begin by end of next year
CONSTRUCTION of a new facility to replace the Barrett Adolescent Centre will begin by the end of next year. → Read More
Police Minister Billy Byrne slams behaviour of those behind clown purge craze
POLICE Minister Bill Byrne has stood up in State Parliament to slam a three-year-old horror movie, blaming it for the current clown craze. → Read More
No more English tests for taxi drivers
TAXI drivers will no longer have to pass English tests or undergo geographical knowledge training after the Palaszczuk Government quietly removed requirements for them to do so. → Read More
Palaszczuk Government to introduce legislation to get 17-year-olds out of adult prisons
LABOR will today introduce legislation into the State Parliament to get 17-year-olds out of adult prisons, with plans to have them all moved within 12 months of the laws being passed. → Read More
Queensland to remove 17-year-olds from adult prisons
THE Palaszczuk Government has pledged to move all 17-year-olds out of adult prisons within 12 months of new laws being passed, with plans to introduce legislation into the Parliament next week to facilitate the change. → Read More
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk busy plugging Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Sydney
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has come under fire for holding a major Commonwealth Games event in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, instead of on the Gold Coast. → Read More
Tim Nicholls’ sexist remark about Kate Jones
STATE Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has been accused of making sexist remarks after he said Education Minister Kate Jones had been “screeching” in “her usual banshee fashion”. → Read More
Made in China: Queensland LNP clothing made offshore despite party’s stance on jobs for Australia
SHIRTS and caps being sold at the LNP State Convention have been made overseas, despite the party’s continual rhetoric about creating Queensland jobs. → Read More
Pumicestone MP Rick Williams runs into trouble with electoral material
PUMICESTONE voters will likely have a question for their local MP, Rick Williams: Would you like to buy a vowel? → Read More
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval amused at Brisvegas nickname
NEVADA Governor Brian Sandoval did not know that locals commonly bestowed the moniker of Brisvegas on the Queensland capital. → Read More
Alarm bells ring over Queensland’s huge pokies splurge
QUEENSLANDERS poured an extra $83 million through the state’s pokies last financial year, with anti-gaming-machine campaigners expressing concern over the alarming splurge. → Read More
Queensland politics: Child Safety Minister wasn’t specifically briefed on Caboolture centre
MINISTER Shannon Fentiman says she was not specifically briefed about issues surrounding the Caboolture child safety centre during a meeting last October. → Read More
LNP questions delays in Toowoomba South by-election count
THE LNP is “concerned” about the lack of preference counting that took place on Sunday and will demand an explanation from the Electoral Commissioner as it awaits an outcome in the Toowoomba South by-election. → Read More
Emergency department nurses, frontline mental health staff getting training in suicide prevention
EMERGENCY department nurses and frontline mental health staff are being trained to identify patients who are at risk of suicide as part of a new initiative. → Read More
Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel records elevated ammonia levels
ANOTHER possible case of ammonia exceedence related to Clive Palmer’s nickel refinery is being investigated, following analysis of water samples taken last month. → Read More
Queensland economy: Tim Nicholls gives Budget reply speech
OPPOSITION Leader Tim Nicholls has anointed Treasurer Curtis Pitt the “Minister for Risky Business”, taking aim at the State Budget as a fanciful plan that relies too heavily on over-optimistic growth forecasts. → Read More