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Former Queensland chief justice and robo-debt royal commissioner Catherine Holmes AC SC is among the latest signatories to open letters calling for action over an “outward racist ideology” expressed by police union president Ian Leavers last month.

Scathing police finance report puts former leadership in CCC sights

Queensland’s anti-corruption agency has been asked to probe poor financial governance at the top of a police service said to have been “living beyond its means”.

  • Matt Dennien

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Crime and Corruption Commission Chair Bruce Barbour.

Corruption boss questions absence of police integrity unit: ‘Continuing reduction in quality’

The unit was recommended following an inquiry into police responses to DV calls in 2022.

  • Julius Dennis
Queensland ministers Amanda Camm and Tim Mander have been grilled about their relationship.

Premier and romantic ministers referred to corruption watchdog

Labor has asked the CCC to investigate the romance between Tim Mander and Amanda Camm, and whether David Crisafulli failed to act.

  • James Hall
Queensland Treasury is looking to fill an executive role focused on “financial efficiencies”, as the Crisafulli government chases

Treasury hunts ‘financial efficiencies’ figure as hiring squeeze spreads

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus finds more budgets bearing down, consultants cracking on, an ombudsman out the door, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
A man was seriously injured in a police shooting at Logan Central.

Police shooting and fatal crash mark busy night for emergency services

A man was shot in Logan and a driver killed near Esk as crashes, a vehicle fire and other incidents kept emergency crews busy across Queensland overnight.

  • Cameron Atfield
Queensland Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development Minister Dale Last, his director-general Graham Fraine, Solicitor-General Gim Del Villar KC, and Federal Court Chief Justice Debra Mortimer.

A ministerial direction, a court warning, and a cloud over native title

This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus: native title questions swirl, (Red) Union boss’ board gig, slow progress on police integrity, and more.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
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The lease for the Stones Corner building was signed without funding allocated for the deal.

Police signed Stones Corner lease without approval – then didn’t tell auditors

A Queensland Audit Office report sheds light on the controversial 15-year, $116 million station deal.

  • Matt Dennien
One Nation WA leader Rod Caddies.

One Nation accuses Cook government of blackmailing conservative parties over extra staff

The Greens and Legalise Cannabis WA MPs were given an extra staff member recently, but others were not so lucky.

  • Hamish Hastie
Former senior detective Wayne Dean outside Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Detective accused of accepting flights, cash and hotel stays as bribes

Former policeman Wayne Dean allegedly staged faux interviews to settle civil disputes. Also charged are a building company boss, travel agent and debt collector.

  • Grant McArthur
Twenty per cent of Queensland’s e-mobility rebates were spent on illegal devices.

Labor demands CCC probe into its own former rebate scheme

The LNP revealed on Sunday about 20 per cent of the former Labor government’s e-mobility rebates funded illegal devices. Labor has shifted the blame to public servants.

  • Cameron Atfield