Alex Brewster

Stamp duty will be scrapped for some first home buyers in Queensland from May 1. Here's what's changing.

The Queensland government will finally announce the location of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games stadium next month, after years of debate.

The funding, which equates to an average of about $35,000 per school, will allow them to hire teacher aides, speech pathologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, or increase the hours of existing staff.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has distanced himself from his pre-election pledge there would be no new stadium for the Brisbane Olympic Games under an LNP government.

Queensland MPs will receive a new allowance of up to $6,500 for home security measures in the wake of "very disturbing" threats.

The Queensland government will spend $100 million on reducing the elective surgery waitlist, which grew last quarter to more than 66,000 patients. 

The Queensland government will spend $200,000 to rename satellite hospitals to "health centres" after a report found "public confusion" over the facilities.

Led by CFMEU administrator Mark Irving KC, the inquiry will work with construction union staff and stakeholders to stamp out conduct he described as "unacceptable in any workplace".

Queensland's budget will plunge deep into the red, with surpluses previously forecast by the former Labor government wiped out and the state's debt marching to more than $210 billion, according to the treasurer. 

The review will use childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith as a case study to review system responses to child sexual abuse.