Madura McCormack

A majority of Queensland’s senior public sector workers are paid more than the Premier, with comprehensive analysis of the salaries of top executives revealing two people are now paid more than $1m each a year.

The state’s mayors and councillors have been granted pay bumps worth thousands of dollars, with a major rejig of how councils are classified delivering four mayors a five-figure increase.

Premier Steven Miles has sensationally labelled LNP frontbencher Ros Bates “one of the nastiest people in the Queensland Parliament” and called on Opposition Leader David Crisafulli to “pull her into line”.

A dedicated night life commissioner will be appointed by the Miles Government in a bid to revitalise Queensland’s 24-hour economy amid shock closures of live music venues and cancellations of major festivals.

Asbestos-riddled schools and poorly maintained education facilities will be the early focus of the last day of budget estimates.

Hundreds more child safety officers will be recruited, a new safe house built, and a new “professional” foster carer program trialled under the LNP’s multimillion-dollar promise to reform the child protection system.

The LNP hasn’t pledged enough money to its ambitious child protection plan, the state government has alleged, slamming the Opposition for rubbery figures.

Queensland’s public service gender pay gap has fallen to record lows, but new government data reveals one under-fire agency has been going backward.

Queensland’s progressive three-strike drug possession laws will be repealed under an LNP government Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has confirmed.

A whopping $1.4bn of Queensland’s budget to build Olympic and Paralympic Games venues was set to be gobbled up by pro-union construction perks, the state government has revealed.