Matt Dennien

Queensland’s child safety minister has ordered an audit into a botched $183 million IT upgrade that has put children at risk.

Ministerial intervention in a separate First Nations fellowship over remarks about Israel’s actions in Gaza led to a judge exodus-driven delay to the ceremony.

Treasurer David Janetzki said the productivity commission will look at how to get “bang for buck” in frontline services – but he insisted it won’t chase cuts.

The shift is aimed at making “smarter use” of existing space at its three Brisbane offices, amid an increase in flexible working arrangements.

The public are often said (and shown) to be cold on more MPs. But they also dislike not being heard – something only likely to increase without better representation.

Queensland’s first human rights chief is signing off after seven years. His last speech shares a “utopian” 2032 vision – and the political roadblocks in the way.

The LNP says Labor’s submission is “sloppy and unfeasible”, as one former minister shared her fears that “the clock is ticking on a gerrymander”.

Labor has seized on revelations that Laura Gerber, who has the crucial youth justice portfolio, had recently lost her third chief of staff since December.

Revelations of the record resignations were brushed off by Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek last month – with a key date already missed. Another will follow.

The gap between subsidies for rural patients and MPs travelling to Brisbane has driven fears about life-saving treatment delays, reported by this masthead last month.