School expansion ‘not so smart’
Concerns over QASMT expansion
School growth pain
TOOWONG residents appear to have had a small win in their battle against a bid to double the size of the local selective high school.
Wait lists swamping after-school care places
WESTSIDE parents are struggling to get their children into after-school care facilities, with wait lists swamped and some schools almost unable to offer places to next year's Prep kids.
Riverfront units back on : QM Properties buys St Lucia site, vows to press ahead
LEADING Queensland developer QM Properties has confirmed it has bought a controversial site on an exclusive Brisbane riverfront street and will build a 26-unit residential tower there.
Queensland's ban on PFAS firefighting foam questioned by professor
Queensland's looming ban on firefighting foams containing toxic PFAS chemicals could falter because a lack of suitable, non-toxic alternatives, a leading chemistry academic warns.
Speech on Ipswich City Council dissolution
I spoke in Parliament on the government's bill to dissolve the Ipswich City Council.
Customers risk scraping bums on Brisbane zipline
TOPOGRAPHICAL data of Mt Coot-tha has revealed two hills right in the middle of the route of what is proposed to be, by far, the longest zipline in Australia.
Adani under investigation by Department of Environment
Questions from Greens MP Michael Berkman in budget estimates this afternoon have revealed that the Department of Environment is currently investigating Adani over its Carmichael coal mine.
Health Minister’s “wait and hope” approach to free abortion access not good enough
31 July 2018 Greens MP Michael Berkman has called on Labor to plan for free, universal access to abortion services after the Health Minister outlined a “wait and hope” approach to reducing out-of-pocket costs.
Premier refuses to rule out public funding for Galilee Basin coal mines. Again.
During Estimates today, Greens MP Michael Berkman has again asked the Premier to rule out supporting a NAIF loan or public funding for any coal mine in the Galilee Basin.
