The Latest Breaking News from Annastacia Palaszczuk

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says wearing masks indoors will help save lives, but neither she nor acting Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken are advocating a return to a full mask mandate. The AMA says mandates are "likely to be necessary" as recommendations alone don't change behaviour.

Fewer than 32 per cent of five to 11-year-olds in Queensland have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, meanwhile, ventilation quality in schools remains unclear.

Peter Coaldrake’s report to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Let the Sunshine In, is a clear and frank assessment of culture and accountability in the Queensland public sector today. With one exception, it also offers refreshing guidance to jurisdictions across Australia showing signs of complacency about integrity.

The Queensland government has been called for the Opposition Leader David Crisafulli to apologise for his commentary about a laptop, but he's doubled down.

An infectious diseases expert says new sub-variants are driving the rising case numbers and even people who had recently contracted COVID are not fully protected from the new strains.

Three Qld lobbyists will no longer be granted access to ministers as the state government implements recommendations from a far reaching integrity review.

It remains to be seen if politicians locked in a cycle of point-scoring and conflict can summon the maturity needed for more open government

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has apologised to Queensland's public servants after a damning integrity review and confirmed her intention to seek re-election.

Sexual consent laws could be strengthened in Queensland and an education campaign launched to dispel rape myths, following recommendations from Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce.