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Queensland records 19 COVID-19 deaths and 4,701 new cases as Check-in app removed for some businesses

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland is "coming down off the peak" of the Omicron wave, announcing the Check-in app will no longer be required at some businesses.

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Palaszczuk resists broader integrity probe

Queensland's premier has admitted her response could have been better to interference claims by the state's former archivist and says a QC will now probe them.

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Qld premier denies integrity allegations

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has denied claims her office tried to sack the integrity commissioner or interfered with the state archivist's role.

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Queensland Premier's department boss shouldn't be the one to probe annual report allegations, former state archivist says

Queensland's former state archivist says it's not appropriate to have the director-general of the Premier's department, Rachel Hunter, investigate serious allegations he has made about his time in the role.

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Former archivist slams 'huge integrity issues' in Palaszczuk government ahead of review into Queensland's anti-corruption watchdog

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is forced to defend the integrity of her government yet again after a former Queensland state archivist alleges government interference saw him pressured to water down annual reports.

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Qld premier sets probe of whitewash claims

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered her director-general to examine allegations a public servant was pressured to mislead parliament.

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Probe into Qld watchdog could be broadened

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has rejected calls to broaden an inquiry into the Crime and Corruption Commission, saying it's up to the commissioners to do so.

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Who are Tony Fitzgerald and Alan Wilson, the two men set to review Queensland's corruption watchdog?

This will be the first time the CCC has been subject to a royal commission-style inquiry since its inception as the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) in late 1989. So why is it happening now and who is going to put it under the microscope?

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Annastacia Palaszczuk taps Tony Fitzgerald to head inquiry into Queensland corruption watchdog

Decades after his landmark corruption inquiry led to the downfall of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Fitzgerald will investigate the state’s CCC

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Tony Fitzgerald to chair review of Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says

The Queensland Government announces a six-month Commission of Inquiry into the state’s corruption watchdog which will be chaired by Tony Fitzgerald, the head of the Fitzgerald Inquiry into corruption in the late 80s.

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CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened

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Queensland records another 13 COVID-19 deaths, schools to resume with mask mandate

Another 13 people in Queensland have died from COVID and 8,580 new cases have been recorded in the state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. She also confirmed masks will be mandatory for high school students and encouraged for students from Year 3 when classes resume on February 7.

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NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened

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Former senior bureaucrat Mike Summerell criticises Palaszczuk government over integrity issues, backs inquiry call

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk defends her government's track record on integrity issues as former state archivist Mike Summerell claims public servants have been influenced to act in the best interests of the government.

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Queensland records 18 COVID-19 deaths, 9,974 new cases as number of people in hospital continues to decline

Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths are reported in Queensland as the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to decline.

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At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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Calls grow for Qld govt corruption probe

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is being urged to call a probe into government integrity after a series of high-profile resignations and allegations.

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Queensland records nine COVID-19 deaths, 13,551 new cases, as Gold Coast hospitalisations drop after Omicron peak

There are 889 people in hospital including 47 patients who are in intensive care.

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Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission head Alan MacSporran resigns

Alan MacSporran advises the Attorney-General he will resign from the position as chairperson effective from this Friday.

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Qld integrity commissioner's laptop wiped

Outgoing Queensland Integrity Commissioner Nikola Stepanov says the contents of a laptop seized from her office were "deleted without my knowledge or consent".

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Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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Queensland to release its COVID plan for schools soon, but will it include RATs and masks for kids?

Two weeks before the school year starts, the Queensland government is expected to soon reveal how it plans to reduce the risk of COVID in classrooms. But will it include regular rapid antigen tests for kids?

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Queensland records 13 COVID-19 deaths, 16,031 new cases and booster shot interval cut to three months

There are 855 people being treated in hospital for COVID symptoms, including 54 in an intensive care unit.

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Queensland has changed its COVID-19 rules for international arrivals. Here's what you need to know

International travel into and out of Queensland has got a lot easier.

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Queensland records 11 COVID deaths, 19,932 new cases and date for quarantine-free international travel set

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the elimination of quarantine requirements for vaccinated travellers allows families to reunite and people to plan overseas holidays.

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