Major investigation reveals serious problems with a federal grants program to help communities recover from natural disasters.
It comes after claims migrant workers were being exploited by a Brisbane business,including doing domestic work on weekends.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched an investigation into claims by the welders on skilled worker visas.
Queensland police have accidentally released details of hundreds of firearms owners in an embarrassing breach that was about security.
Cassowary Coast Regional Council has been referred to the Crime and Corruption Commission over its spending on a private lawsuit brought by its chief executive
Queensland’s environment department and Ipswich City Council are investigating allegations of illegal dumping at a council-owned former mine site west of Brisbane that has been the focus of corruption charges involving senior council staff.
Anti-corruption agency had to hand-pick detectives to work on the case against the former Ipswich mayor because of his police connections,the CCC boss says.
ALP MP Stirling Hinchliffe has admitted to a conflict of interest but is facing questions over his refusal to act over a controversy involving a far north Queensland council and the insurance company his brother runs.
Corrupt former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale's convictions raise awkward questions for the loyal army of supporters he had in politics,local government and the media.
The waste industry and LNP opposition are calling for more transparency in the waste levy regime as it emerges the value of exemptions outweighs the amount collected.
Ipswich City Council has published a trove of financial information but withheld the identities of the councillors responsible. A legal expert says it shows fear of litigation has trumped the public interest.