Year 12s faced a challenging year,including learning from home during the COVID pandemic.
Education Minister Grace Grace has again not ruled out making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for Queensland teachers and students.
One prestigious Brisbane state school rakes in almost $1000 per child in fees and parent contributions.
Education Department officials have been questioned on what the plan is for students and teachers who opted not to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Brand new airconditioning units have been installed in dozens of Queensland schools but they can't be fired up yet.
Education Minister Grace Grace says 90 per cent of Queensland schools are now airconditioned and the remainder will be finished by June 2022.
Brisbane Times sits down with Grace Grace,Queensland's Minister for Education and Industrial Relations.
"I am sure we can come to an arrangement if that is required,"Minister Grace Grace said of a holiday to mark the historic day on October 24 when the Gabba will host the match.
Queensland judges will become the first in Australia to have the power to jail employers who deliberately rip off workers.
See how many students were suspended and expelled from every state school in Queensland.
Queensland's Opposition has asked the state's corruption watchdog to assess whether Education Minister played any part in the appointment of a school principal in the South Brisbane electorate.