Queensland’s police commissioner has been backed by both sides of politics in the state to reform the embattled police service after a week of damaging revelations.
Unvaccinated Queensland teachers will be able to return to work next Thursday,but their QPS counterparts won’t be so lucky.
Nicholas Frost,27,has lodged a complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission over the ordeal,after entering the QPS’ recruitment process in March,where he says he was discriminated against for having the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Townsville’s original field of dreams,which the North Queensland Cowboys called home for their first 24 years,will be demolished to make way for a police precinct.
The Queensland Police Service ordered all its employees to have a second dose of a vaccine by December 17. Many said no.
Pent-up demand could see Qld hit the pre-pandemic domestic tourism level that brought in about $10b a year,tourism chief says.
Treasurer Cameron Dick says 120,000 jobs will be created across the state in the next 18 months as tourism takes off.
One officer who challenged the police vaccine mandate told the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission she felt “bullied and coerced into taking the vaccine against her will under threat of dismissal”.
Queensland police will be the first in the country to receive new specialised sexual violence training after the service came under fire for its response to victims,with officers believing outdated rape myths.
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll concedes the language used by an officer investigating a rape complaint was inappropriate and admits police should be more sensitive.
Queensland Police are already working with 30 men after a report from the corruption watchdog found they were discriminated against due to a 50 per cent gender policy.