The Latest Breaking News from Annastacia Palaszczuk

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.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

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.

AAP · Feb 6, 2022

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.

AAP · Feb 3, 2022

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?

ABC News · Jan 31, 2022

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

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2022

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

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2022

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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The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022