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Queensland had gone 59 days without any locally acquired COVID-19 infections. [ 16 ] Due to a growing cluster in Bondi , Sydney, from 1am on 24 June, the Queensland government declared all of Greater Sydney was a hotspot.
Three men were arrested with charges including, serious assault of a police officer, obstructing police, public nuisance and failing to comply with a COVID-19 public health direction. The protest was about Queensland's vaccine mandates, and the introduction of voluntary COVID-19 vaccines for children. [76]
The 2020 Queensland local elections were held on 28 March 2020 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. [1]The elections were held in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the same day as the state by-elections in Bundamba and Currumbin.
A Queensland resident expressed her outrage about the state’s coronavirus-related border rules which she said had prevented her from returning home from Sydney for at least 22 days.Television ...
Starting in 2002, the Queensland Parliament has held regional sittings of parliament across the state. [14] Originally being held every three years, the occurrence has become more sporadic, and, in 2023, the regional sitting took place in Cairns. It was the first sitting since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the second in twelve years.
In 2007, the Queensland Parliament had the highest female parliamentary representation in Australia and the third highest in the world, with 30 out of 89 members having been women. [25] After the 2012 election, Queensland now has the lowest female parliamentary representation in Australia. [26]
In August 1999 the Queensland Supreme Court found that the party's registration was fraudulent. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) subsequently de-registered the party. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Just four months later, in December 1999, five of the remaining MPs elected into the Queensland Parliament for One Nation at the 1998 state ...
He was health minister for the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and in January 2020 declared a public health emergency, the first such declaration by an Australian state. [10] In May 2020, Miles was appointed Deputy Premier of Queensland, following the resignation of the previous Deputy Premier Jackie Trad. [18]