Source : the age
Here’s some of the key takeaways we reported yesterday from the first day back in this three-day parliamentary sitting:
- Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg has confirmed he will introduce laws this week to enact long-awaited changes to the use of e-bikes and e-scooters in the state after a parliamentary inquiry.
- Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has announced a review of the Industrial Relations Act and workers’ compensation scheme by Glenn Ferguson AM and Gary Black, to begin this month, citing productivity and increases in psychological injury claims.
- Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek apologised while revealing about 10,500 state school teachers had been underpaid a total of about $8.7 million (or $830 on average) after a “human error” in the calculation of award rate rises.
- Both the government and opposition focused much of their attention on fuel prices, with the government claiming to have pushed the federal government into action and the opposition accusing the state of holding back on using some of its own powers.
Good morning, and welcome back to our coverage of another parliamentary sitting week here in Queensland.
We’ll have a shorter run today given the usual later Wednesday start, but will take you through the major takeaways up to the end of question time.
Strap in!
