Brisbane news live: P-plater nabbed at 193km/h
Good morning and welcome to the Brisbane Times news blog for Wednesday 29 October. Today we expect showers and a maximum temperature of 25 degrees.
Here are this morning’s local headlines:
Students at one of Queensland’s top high schools have been revealed to be learning the wrong subject in their Year 12 ancient history exams The same problem arose at another school in Brisbane, with the ministry warning two months ago.
A University of the Sunshine Coast research team is surgically implanting tracking devices into a bull shark. Credit: University of the Sunshine Coast
Swimmers unwittingly dived into a beach or river near Brisbane sharing the water near a bull sharkThat’s according to a major study tracking apex predators in south-east Queensland.
Queensland’s health minister used his ministerial powers to: Another pause on gender-affirming care for childrendespite a court ruling just hours earlier that the maintenance ban was unlawful and did not follow proper procedures.
And the province still has not completed a whole-of-government update on the appointment process for key board roles, more than three years after a critical watchdog report.
Plus Reece Walsh is now the best player in the NRL. However, Sports Reporter Nick Wright reportsHere’s how it can get even better.
