August 3, 2026 — 8:00pm

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Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: the estimates comments which struck a nerve (or got a laugh), police union spills tea on government talks, and a brewing mystery in the Tower of Power.

The joy that is budget estimates delivered no shortage of the usual for senior unelected officials: government protection, bizarre opposition gotcha efforts, and the occasional eye-opening answer.

But one director-general’s doozy seems to have struck a nerve – and frustrated someone…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU