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Qld finally reveals its position on $1b quantum deal

The Liberal-National Party was scathing of the deal when in opposition and kicked off a review into its legitimacy within days of coming into office late last year. 

May

Queensland LNP Premier David Crisafulli.

Qld shoots down gas reserve idea if it means bailing out Victoria

The east coast’s major gas supplier, Queensland, pushes back against an eastern reservation and doubles down on criticism of southern state’s energy policy.

BPICs were crafted by militant union CFMEU.

Report casts doubt on Queensland plan to shrink project costs

The state government’s promise to chip away at state debt through savings made from scrapping union-friendly entitlements has been contested by a new report.

New infrastructure planned for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic summer Games includes a main stadium, aquatic centre and a main athletes village on the site of the RNA showgrounds.

Building delay warning on Brisbane Games

Queensland has finally settled on its key venues for the 2032 Olympic Games but a crippled construction industry is a concern for the former Dow Chemical boss.

Queensland thinks it has been shortchanged in the latest GST carve up and Treasurer Jim Chalmers to rethink it.

Qld asks Chalmers to rethink GST so it doesn’t pay for Vic mistakes

State Treasurer David Janetzki says the boost to Victoria’s share due to its COVID-19 failings was unfair.

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Andrew Forrest’s Wongalee wind project was one of three put on hold by the Queensland government in January.

Queensland restarts stalled renewables rollout

The Queensland government has ended its pause on the development of two massive Andrew Forrest-backed wind farms.

Andrew Liveris, president of the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee.

Two things Brisbane Olympic Games boss will not be bringing from Paris

Brisbane 2032 Games boss Andrew Liveris has at least two non-negotiables for the Olympics in seven years’ time.

April

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

Heat on premier to end uranium ban

Many expected the return of a conservative government in Queensland would lift the uranium mining ban. But Premier David Crisafulli has other ideas.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

Queensland tears up transition targets and will keep coal for longer

Queensland’s five-month-old LNP government will unveil its broad energy platform today with a plan to extend the life of the state-owned coal-fired generators.

Flooding in south-west Queensland.

BoM said the sky was clear. Rain and floods told a different story

A huge meat-producing region of the outback, where livelihoods hinge on the weather, is stuck in an enormous Bureau of Meteorology blind spot.

March

New infrastructure planned for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic summer Games includes a main stadium, aquatic centre and a main athletes village on the site of the RNA showgrounds.

Builders line up for $7.1b Brisbane Olympic spree

The runway to develop infrastructure for the world’s biggest sporting tournament has shrunk to just seven years, so work has to begin soon.

New $3.7b stadium confirmed for Brisbane Games

After three premiers, two reviews and 3½ years of bickering, the main venue for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has finally been decided.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese say the additional $4.8 billion in funding will improve student performance.

After months of resistance, Qld signs on to $2.8b schools package

Australia’s schools will benefit from a $30 billion boost to funding over the next decade after Queensland was the final state to sign up to a national plan.

Prime minister Anthony Albanese.

Details of Albanese’s pre-cyclone fundraiser revealed

The prime minister dined with donors as millions on the eastern seaboard braced for Cyclone Alfred.

Tiana Miles with dolphin Zippa in Sea Wrold.

‘Superhuman’: Sea World staff slept at work to keep dolphins safe

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred crept towards south-east Queensland, Sea World set in motion a massive operation to ensure the park’s dolphins were safe.

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Our Space Cafe and pottery studio owner Jacquie Tapsall

This cafe owner took a gamble on flood insurance. She lost

The Insurance Council of Australia says nearly a quarter of homes in flood-prone areas don’t have appropriate insurance. Brisbane cafe owner Jacquie Tapsall says she could not afford it.

The CopperString project would link Townsville and Mount Isa at a cost of about $9 billion.

Feds clash with Queensland on ‘priority’ renewables projects

The list of projects includes the CopperString transmission line that is being reviewed by the state’s Crisafulli government after a huge cost blowout.

Iconic beaches stripped of sand could stay that way for months

Shorelines in tourism hotspots such as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay have been denuded by giant waves caused by the cyclone, and could take months to recover.

Alfred costing the economy $1b a day as Brisbane pummelled

Power remains cut to hundreds of thousands of residents as torrential rain causes flooding across Queensland’s capital.

A rescue operation got under way after an army tanker rolled south of Lismore.

Army truck flips in storm zone as storm kills one

The body of a man swept away in floodwaters was found Saturday afternoon as Queensland and NSW authorities fear the looming flood threat of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

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