June
Workers threaten to ‘grind things down’ at troubled power station
The union has warned electricity prices will ultimately rise amid industrial action at the troubled Callide Power Station.
- James Hall
March 2023
Prices jump after return of Callide C power station delayed again
Further delays to the return of the Callide C coal-fired power station in Central Queensland has pushed up wholesale power prices.
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- Mark Ludlow
December 2022
Secret consultancy of ALP heavyweight Jim Soorley revealed
When Brisbane’s ex-mayor chaired a ratepayer-backed water utility, he quietly became a “consultant” to a business working with the utility.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
October 2022
CEO appalled by sexist slur used against her by Labor powerbroker
Court documents have detailed an ALP elder and chairman of a state-owned power company calling a female council CEO vulgar terms on a tapped phone call.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
September 2022
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- Political lobbying
Inside the world of Labor powerbroker Jim Soorley
A dispute over $2500 paid in a carpark and secretly taped calls reveal how a political powerbroker ‘consultant’ navigates the business and government worlds.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
June 2022
Olympic-sized lobbyist gold mine draws warning
One anti-corruption watchdog is asking for public responses to lobbying – and saying Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics could be an area to watch.
- Liam Walsh
November 2021
Fred Bart reveals TerraCom stake
We wouldn’t have thought it possible, but exceedingly colourful miner TerraCom has become even more interesting.
- Myriam Robin
December 2020
Soorley not left hanging for minister's call back
The ALP powerbroker, former lord mayor and Catholic priest maintains he was consulting – not lobbying – when he contacted a top official.
- Liam Walsh