June 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
September 2022
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.
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.
November 2021
Fred Bart reveals TerraCom stake
We wouldn’t have thought it possible, but exceedingly colourful miner TerraCom has become even more interesting.
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.