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Mark Bailey

November 2023

The Palaszczuk goverment said the Bruce Highway - which runs from Brisbane to Cairns - was the “backbone of the state”.

Queensland projects worth $14b at risk from federal cuts: Miles

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles said he would be seeking answers to the big infrastructure cuts to his state when he meets federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King in Canberra on Wednesday.

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  • Mark Ludlow

May 2023

Concept art of the proposed Brisbane Arena above the new underground Roma Street station.

Free tickets to woo politicians in battle for $2.5b Brisbane arena

Here’s how businesses deepened political connections amid a battle for a proposed stadium that is home to the Brisbane 2032 swimming program.

  • Liam Walsh

December 2020

Former priest and Brisbane lord mayor Jim Soorley.

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

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