Today
Why anxious mums are a key election issue
One of the biggest issues in Queensland’s state election will be access to maternity services in regional and rural areas.
- James Hall
Yesterday
How Labor could lose its heartland for the first time in a century
Regional Queenslanders have been struggling with the severe lack of housing supply for years but cost of living has now pushed many over the edge.
- James Hall
This Month
It’s tree changers v farmers in Queensland’s battle for the bush
A small community in north Queensland has become a combat zone over energy policy in the state election campaign.
- James Hall
September
- Opinion
- Federal election
Will Steven Miles be Albanese’s sacrificial anode? Labor hopes so
Feds beware: Miles has shamelessly thrown money at the cost of living and no-one has thanked him for it.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Queensland votes
Queensland Labor on track for electoral wipeout
The LNP is nearing just its third election victory in Queensland since 1989, according to new polling, as the election campaign officially kicks off this week.
- James Hall
Queensland threatens Star over its big tax bill bid
Premier Steven Miles threatened to walk away from discussions with the casino operator due to executives refusing to give up bonuses.
- James Hall
Queensland’s 50¢ public transport fares backed by both sides
Economists warn slashing public transport fares to 50¢ is another example of wasteful government spending that will fuel inflation.
- James Hall and John Kehoe
- Explainer
- Energy transition
How much water does nuclear really need?
The Coalition’s plan for atomic energy has raised concerns about the amount of water that reactors will use in a hotter and drier Australia.
- Christopher Niesche
August
Queensland’s CS Energy splashes on $1.3b wind farm
The state-owned company has agreed to buy the 285-megawatt Lotus Creek Wind Farm from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
- Ben Potter
‘Wildly bizarre’: Qld Labor’s petrol price pledge panned
Queensland’s extraordinary bid to open publicly owned petrol stations was panned by industry and economists.
- James Hall and Angela Macdonald-Smith
July
NSW premier backs independent administration of CFMEU
Chris Minns will suspend the union and ban any donations from it after a hidden police camera captured a union leader being passed $5000 in a suspected kickback deal.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Anzac Day shopping ban restricts choice, retailers say
Retail trade will be banned on Anzac Day in NSW, giving the state some of the nation’s most restrictive rules in a move to counter “creeping commercialism”.
- Gus McCubbing, James Hall and Lucy Slade
Queensland breaks ground on $5b transmission project
The CopperString project will eventually link the mining region of Mount Isa with the port city of Townsville via an 840-kilometre high-transmission line.
- Tess Bennett
‘Critical issue’: Queensland business calls for working visa tweak
Queensland will see its state-nominated permanent skilled migration allocation reduced from 900 to 600 spots and temporary visas reduced from 650 to 600.
- James Hall
Queensland mulls expansion of stamp duty discounts in tax shake-up
Expanding stamp-duty concessions and overhauling land tax in Queensland will be considered as part of a new tax shake-up.
- James Hall
June
- Exclusive
- Property development
Developers rush to snap up $350m Qld fund to boost housing density
The industry has called for new tax incentives to increase housing supply following the mad rush to snap-up a development fund.
- James Hall
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
Qld to force public buyout of scandal-plagued Callide C power station
Queensland will force a buyout of Callide C power station after a damning report cited alarming safety risks behind the catastrophic explosion in 2021.
- James Hall and Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Updated
- Queensland budget
Labor’s $11b election pitch a ‘deliberate choice’ for debt and deficit
Queensland Labor is mulling borrowing billions for a pre-election $11.2 billion giveaway budget that economists warn risks stoking inflation.
- Updated
- James Hall
- Exclusive
- Queensland budget
Qld to slug miner with $20m tax rise
Mining giant Glencore will be the sole company affected by a Queensland payroll tax tweak that will cost the business $20 million and threaten to deepen tensions between the Labor government and resources sector.
- James Hall