This Month
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.
Creditors divided as StrongRoom sale D-day arrives
The fate of the disgraced pharmaceutical software start-up rests on the outcome of a high-stakes meeting on Thursday.
May
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.
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.
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.
Bandt’s defeat unleashes scramble for Greens leadership
Almost half of the Greens party room is weighing up a bid for the leadership after Adam Bandt conceded defeat in his seat of Melbourne.
‘I just can’t vote for Dutton’: How Peter Dutton lost heartland seats
Labor went into the federal election with just five of the 30 seats in Queensland with little genuine hopes of gains. But Anthony Albanese has reclaimed prized inner-Brisbane electorates and the Coalition’s heartland outer suburbs.
Who is the Dutton conqueror, Ali France?
The new member for Dickson is now in Labor folklore. But who is the disability advocate the prime minister refers to as an “extraordinary Australian”?
Chandler-Mather gone as Queensland delivers Labor surprise
The ALP has recorded a major two-party swing against Max Chandler-Mather as the Albanese government appears to have made surprising and significant inroads in Queensland.
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
Hotel price surge for Magic Round is a warning for Brisbane Olympics
The NRL’s Magic Round and even the Brisbane Truck Show trigger hotel room shortages in the city, and developers warn something needs to change fast.
ASX up near 1pc; Australia’s AAA rating at risk; America is panicking
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
The ‘X factor’ playing out in Dutton’s own Brisbane seat
New polling suggests the Coalition is fending off a push by Labor to target its seats in outer suburban Brisbane, including the electorate of Dickson.
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.
What a 50¢ ferry ride reveals about which way Brisbane could fall
Three seats won in Brisbane’s leafy inner-city in 2022 may be the high-water mark for the Greens. But if the Liberals think they can walk back in, these voters have different ideas.
Drug tariffs coming; Taco Bell on block; No market bottom yet
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‘We’re saving like mad’: Dutton’s son rises for star campaign turn
The opposition leader’s 20-year-old son Harry delighted Coalition strategists on Monday, offering himself up as proof of Labor’s failings on housing affordability.
Max Chandler-Mather seemed to be everywhere. Then the campaign began
This time last year, Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather was everywhere. But he has returned to his backyard in what pollsters say is a shift in the party’s strategy.
Billionaire furniture mogul’s $12m hinterland retreat smashes record
Rich Lister and founder of Super Amart John Van Lieshout has sold his luxury Sunshine Coast escape, almost doubling the local record.
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.