August
Rio Tinto and Queensland strike huge aluminium rescue pact
Taxpayers may spend hundreds of millions of dollars keeping the Boyne aluminium smelter open until 2040 under a deal struck by Rio and the Queensland government.
- Peter Ker
July
QIC coy on Thames Water stake as utility drowns in debt
The state-backed asset manager has not marked down its valuation of the embattled London investment, despite its largest shareholder writing it off entirely.
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- Aaron Weinman
Zinc miner’s $30m deductions claim sinks in royalties stoush
Queensland Supreme Court rejects attempts to claim expenses for managing a transport vessel – before a management agreement started.
- Liam Walsh
June
Winners and losers in the Queensland budget
An $11.2 billion spending spree on cost-of-living relief has showered Queenslanders with discounts for public transport and electricity bills.
- Tess Bennett and James Hall
Gold Coast prequel to Star’s Hard Rock overture
A storm erupted last month about Hard Rock’s ties to a deal for casino operator Star. This was not the first time such perplexity had emerged, it can be revealed.
- Liam Walsh and Zoe Samios
May
Qld corruption watchdog overhaul ‘will not please all’
A review of Queensland corruption watchdog paves the way for some details of a report into former deputy premier Jackie Trad to be released, but not any criticism of her behaviour.
- James Hall
Furious Glencore slams Qld knockback of emissions project
The mining giant has blasted the state government’s decision to reject the carbon capture storage project amid growing pressure from Queensland’s ambitious targets.
- James Hall
Qld’s 50¢ bus fares are a desperate political gimmick
Cutting public transport fares to 50¢ is another ratcheting up of a fiscally irresponsible political culture that expects governments to endlessly buy votes.
- The AFR View
CFMEU blockade ‘drives up costs’ on state project
An allegedly illegal CFMEU blockade has cost a Queensland infrastructure project $300,000 and will cause weeks of delays, according to the principal contractor.
- David Marin-Guzman
March
Defining legacy: Brisbane’s messy path to the Olympics
It will be a long haul to transform the QEII stadium to Olympic standard. That’s just one of the hurdles for Queensland.
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- Zoe Samios, Michael Bleby and Tess Bennett
February
Bankers dust off ANZ options ahead of tribunal decision
Australia’s Competition Tribunal will decide the fate of the $4.9 billion deal on Tuesday,
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
$300m insurance claim goes boom after power station explosion
CS Energy, which maintains it could not have foreseen a power station explosion, says insurers haven’t paid up claims yet. So it’s off to court.
- Liam Walsh
January
Czech coal baron wins special investigation into Callide C failures
Pavel Tykac has won a legal battle to set up a special investigation into the “catastrophic failures” at the Callide C power station.
- Primrose Riordan
Byelection date set for former Qld premier’s seat
Premier Steven Miles says the byelection will be held on March 16 to coincide with local government elections.
- Laine Clark
Czech coal baron slams Queensland government ahead of legal showdown
Pavel Tykac wants a separate investigation into the failures at the coal-fired station which caused mass blackouts.
- Primrose Riordan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
December 2023
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- Annastacia Palaszczuk
Palaszczuk goes before she was pushed as polls slump
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has resigned after nearly nine years as leader, amid fears her government was headed for a defeat at next October’s election.
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- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Opinion
Behind Palaszczuk’s exit from politics
Annastacia Palaszczuk knew it was time to go as Queensland premier. But will that save the Queensland Labor government?
- Jennifer Hewett
August 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
Queensland Labor’s problems don’t start and end with Palaszczuk
The premier’s departure could very well leave an untalented and incompetent team without even the veneer of non-threatening warmth that has carried the government though many a scandal.
- Amanda Stoker
Palaszczuk goes stale with voters, deputy hits back against ‘gossip’
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s deputy, Steven Miles, has dismissed talk she must step aside for Labor to be competitive at the next election as “rumours and gossip”.
- Gus McCubbing
June 2023
‘Not viable’: Insurer quits state’s $1.7b car-injury scheme
The Queensland CTP, or green-slip scheme, now only has three insurers participating, and questions remain about how RACQ’s vacant market share will be allocated.
- Liam Walsh