October
Property downturn nips into Walker Group profit
The empire founded by the late Lang Walker is powering on, with a $36 billion development pipeline and landmark projects stretching from Sydney to Malaysia.
- Nick Lenaghan
‘How not to campaign’: Crisafulli’s bid for major mandate weakens
The polls have tightened in the race to rule Queensland after the heavily favoured Liberal-National opposition was outperformed by the Labor underdogs.
- James Hall
September
Why Queensland is a nightmare for political strategists
Queensland’s population surged by about 260,000 in the two years to the end of March, with more than 150,000 arriving from overseas and over 60,000 flocking from other states.
- James Hall
- Analysis
- Fitness
I used to joke about arthritic hips – until I got a pair myself
Losing hip mobility is no fun. It affects your every move, right down to putting on shoes and socks, and it threatened to separate me from one of my true loves – surfing.
- Mark Mulligan
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
Bonza! Hall Chadwick’s fees draw rebuke from 777 Partners
Having Hall Chadwick run a hotline is certainly one way to rack up fees.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
May
Fifty cents for Qld trains, buses – but they’re still ‘old and slow’
The Queensland Labor government’s slashing of public transport costs has been welcomed, but an advocacy warned of major network issues failing passengers.
- James Hall
- Exclusive
- Aviation
Bonza’s backers plotted to ‘get the planes out’ and ‘wind this up’
Leaked documents show the writing was on the wall for the budget carrier weeks before it collapsed, and suggest co-ordination between its financiers and owners.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
November 2023
- Opinion
- Accommodation
What’s to like, or not, in $12b land lease housing sector
Thousands of mostly senior Australians have moved into ‘land lease’ estates, where they own their physical home and pay a site fee. Investors are following the demographics.
- Robert Harley
April 2023
777’s Canadian budget carrier stumbles, and Bonza loses an aircraft
The private equity group backing the local low-cost carrier has diverted at least one jet after its Flair Airlines subsidiary had four Boeing 737s seized.
- Lucas Baird
December 2022
- Exclusive
- Jobs
CBA’s plan to lure Queensland’s best techies
CBA’s technology chief says he has been “stealthily” hiring in Queensland as the bank opens a new hub for tech workers in Brisbane.
- Tess Bennett
June 2022
Destination dining hots up across the Sunshine Coast
The food scene is expanding fast in some of Queensland’s most popular holiday towns. From Eumundi to coastal Maroochydore, here’s where to book.
- Necia Wilden
March 2022
Rooftop solar sets the nation’s renewables record in limelight
Three million households in Australia generate their own power, driving the price of electricity down.
- Nina Hendy
Sunshine Coast leads the charge to coastal offices, shortage looms
Office vacancy rates have plunged on the Sunshine Coast, where people are mixing work and play.
- Martin Kelly
February 2022
New low-cost carrier Bonza reveals first routes
Australia’s newest airline will base itself on the Sunshine Coast with an ancillary aircraft base at Melbourne Airport when it launches flights mid-year.
- Lucas Baird
Bundaberg macadamia orchards tipped to sell for more than $70m
The orchards are being offered by the Manera family, which has turned its attention to developing a big housing estate in Bundaberg.
- Larry Schlesinger
December 2021
Australian business shows the world how to sell watches online
Online sales typically account for 5 per cent of new watch purchases. At Define Watches in Noosa, thanks to a hybrid business model, it’s 60 per cent.
- Updated
- Bani McSpedden
October 2021
This apartment’s auction just set a Queensland record of $16.1m
The impressive $13.5 million sale of a luxury flat in Noosa Heads was topped by a nearby three-level unit overlooking the main beach.
- Sarah Webb
August 2021
‘There was a gasp’: Non-waterfront home fetches record $9m+
It was the biggest price paid at auction in Australia on the weekend, as well as setting a benchmark in the popular tourist hub of Sunshine Beach.
- Sarah Webb
Extended lockdown looks likely in south-east Qld
Queensland recorded its largest daily increase in local coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with nine new cases.
- Mark Ludlow and Tom Burton