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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Monday.

Crisafulli flags budget infrastructure spend ‘like never before’

On top of a record infrastructure splurge, the premier is “sublimely confident” he can soon reach an Olympic funding deal with the federal government.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Girls' sides from affected areas will miss the competition while their boys' counterparts were able to play last week.

Queensland government expands sport voucher program

The state government will expand the free sports voucher program for children aged between 5 and 17 in the upcoming budget.

  • Tim Arvier
Then-premier Steven Miles (centre) at the Stanwell power station during last year’s election campaign.

Labor wants power rebates kept as price increase looms

Treasurer David Janetzki has confirmed the Miles government’s $1000 electricity rebates will be scrapped in his first budget later this month.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane inflation.

Cost of food, fuel and housing is soaring in Brisbane. The graphs prove it

It is getting significantly more expensive to fill a shopping trolley in Brisbane, where food prices have been climbing more than any other Australian capital city.

  • William Davis
Brisbane outperforms Sydney and Melbourne on the environment, according to Oxford Economics.

A new ranking of the world’s cities has been released. Here’s where Brisbane sits

Brisbane is rated highly for its environment, but lags on economic factors, and a new international index puts Sydney and Melbourne ahead for quality of life.

  • Sean Parnell
Having warned of a deteriorating state budget, Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki is under pressure to reveal the LNP’s fiscal strategy.

‘Hang your head in shame’: Government lashes Labor over ratings downgrade

Queensland’s credit rating is in doubt, partly because the LNP government released a damning account of Labor’s last budget without offering any solutions.

  • Sean Parnell
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Queensland treasurer David Janetzki updated the budget last week.

Ex-banker to take control of state finances for LNP government

Having warned of a difficult first budget, Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki has gone outside the public service to appoint a new head of Treasury.

  • Sean Parnell
Cost blowouts on infrastructure, such as the Parramatta light rail, have driven state budgets into the red.

States facing credit downgrades due to ‘lax fiscal discipline’

The states have been warned their credit ratings could be sliced due to their inability to control spending.

  • Shane Wright
Premier David Crisafulli’s during his address to the Queensland’s public servants

Premier reassures public servants after treasurer forecast budget gloom

David Crisafulli has told public servants their jobs are “secure” after the mid-year budget update forecast debt to rise to $217.8 billion by 2027-28.

  • Cameron Atfield
Queensland treasurer David Janetzki gives an update on the state of the budget in the Mid Year Fiscal and Economic Review (MYFER) at 1 William Street, Brisbane, January 23, 2025.

Queensland credit rating downgrade now ‘highly likely’: Treasurer

Delivering what he described as “Labor’s last budget update”, rather than the LNP’s first, Treasurer David Janetzki cast a bleak picture of the state’s finances.

  • Cameron Atfield

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