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Shadow treasurer Shannon Fentiman speaks from parliament house on Wednesday.

‘Temu politician’: Debate over the state of the budget heats up

Amid a flurry of opposition attacks, acting treasurer Deb Frecklington insists the LNP government can fix “Labor’s mess” without breaking promises.

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Despite the negative picture being painted of the budget by the LNP, Treasurer David Janetzki says the party will still “be delivering on our promises” now in government.

Internal briefings warn Qld Treasurer ‘major shifts’ needed, as LNP blasts blowouts

Despite the negative budget picture being painted by the new government, Treasurer David Janetzki says his party will still “be delivering on our promises”.

  • Matt Dennien
Former assistant minister to the attorney-general and for women Amanda Stoker during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra in February 2022.

Former right-wing senator, Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power, MP suggests

Although denied by leader David Crisafulli, speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.

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Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman (left) and Opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates.

Health Minister, LNP MPs under scrutiny after ‘cross your legs’ call

The actions of four MPs from both parties are now being investigated by Queensland parliament’s powerful ethics committee after last month’s incident.

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Ros Bates caused outrage in question time on Wednesday.

‘Cross your legs’: MPs put on notice amid heated Queensland question time

Opposition MP Ros Bates yelled the comment while Health Minister Shannon Fentiman was responding to a question about cancelled maternity services.

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Hannah Clarke and her three children were murdered by Clarke’s estranged partner in 2020 in Camp Hill.

‘Serious and harmful’: Coercive control criminalised in landmark legislation

The legislation has passed in state parliament, more than four years after the tragic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her young children.

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Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says she’s looking forward to debating several bills relating to women in parliament this week.

Free female-focused clinics announced as byelections loom

Queensland Women’s Week has kicked off with a $46 million state government commitment to build four free walk-in clinics for women and children.

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Ultimately, a friend and fellow Left faction member, Shannon Fentiman was quick to give Palaszczuk’s sucession pick Steven Miles and his incoming deputy, treasurer, and fellow leadership hopeful Cameron Dick, her full support.

The week that shone a light on the fight for Labor’s future

A second pitch for Queensland’s top job may have fizzled this week, but the embers flared just brightly enough, and long enough, to be revealing.

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“It might be news to Peter Dutton, or some people, but the Labor Party was formed by the Australian trade union movement,” premier-to-be Steven Miles said on Wednesday.

‘Might be news to Peter Dutton’: Miles defends Labor’s union history

Queensland’s incoming premier has issued a strong rebuke to critics of the union movement and its long Labor links after comments he was “utterly owned” by them.

  • Matt Dennien
Deputy Premier Steven Miles was given the “strong endorsement” of outgoing boss Annastacia Palaszczuk in her final press conference.

Premier-to-be Miles, deputy Dick make leadership pitch to MPs

With no other challenger, Friday’s Queensland Labor team meeting to pick Annastacia Palaszczuk’s successor should be little more than a formality.

  • Matt Dennien

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