He was a former Queensland MP and chief of staff to Anna Bligh, but Annastacia Palaszczuk claimed ignorance when questioned on the role of this Labor stalwart in the lead-up to the state election. It comes as she defended spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on polling.
Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has defended her decision not to wear a mask on a near-full Qantas flight after being called out on social media.
Health Minister Steven Miles has blasted Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington over “dangerous” and poorly timed funeral plans, declaring she should “have a look at herself” while labelling her a “puppet” for Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has spent more than $500,000 in the past few months on pollsters to gauge how voters feel about her government’s controversial COVID-19 restrictions in the lead up to the state election. But the Premier’s response was for everyone to ‘have a cold shower’.
The CFMEU has begun targeting Labor in a marginal regional Queensland seat held by the LNP, weeks after it earlier pulled financial support and quit the dominant Left Faction.
Labor’s candidate for the ultra-marginal seat of Mundingburra will soon be decided, with a preselection ballot about to open. But a Party source said it was less than ideal, with the candidate to be announced less than 20 days before the election campaign officially kicks off.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has sung the praises of former Labor premier Peter Beattie, who said Queensland needed to develop a ‘point of difference’ to help the state’s struggling economy.
Labor is yet to announce a candidate for one of the state’s most marginal seats while another party’s candidate doesn’t even live there. Here are the issues that count in the Townsville seat of Mundingburra.
The Queensland Government backtracked on laws that would have suppressed corruption allegations from publication – but the state’s watchdog now wants to go even further.
As minister Anthony Lynham blames career considerations for his resignation from Parliament, The Courier-Mail can reveal the Labor figure set to take his place.
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