NewsBite

Our Journalists

Latest

QLD Votes
CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 9, 2020. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is seen during a visit to Skyrail in Cairns, as she campaigns for her re-election. Queenslanders will go to the polls on October 31.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Premier silent on Jackie Trad’s Cabinet future

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she would be happy to help Jackie Trad campaign in the knife-edge seat of South Brisbane but would not say if her former deputy would return to Cabinet if Labor won the October 31 election. VOTE IN OUR POLL AND FOLLOW THE LIVE ELECTION BLOG

QLD Votes
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman Peter Beattie talks to the media at a press conference at Thornton Park on August 22, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)

Beattie: ‘Minority government can work’

He led Queensland for almost a decade, including one term in minority government, now Peter Beattie insists today’s political leaders can and should make a hung parliament work, if that’s what voters deliver.

QLD Votes
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos October 10, 2020: The Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Queensland LNP opposition leader Deb Frecklington visit Neumann Steel on the Gold Coast. They are at the steel manufacturing company to further promote jobs in the lead-up to the Queensland state election.  Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

PM takes swipe at Palaszczuk over border restrictions

Annastacia Palaszczuk has insisted her government was showing compassion when it came to border exemptions. But that didn’t stop Prime Minister Scott Morrison taking a swipe at the Premier as he helped Deb Frecklington campaign on the Gold Coast today. FOLLOW OUR LIVE ELECTION BLOG

Parties
State KAP Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter outlines a proposal to save, secure and progress QueenslandÕs advanced manufacturing industry. Picture: Alix Sweeney

Minor party voices won’t be ignored

The major parties are neck and neck in the race for Queensland’s vote, with a hung parliament looking more likely by the day. It means key crossbenchers could have a big say in the makeup of the next parliament. Jack McKay reports.

Original URL: https://www.couriermail.com.au/journalists/jack-mckay/page/93