New builds through roof with $45k boost
Queensland is in the middle of a building boom with grants worth as much as $45,000 up for grabs for some new home buyers. One builder has secured more than 200 contracts in the southeast in the past month.
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Second wave fears: Border ban widens, mask warnings
Tighter Queensland border closures are now in effect, with more than 600,000 people from Sydney banned from entering the state. It comes as one of the state’s top infectious disease experts warns Queenslanders that they should never go out without a mask.
Tourism crisis: Short-term fixes when concrete plans needed
As Queensland’s tourism industry suffers under the weight of coronavirus, its leaders are looking to the future, to what needs to happen beyond emergency funding and cheap flights, writes Jessica Marszalek.
$44m a day – and that’s just the interest
The staggering amount of cash Australians are paying every day just to cover the interest on the nation’s record debt level has been revealed, amid the ongoing economic fallout from the pandemic.
Ban on Sydneysiders hits 600k, 104 suburbs
Queensland has expanded its list of coronavirus hot spots in Sydney, with 600,000 people from 104 suburbs now banned from entering the state.
State staring in face of $100b debt
Queensland’s debt will sail past $100 billion by next year as revenues collapse and the Budget heads for a $8.4 billion deficit this year. But Treasurer Cameron Dick has revealed exactly when he expects the state to be back in the black.
LNP’s $1b plan to bust SEQ congestion
With 100 days to go until Queensland heads to the polls, LNP Leader Deb Frecklington will on Thursday announce a $1 billion plan to upgrade southeast Queensland infrastructure, starting with $245m to fix a notorious Brisbane bottleneck.
Tate, Milne or neither? Who you voted for in Tweed/Gold Coast merger
Tweed councillors say they don’t want to move the border but as tension builds we ask: Who would you vote for as mayor of any amalgamation? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Exemption fury: ‘Hundreds of workers at risk’
The boss of Australia’s building watchdog has been allowed to fly into Brisbane from a Victorian COVID-19 hot spot this week to interview construction workers over a rally held eight months ago.
The two elder statesmen who could lead LNP
In the wake of Lawrence Springboard being dumped from the LNP’s executive, senior party figures say an “elder statesman” is needed to take over the position of Queensland president with a former premier and another senior figure touted as top picks.
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