Treasurer warns of further budget blowouts as veterans collect $1.8b
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed a $1.8 billion ‘slippage’ in the upcoming budget due to extra veterans’ payments, putting further pressure on Australia’s widening deficit.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed a $1.8 billion ‘slippage’ in the upcoming budget due to extra veterans’ payments, putting further pressure on Australia’s widening deficit.
The $288m Kangaroo Point Bridge has officially opened, and is being hailed as a pathway to the future.
Born at just 22 weeks and 499g, Daisy Hart wasn’t expected to make it. Now the little record-breaker has been sent home from hospital.
Queensland has rejected a $60 million federal feral cat plan over a dingo clause, sparking national outrage as conservationists warn of rising threats to native wildlife. | GRAPHIC IMAGES
Dreadful cases of crime after two break-ins this week were detailed in the maiden speech of Redlands MP Rebecca Young along with a vow to work until the area was safe.
Shopkeepers at a bayside Brisbane shopping centre targeted by ram-raiders more than once a month this year want more protection under new ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws.
This pair of identical twin girls are finally able to join their Qld family at home to celebrate their first magical Christmas together.
Former federal MP Andrew Laming is set to head back to court over a landmark Federal Court ruling forcing him to pay $40,000 in penalties for three unauthorised Facebook posts.
Christmas could be under threat of another power outage after SEQ was hit hard over the weekend.
Plans to expand Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel have reignited fears of environmental harm and public land loss, 22 years after a Supreme Court order.
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