Turnbull rushes to sweeten rebel MP
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held urgent Cabinet talks on a sugar industry dispute that caused Nationals MP George Christensen to threaten to resign from the government.
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Foreign home buyers forced to sell
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Crippling weekly figure for ‘Fake prince’
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Fake prince owes Queensland $10.5m
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Fraudster ‘prince’ to get boot
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LNP boss slaps down Brandis remarks
UPDATE: LNP boss Gary Spence has used a video message to 14,000 members to slap down negative“observations” made by Attorney-General George Brandis about the State Opposition.
Hanson’s power base of controversy
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Queensland MP: Bring the death penalty back
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Potential for a whole new Katter
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