Birdsville bloodbath: The untold story
AUSTRALIA never had a wild west in the Hollywood sense. Instead we mythologised our past via the bush folklore. The Great Birdsville Pub Brawl of ’74 – is one of those yarns.
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REGIONAL Queenslanders are strong backers of the state’s coal industry and want the proposed Adani mine to go ahead, new polling has found. But they draw the line at one thing.
‘Bill Shorten, keep the hell out of Queensland’
AN angry Pauline Hanson has told Bill Shorten to “get the hell out of Queensland’’ after the Labor leader revealed he did not support the Adani coal project.
Our most marginalised minority finds a voice
HE IS ONE Nation’s sole representative in the Queensland Parliament, but that’s not the only reason Stephen Andrew is making history.
The meeting that made the Premier act on bullying
A TEARFUL meeting with a distraught mum has prompted Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to orchestrate a nationally co-ordinated assault on cyberbullying.
SAS hero’s straight shooting appreciated
DEFENCE Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, and ministers on both sides of the political divide, have praised decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith for publicly speaking out about a $5 billion armoured vehicle defence contract.
PM, Pyne respond to war hero’s manoeuvre
AUSTRALIA’S Defence Minister Christopher Pyne has described Queensland as “the Khaki State” and welcomed war hero Ben Roberts-Smith’s comments on the Land 400 contract. The PM has also responded to the veteran’s contract call.
From the bush to the beach
David Crisafulli has settled into his Gold Coast seat, and back into his offices in the corridors of power, but the farms and fields, parks and people of north Queensland are never far from his thoughts, writes Michael Madigan
‘Sacrilege’: Golden Circle refuses to stop the rot
HEARTBROKEN Queensland farmers have been left with no choice but to watch $300,000 worth of their prize crops rot beside the road after former Sunshine State icon Golden Circle refused to open its Brisbane cannery to deal with the glut.
Tears and tributes flow at state funeral
IT WAS a requiem for a lost era as much as for a grand old lady, but the message at her state funeral in Kingaroy was as direct and uncomplicated as Lady Flo herself.
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