‘Jobs are booming’: Coal is far from dead in central Queensland
Coal is alive and kicking in central Queensland with the Olive Downs Mine officially starting operations, the third coal project to open in the area in just three years.
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In his most candid interview since he became Premier, we ask Steven Miles the question every Queenslander wants to know, while he reveals the truth about THAT laugh.
Million-dollar deals, BMW Ubers and the rise of the Kings of Caxton
We take you behind the scenes of the half-century reign of the Kings of Caxton Street, revealing the colourful history and defining moments of Brisbane’s hospitality maestros.
What Crisafulli has planned for Qld’s public servants
Haunted by the ghost of Campbell Newman, a candid David Crisafulli has opened up on what he has planned for Qld’s public service and Director Generals if he leads the LNP to victory.
The Qld hero of one of the great military debacles
An extraordinary World War II raid that has largely faded from living memory will never be forgotten by one Queensland family, as that night marked the loss of a good natured 20-year-old relative who was little more than a boy.
Won’t increase drug use, sends wrong message: Cases for and against pill testing
Conservatives and more liberal groups have clashed over the decision to allow pill testing to take place at a Queensland music festival this weekend. Here, our writers put a foot in each camp, making their arguments for and against the operation.
End of an era for Palaszczuk family in Inala
It’s been a family affair for decades and today the Palaszczuk era in Inala comes to an end.
Legend’s shock axing like Taylor Swift getting dumped by the Toowoomba RSL
He’s played Woodstock and Madison Square Garden, but the Dittman Bull Pit on Midge Point Road, Bloomsbury? Not this year.
Four-death tragedy: 17 ‘outstanding action items’ on military chopper
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter that crashed in the Whitsundays during a training exercise had 17 “outstanding action items” yet to be implemented following a separate incident involving a helicopter of the same type years earlier, an inquiry has heard.
‘My heart is beating inside someone else’s body’
This Queensland man is a living miracle. He is one of very few people in the world who can say they’ve donated their heart and is alive to tell the tale.
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