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Michael WrayFederal political reporter

Michael Wray covers federal politics from the relative comfort of Brisbane outside the Canberra bubble. He has written for leading global publications including Time, London’s Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, Finance Asia and The Sun while based in Hong Kong. He has reported extensively from Asia including reporting trips in China, North Korea and Mongolia.

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QLD News

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - FEBRUARY 10, 2021.Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, flanked by Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers (rght) and the Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water, Terri Butler, speaks during a visit to electric vehicle chargers manufacturer Tritium in Brisbane. Mr Albanese is expected o make an announcement regarding industrial relations tonight. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

‘Thuggery over recovery’ claims about Labor IR push

A leading construction industry figure has said Labor’s proposed industrial relations reform would give a ‘green light to thuggery and bullying’.

QLD News

New residential construction home from brick with metal framing against a blue sky; real estate Australian generic suburban homes

HomeBuilder drives massive construction boom

With 83,000 applications and a million jobs, the impacts of HomeBuilder will be felt deep into 2022.

QLD News

QLD State Labor MP Jackie Trad during a press conference at Parliament House Brisbane City. Photo - Newswire/David Kapernick

Jackie Trad preselection rumours news to Albo

Rumours that controversial former deputy premier Jackie Trad is about to jump into federal politics has caught Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese off guard. VOTE IN THE POLL

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Members of Queensland Unions are seen during the annual Labour Day march in Brisbane, Monday, May 7, 2018. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called on the federal government to change the industrial relations laws to provide more protections for people in casual and insecure jobs. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Unions vow to fight Fair Work changes

The COVID-19 pandemic-induced ‘kumbaya’ moment between unions and the Coalition is well and truly over after a powerful union leader vowed to escalate a fight over proposed IR laws.

ExclusiveQLD Coronavirus News

Guests in quarantine at the Westin Hotel in Brisbane CBD after being moved from the Grand Chancellor after a Covid-19 cluster was detected inside the hotel . Picture Lachie Millard

Strict new rules to stop virus leaks after Grand Chancellor cluster

Amid fresh fears of coronavirus escaping quarantine, quarantine hotels could implement stricter new protocols for those in isolation in the wake of the Hotel Grand Chancellor cluster.

QLD Politics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 04: Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference in the Prime Minister's Courtyard at Parliament House on February 04, 2021 in Canberra, Australia. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has beenÃÂ provisionally approvedÃÂ by theÃÂ Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)ÃÂ for peopleÃÂ 16 years and older with the COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Australia at 50 hospital sites across the country, and in residential aged care and disability facilities. As part ofÃÂ AustraliaÃ¢â¬â¢s Vaccine and Treatment Strategy, the Australian Government has purchased an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and has the option to purchase more doses.ÃÂ (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

PM’s preferred option for Qld quarantine hub

Scott Morrison has rejected a central Queensland quarantine hub but left the door open to an alternative option in the southeast.

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PM says Qld quarantine camp not ‘sensible’

Scott Morrison has canned an idea to use a Gladstone mining camp for returning overseas Aussies but says Toowoomba is still an option.

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Comanchero bikies pic from Comanchero Christian Taumoefolau Facebook page.

‘Leave on Monday, dead on Tuesday’: Cops coach fleeing bikies

A new program launches today which will see Queensland police provide support to members of outlaw motorcycle gangs who want to trade in their colours.

QLD News

Former bikie Ben Geppert and 'Nike bikie’ Harley Barbaro.

‘Nike Bikies’: Notorious new breed taking over gangs

Two new reports have revealed the changing face of bikie gangs and what it’s really like to be on the inside.

QLD News

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that Queensland's borders will close to all New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory residents from 1am on Saturday. Alejandra Diaz and her boyfriend Hugo Khlat have lived in Melbourne for 5 years, but decided to move to New South Wales during the first lockdown period. They moved to Cairns two weeks ago and intend to stay living here until all restrictions in Melbourne are eased. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Why COVID drove thousands of Aussies to move to Qld

Queensland has bucked a major national trend as new figures reveal where Australians are moving during the pandemic.

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