Mining giant rejects $500 million tax evasion claims
One of Australia’s largest mining corporations has been accused of using offshore tax havens in Switzerland and Bermuda to hide millions, but it has hit back.
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‘Directly downwind’: Residents’ fury over new pet crematorium
Angry residents plan to fight a controversial council decision to approve a pet crematorium amid cane crops, directly against town planning recommendations. See how far they are prepared to go.
‘It’s going to be a disaster’: United push for housing national summit
The predicted influx of southern state residents to Queensland will tighten the stranglehold on the under-siege housing sector. Now mayors are united to head off the ‘national crisis’.
Driver charged over father’s death in Bruce Highway crash
Townsville man Walter Newton was driving to Mackay with his son when tragedy struck on the Bruce Highway. Now a man police allege was driving a car that struck his has been charged.
Council watchdog’s astonishing admission amid rampant charges
The head of Queensland’s embattled council watchdog has admitted she doesn’t know how to assess serious complaints levelled at councillors properly because of a glaring issue with the code of conduct.
‘Crisis point in every area’: The Qld island on the brink of death
The mayor of a Queensland island has issued a desperate plea for help to save its “dying” community, which he says is plagued by youth crime, “out of control” petrol sniffing, homelessness and disease.
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