Locked in: Youth crime laws pass amid heated opposition
Queensland’s contentious new youth crime laws have passed Parliament after impassioned debate by all sides.
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Deputy Premier defends $2.7bn price tag for Gabba revamp
Deputy Premier Steven Miles has strongly defended the $2.7bn cost for the Gabba rebuild after it was revealed the project was initially greenlit without a comprehensive business case.
Exit date confirmed: Myer set to leave flagship Queen St site
Retail giant Myer is set to leave its flagship Queen Street mall site later this year in the most significant shake-up of Brisbane’s city retail precinct in decades, the centre’s owners promising a ‘reimagined destination’.
Premier’s Gabba fantasy: $1bn price tag simply a guess
The state government is under pressure to release Gabba redevelopment costs after it was revealed the original $1bn figure came from ‘a press release’.
Qld lands ‘historic’ first as new flights ramp up
Queenslanders will soon be able to fly directly from Brisbane to Vietnam for the first time. Here’s what’s happening.
New SEQ high school delayed after state blocked from site
The state government has been left scrambling to find a new site for a high school due to open south of Brisbane next year after its preferred site was ruled off limits – one of a number of campuses that will no longer be built by 2024.
Zombie koala shuts down Brisbane CBD streets amid climate protest
Climate change protesters have descending on Queensland’s Parliament House, complete with a 4.5m animatronic koala as the Greens prepare to introduce a climate bill that would ban new coal and gas projects in the state.
Queensland households get power bill discount over $175
Queenslanders will be gifted a state-sponsored discount on their power bills higher than the $175 in 2022 ahead of a $321 surge in electricity prices.
Black market fears over weapons licence backlog
Queensland firearms dealers fear ongoing waitlist blowouts for weapons licences could increase black market trade, as the relationship the industry had with the state government was described as at breaking point.
Overseas subcontractor key in $7b ‘Queensland-made’ election pledge
An international manufacturer has emerged as a key subcontractor in the state government’s flagship “Queensland-made” $7bn election promise to build 65 new trains locally.
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