A major union has slammed Peter Dutton’s Bruce Highway funding caveat to exclude the CFMEU from future projects, warning that any move to ban workers from sites would be illegal.
A Queensland MP has called on the Premier to appoint a Minister for Men to his Cabinet, arguing that males are “grossly over represented in areas of disadvantage”. HAVE YOUR SAY
Residents who have been kicking up a stick after more than a decade of dealing with foul “rotten egg” stenches from an industrial estate near Brisbane are finally set to find out if the stink is having negative effects on their health.
The Bruce Highway will receive billions in funding regardless of the federal election outcome, after Peter Dutton matched the government’s $7.2bn pledge and vowed to ban the militant union.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s pre-election spending spree continues in Queensland on Wednesday, as he unveils a $260m funding boost for a spate of infrastructure projects.
Blowouts to mega projects and a federal Bruce Highway backflip has put Qld coffers in a $24bn black hole with Treasurer David Janetzki warned he may need to break an election promise.
The federal government has called out Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s refusal to match Labor’s $7.2bn funding pledge for the Bruce Highway ahead of the looming election.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has slammed claims by Treasurer Jim Chalmers that nuclear policy will cost the country trillions in lost energy output, labelling the analysis a “scare campaign”.
It’s one of the biggest issues across the country but Queensland evidently has a bigger problem than most states.
Premier David Crisafulli has pledged full transparency in the state government’s Olympic stadium plan, but there’s one question he won’t answer… yet.
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