Muzzled: Ex-mayor’s watchdog complaints they don’t want you to see
A deposed South East Queensland mayor’s submissions to the inquiry into the state’s corruption watchdog had key sentences mysteriously blacked out before public release.
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Public servant’s laptop seized and wiped is ‘totally ordinary’?
The crime watchdog’s report to parliament fell short because it failed to identify the person who took two laptops – and on whose orders they were seized and wiped, writes Des Houghton.
Batsh*t crazy: Vertical school decision will come home to roost
The Brisbane site chosen for Queensland’s first vertical state primary school is next to a major bat colony, writes Des Houghton.
Explained: Qld still ‘conservative’ despite Green ‘blip’
The Coalition’s “Fortress Queensland” has finally cracked, although it wasn’t a red wave that knocked it but rather green shoots which have taken hold.
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$12m question: Strawberry needle culprit may never be found
It is possible no one will ever be punished for the strawberry sabotage that paralysed a nation and devastated an industry.
When lights went out, this energy saved us (hint: it wasn’t green)
When much of Queensland was blacked out by a power station explosion, it wasn’t renewables that came to the rescue, writes Des Houghton.
Bald censorship: Secret deal questions land MP in hot water
A Labor-stacked parliamentary committee just decided what can and can’t be revealed about the handover of Moreton Island, writes Des Houghton.
‘Chasm of grief, sadness’: The Borg’s devastating loss of daughter
As he signals his return to the political limelight, former LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has opened up about more personal matters, including the tragic death in 2020 of his beautiful, bright daughter Megan, admitting “it’s not an easy thing, not at all”.
‘Gobbledygook’: Crown case that even stumped a judge
A trial is shaping up to be one of the longest and most expensive in Queensland history after a judge dismissed the prosecution’s case as “gobbledygook”.
‘Worst of the worst’: Nine Qld killers facing extra jail time
They’re the worst of the worst – child murderers or sick psychopaths who have killed multiple people. And soon they could be locked up indefinitely. Here’s why.
Moreton Bay Dolphins deserve to be Qld’s next NRL side
There is a new club that should be welcomed into the NRL, and it isn’t Ipswich, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Law and order a critical area where woke doesn’t work
Favouring gender over merit in police recruiting puts community safety at risk, and the public should be fuming, writes Kylie Lang.
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