As a brand-new hospital mental health facility nears completion in the Whitsundays, there are calls for money to be invested elsewhere to help reduce waitlists, and get patients in care before their needs are extreme.
The Queensland mining safety body has revealed rare insight into how coal mines prepare their workers in case of emergencies.
Baxter cowered in the corner of the yard, afraid of everyone. He’d been locked in a cage for years, subjected to cruel experiments. Now Qld’s secret animal testing industry can be exposed.
The fictional enemy being used in Australia’s largest military training exercise scenario – Talisman Sabre – is based on China, secret documents suggest.
It must be now painfully obvious to nearly everybody in the Labor Party that the end is near for the Palaszczuk government, writes Des Houghton.
A former Queensland Health lawyer who raised suspicions of corrupt conduct is still in the dark after five years, despite the case being settled.
More employees of Queensland Rail’s management centre have come forward with claims of misogyny and bullying, one calling it the “wild west”.
Sleazy male staffers at a Queensland Rail hub rated their female colleagues’ sexual desirability out of 10, but complaints went nowhere.
Following claims of a “love triangle” between Labor, its unions and the QIRC, a judge has been quizzed about any political affiliations.
An eminent Queensland jurist and former High Court judge has made a searing critique of the proposed Voice to Parliament.
As the rising cost of living bites, leaving everyday Aussies “scared as hell”, Des Houghton speaks to money legend Noel Whittaker, who says younger couples must be on the “same wavelength” or risk financial failure.
It’s nearly two years since Brisbane won the 2032 Olympics bid but the Premier is wearing her promises of accountability about its delivery like a cheap perfume, writes Des Houghton.
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