Labor foolishly draws attention to its own track record on sex crimes
Stupidly, the Premier and her deputy have unintentionally turned a spotlight on their own party’s deplorable record on sexual harassment, writes Des Houghton.
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Shock knock-on effect from Laming’s exit
Disgraced Liberal National MP Andrew Laming’s exit from Federal Parliament could trigger a domino effect, writes Des Houghton.
We’re still standing: Brisbane’s top chefs adapt to new reality
A year ago Brisbane’s flourishing dining scene was suddenly snuffed out. Here’s how the city’s leading restaurateurs have survived.
Houghton: The big problem with gender quotas in Parliament
Equal representation in Parliament is a desirable goal, but forced parity is undemocratic, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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Guns, strippers and conspiracies: A year in politics
Outlandish conspiracy theories, stripper scandals and a shock election result – 2019 has certainly been a colourful year for federal politics.
The news that mattered in 2019
In Queensland, we started the year with flood and ended it with fire while across the world came poll-defying elections, massacres and a royal scandal — this is the events that mattered.
Church messages bring hope amid the darkness
With many anxious over the uncertainty of the world at the moment, church leaders from different denominations have spoken about just what Christmas can give us this year. Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge
High-flyers conquered the world
At 11.15am on December 22, 1919, Captain Ross Smith, a World War I fighter ace who had once been Lawrence of Arabia’s pilot in Palestine, arrived with his crew in the remote outback township of Longreach aboard a craft alien to almost everyone who gazed upon it.
Morrison doesn’t deserve trial by ire
Critics will always have a compelling argument for why a PM shouldn’t go on leave, but Scott Morrison has done nothing wrong by taking a few days’ holiday with his family, writes Renee Viellaris.
What Child Safety is getting wrong: activist
The Child Safety Department has a flawed focus which is putting our littlest and most vulnerable citizens in harm’s way, according to an activist.
How legal profession deaths inspired orchestra
High rates of mental illness in the law and a spate of suicides have prompted a group of young lawyers to start an orchestra to promote psychological wellbeing.
Can you still have a holiday in Hong Kong?
Family and friends urged us not to go but we were determined to revisit our favourite city. This is what happened when we went, writes Phil Brown.
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