Pitfalls and potholes on path to City Hall
There was a blast to the past this week when one of the men vying to lead Brisbane over the next four years tried to pull a stunt straight from Campbell Newman’s playbook, writes Jack McKay.
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‘You’re going to drive me to it’: A day in Brisbane’s DV court
The Courier-Mail was this week granted access to Brisbane’s domestic violence court and shockingly in two of the cases we saw, the violent perpetrators referenced Rowan Baxter’s horrific crimes, claiming the murderer was in fact a victim.
Inside state’s quiet food tourism revolution
Food and wine are the future for Queensland tourism, and these players are already making quite the impact on the international stage, writes Des Houghton.
No.1 priority for nation’s new top cop
Australia’s new federal police commissioner has signalled a dramatic realignment of the organisation’s focus, and in the crosshairs will be a criminal industry that costs Aussies $150 million a year.
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Workers paying the ultimate price
QUEENSLAND workers are being struck down in shocking numbers by a previously unknown deadly disease and while state intervention has been welcomed, it is too late for many victims.
Family’s wounds still raw five years later
POLICE officer Casey Blain had a beautiful family and a job he loved, but a tragic accident cut his life short and changed everything for those around him, writes Kate Kyriacou.
PM puts faith in his inner-ScoMo
THE sight of Scott Morrison embracing his folksy side for a positive political impact, reminds national affairs editor Dennis Atkins of a former Queensland politician whose career was defined by an unflagging populism.
Everyman ScoMo puts family first
OUR NEW Prime Minister knows exactly what he stands for, and he has some rather big ideas for where our country should be heading, writes Renee Viellaris.
How the strawberry sabotage saga unfolded
AS THE nation’s strawberry industry goes into meltdown thanks to heartless saboteurs, fingers of blame are being pointed in all directions, writes Kate Kyriacou.
Our farmers are tough, but times might be tougher
WHILE Queensland farmers are a hardy lot, the recent spate of incidents is pushing many to the wall.
How our atheist former G-G found God
FORMER governor-general and lifelong atheist Bill Hayden has revealed the religious experience that made him question everything he didn’t believe.
Our most vulnerable elders need a voice
IF ANIMALS were to suffer in the way that some of our vulnerable and voiceless elderly Australians are treated, there’d be a national outcry, writes Natasha Bita.
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