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.
Insight
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.
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Politics and medicine no remedy
CONTROVERSY has dogged the Lady Cilento Hospital ever since it opened. Yet, even today in 2018, Queensland’s first official dedicated children’s hospital continues to find itself embroiled in strife about its name, writes Michael Madigan.
That awkward moment you bring down a PM
HE’S not as politically experienced as some, and he ended up playing a high-profile — if inadvertent — role in the downfall of Malcolm Turnbull.
Fallout leaves Queensland wanting
AFTER the ugliest scenes in Australian politics in 50 years, Scott Morrison might save a swath of seats south of the Tweed but he’ll have a tough time winning over much of Queensland, writes Paul Williams.
Spotlight on ‘sole survivor’ of crisis
IT’S hard to see anyone come out of this messy, madcap and mutinous week of blood-curdling politics with their dignity in tact. But new Liberal Deputy Leader Josh Frydenberg has managed to do just that, writes Dennis Atkins.
ScoMo has a tough job ahead
AUSTRALIAN politics has never seen the likes of it before. Dennis Atkinsgives a blow-by-blow account of this week’s leadership turmoil and details why Scott Morrison won’t get long to celebrate his victory.
MPs won’t take loss of perk lying down
TREASURER Jackie Trad faces blowback from members of her own party over moves to scrap a lucrative MPs’ perk.
Why the Malcontents are right
BEHEADING a prime minister is never nice, but in this case it’s being done for the right reason, writes Peter Gleeson.
Why we should – or shouldn’t – change abortion laws
THE controversial Bill to decriminalise abortion in Queensland has finally been introduced after years of public debate. Here are the pros and cons.
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