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Queensland Premier  Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad are seen speaking to media at the Greek Paniyiri Festival in Brisbane, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING
Opinion

11 ways Trad, Premier have failed pub test

The only thing more concerning than the twin integrity crises engulfing the Premier and her deputy are their inability to acknowledge there’s a problem, writes Steven Wardill. Here are 11 reasons they should be concerned.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk addresses a press conference at the Tennyson Pat Rafter Arena, Tennyson, Monday June 24, 2019. She and Tennis Queensland President Mark Bloomfield congratulate Queenslander Ash Barty on becoming world number 1 overnight. (AAP/Image Sarah Marshall)
Opinion

Why character test is bad news for Premier

Unionists who threaten to rape children and attack non-union workers with crowbars would fail the good-character test enshrined in new laws before Parliament. And that’s bad for the Premier, writes Des Houghton.

Graphic for Palmerville Station murder read in The Courier-Mail.
Crime in Focus

Did hillbilly couple like to hunt humans?

For the first time, one of gold prospector Bruce Schuler’s convicted killers has spoken out in a jailhouse interview about the Queensland murder mystery that made international headlines and was likened to horror films Wolf Creek and Deliverance.

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sits in parliament in Canberra, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Australia's former Prime Minister Tony Abbott hinted that he still held leadership ambitions as his replacement struggles to turn around the government's disastrous opinion polling. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Bigger issues than losing 30 Newspolls

TODAY the political class will burst into action to talk endlessly about Malcolm Turnbull losing 30 Newspolls in a row. But most everyday Australians couldn’t care less, writes Renee Viellaris.

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Lady Cilento Hospital exterior headshot building outside PICS MARC ROBERTSON

It’s crush hour at Lady Cilento

QUEENSLAND’S biggest children’s hospital put on a warm welcome for Prince Charles and his wife Camilla this week. But would the royal couple have visited if they’d been aware of a controversy behind the scenes, asks Des Houghton.

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BURLEIGH HEADS-GOLD COAST-20-3-18Gold Coast Lifeguards (from left) Chris Maynard, Riley Maynard, Warren Young, Jackson Maynard, Ken Wallace and Jordan Wood for story on Lifeguards who are top-class athletes in their own right. PHOTO-AAP-TIM MARSDEN

Our Games’ gold medal lifeguards

AS EYES turn to the Commonwealth Games action on the Gold Coast next week, some of Australia’s elite athletes will be out saving lives in the surf instead, writes Grantlee Kieza.

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