Underhanded: Fresh blow to battlers who can least afford it
The Queensland government has committed a sly, sneaky and underhanded act against mortgage battlers, writes Des Houghton.
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Why billionaire Clive Palmer deserves your sympathy
The rejection of Clive Palmer’s coalmine on environmental grounds is unfortunate, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
To market, to market: Why shoppers are ditching grocery giants
It’s not hard to see why shoppers are flocking to outdoor markets in droves, writes Des Houghton. Are you one of them? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Crisis of clean conscience: Why Marie Kondo is no longer a neat freak
She was the neat freak who spawned a multimillion-dollar empire with her decluttering philosophy. Then along came kids.
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‘I’ll never forgive them’: Sacked mayor tells of dying mum’s heartbreak
Fallen Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland has revealed the toll taken on his family by corruption charges – and how he believes he was set up.
Tributes flow for man who founded Dreamworld and changed Qld forever
Queensland tourism soared when serial entrepreneur John Longhurst acted on a vision and built Dreamworldon the Gold Coast. After his death aged 89 this week, we should remember him as a true visionary, writes Des Houghton.
‘Could have been used on hospitals’: Has the Premier bought Qld a $200m white elephant?
With huge changes to quarantine rules for international arrivals, the once essential quarantine facility at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport seems past its used-by date – and one of the state’s top docs says the millions could have been much better spent.
‘Absolute insanity’: Nurse faces sack for attending anti-vax rally
A Queensland Health nurse threatened with the sack for attending a rally is only the latest example of our human rights being trampled, writes Des Houghton.
Crumbling walls, exploding fire systems: State’s apartment time bomb
Queensland’s apartment sector is rife with defects due to shoddy construction work, and holding anyone to account is almost impossible.
Interstate scandal that should make Queensland Labor very nervous
Claims of Victorian Labor misusing taxpayer funds to campaign for re-election bear striking similarities to a Queensland case, writes Des Houghton.
‘Abandon ship!’: Horrific moment Navy patrol boat demolished
After finding himself in the middle of one of the most destructive cyclones to ever hit Australia, the commanding officer of this Queensland-built Navy boat had to make a fateful decision.
X-factor missing: Queensland’s leaders fail the Churchill test
It’s critical to a functioning democracy, but this ingredient is sorely lacking in Queensland politics, writes Kylie Lang.
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