White-shoe wonders: Here’s to the scoundrels who built Queensland
In the days before bureaucracy and red tape got in the way, Queensland’s “white shoe brigade” got on with the job.
Insight
Why Annastacia Palaszczuk won’t last the new year
OPINION: The Premier is suffering the third-term blues. Her credibility is shot, and she is likely to be replaced in the new year, writes Des Houghton.
Team Too-Little-Too-Late still bumbling after all these years
Queenslanders deserve so much better than this band-aid rubbish from a tired government that is wholly reactionary and embarrassingly clueless, writes Kylie Lang.
The Labor principle that seems to have been abandoned
New laws curtailing independent unions could be in breach of international laws protecting freedom of association, writes Des Houghton.
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‘Don’t know why I lost’ – but Sallyanne tops latest election
Popular lord mayor Sallyanne Atkinson is still mystified as to why voters rejected her in 1991. But in her latest election she topped the poll.
Games blowout: When ‘best practice’ means ‘snouts in the trough’
Queensland Labor’s best-practice principles for the Brisbane Olympics should be renamed the comrades’-snouts-in-the-trough enabling laws, writes Des Houghton.
‘S***show top to bottom’: Council advocate calls for watchdog’s head
The state’s former councils advocate says he has never seen such a fear factor in local government as under the current CCC.
How fake news cost bayside federal MP his political career
It took police less than a day to clear an MP of upskirting claims, but that didn’t stop the Twitter mob, writes Des Houghton.
Nothing to see here? Sorry if we don’t believe you, Minister
We’re told to trust Queensland Health to “manage” the staff shortfall in our struggling hospitals after the suspension of thousands of unvaxxed workers. Yeah, right, says Kylie Lang.
It’s time: Three stooges show why we must abolish the states
Aside from the petty actions of premiers, the pandemic has confirmed we have too many levels of government, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Pollies’ $13m pie: Why Hanson is rubbing her hands together
Queensland political parties and candidates have received nearly $13 million for contesting the state election, writes Des Houghton.
Revealed: Queensland Labor’s ultimate legal power couple
They’re both respected members of the legal profession and heavy hitters for the Queensland Labor Party. Des Houghton reports.
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