A Family Court judge dealt a blow to transgender activists this week by giving a father the custody of a boy whose mother was trying to put him on puberty blockers, writes Des Houghton.
Canine action is required to help stop the nation sleepwalking into a drugs catastrophe, writes Des Houghton, and they should target schools, universities, nightclubs, union rallies and key areas of our cities. HAVE YOUR SAY
More than 24 million feral pigs are wiping out native species, destroying farmland, feasting on endangered turtle eggs
After nine years as a minister, and then Premier, it seems Steven Miles has had enough. His party is comatose. Cyclone Crisafulli has seen to that, writes Des Houghton.
A leading psychiatrist has raised concerns over the establishment of Brisbane’s child and adolescent clinic, saying she has been unable to find evidence of an ethics review before was launched to offer “novel” gender-affirming care.
Collapsed ceilings, rotting wood, rusted pipes and black mould. My visit to this Aussie landmark was terrible, writes Des Houghton.
Annastacia Palaszczuk and Jackie Trad are likely to be called before the Queensland Parliamentary Ethics Committee to explain their role in the taxpayer-funded political cover-up exposed in a Crime and Corruption Commission report, writes Des Houghton
Jarrod Bleijie and Tim Nicholls have some explaining to do over puberty blockers – and so do Health chiefs, writes Des Houghton.
Queensland’s Human Rights Commissioner has complained that the interests of a group of religious advocates has been very persuasive with the government, but what’s so wrong with that, asks Des Houghton.
Queensland police’s SERT will get more firepower as the Crisafulli government moves to strengthen counter-terrorism operations, writes Des Houghton.
There are now six former police officers in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and I find that rather reassuring, writes Des Houghton.
You don’t have to be Einstein to see Labor’s mining delays mean we are missing out on a wave of payments that may fund projects like the Olympic stadium and Bruce Highway upgrade.
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