10 stadiums, six hospitals: What fight against drugs is costing us
Australia is sleepwalking towards a drug nightmare … and the worst thing is, the warning signs couldn’t be any more obvious, writes Des Houghton.
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What dirty secrets are buried in the Qld public service?
Professional misconduct. Fourteen allegations of rape. Theft. Fraud. What other dirty secrets are there in Queensland’s public service?
‘They lied black and blue’: Miles unworthy to lead Labor again
Critics have rightly focused on the staggering cost overruns of Labor’s absurdly overblown Pioneer-Burdekin hydro project, but there is a deeper scandal, writes Des Houghton.
Do we pretend the rorts, cronyism under Labor’s watch just didn’t happen?
The election was so consumed with youth crime, cost of living and ambulance ramping that integrity breaches from the Palaszczuk-Miles era regrettably didn’t really get a look in, writes Des Houghton.
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Labor trolls out to hijack an election they don’t deserve to win
OPINION: Could the state election campaign be derailed by the government’s army of misinformation merchants? The deception has already begun, writes Des Houghton.
Red tape has ‘torpedoed the property market’
Unnecessary state and federal government interference in the property market has killed-off mum and dad investors, the founder of a popular real estate group claims.
‘Bullying, sexual harassment’: Palaszczuk’s final act may embroil new Premier
Accusations of wrongdoing referred to the CCC by Annastacia Palaszczuk days before she quit as premier may embroil both Steven Miles and Mark Bailey, writes Des Houghton.
Des Houghton: Labor’s Christmas pantomime fizzer
Queensland plays a kind of pineapple politics that must be baffling to those who don’t live here. And it is often perplexing for those of us who do.
Opinion: No one more unsuitable to lead Qld than Steven Miles
I can’t think of a more unsuitable person to lead us out of the chaos and madness that engulfed the Palaszczuk era, writes Des Houghton.
‘No problem paying Brittany Higgins’: Time for live export compensation
The Gillard government was responsible for what may be the worst government bungle in living memory. It’s time for Anthony Albanese and his dithering Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt fix it, writes Des Houghton. TAKE OUR POLL
Protesting teachers, I dare you to tell your students about Hamas
I’m betting schoolchildren invited to pro-Palestinian rallies have little understanding of the Gaza conflict, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Health debacle after health debacle: The buck stops with you, Minister
Patients dying waiting for an ambulance, a medical records outage and a DNA debacle head the list of the latest major issues plaguing Queensland Health, writes Des Houghton, and while she’s new to the role, the buck stops with Shannon Fentiman.
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