The Palaszczuk Government may have seen the project through, but it was a forgotten LNP character, rejected by his own party, who was the driving force behind Brisbane’s modern new cityscape, writes Des Houghton.
He’s standing in a South East Queensland seat of more than 40,000 voters, but this enigmatic LNP candidate won’t say where he works, nor even what he does for a living, writes Des Houghton.
If I lived in a place where the state has to step in to feed schoolchildren I’d be embarrassed, Des Houghton argues.
Brisbane-based Tyson Stelzer is now regarded as a global authority on champagne across the English-speaking world. His book The Champagne Guide is now in its seventh edition, buyers using it as a catalogue and travel guide.
Does anyone seriously believe the Queensland Cabinet needs a series of community forums to tell it where it is going wrong, asks Des Houghton.
If you need any more evidence that green zealotry has entered the delusional phase, this is it, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN POLL
Not only is Annastacia Palaszczuk’s popularity declining, but her political authority is evaporating. Her government is dysfunctional. It is time for her to go, writes Des Houghton. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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