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.
I was ashamed to be an Australian when I heard Penny Wong advocating for Palestine in the United Nations, writes Des Houghton. Her call for Australia to recognise Palestine as a state was an affront to all of us.
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.
One of Australia’s most respected doctors claims he was ousted from the Brisbane hospital he worked in for 31 years for being “outspoken” during private rounds.
One of the state’s most respected doctors has spoken out against bullying government bureaucrats in Queensland hospitals.
Gina Rinehart is beefing up Queensland’s cattle reputation, writes Des Houghton.
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