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.
The Premier’s government-owned petrol stations pledge is the kookiest idea I have ever heard from a political leader in the history of this kooky state,” writes Des Houghton.
The state’s health crisis is so bad that it will take more than a decade to fix, warns an ex-chief of the Metro North emergency departments, writes Des Houghton.
Queensland’s fight against corruption has a long history – and former commissioner Jim O’Sullivan has been remembered as one of its finest warriors, writes Des Houghton.
While Premier Steven Miles and Treasurer Cameron Dick shower Queenslanders with unsustainable sweeteners in a crass attempt to buy votes, the state’s debt is soaring, writes Des Houghton.
Steven Miles was front and centre of several of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s failed initiatives. To say otherwise is deceptive, writes Des Houghton.
The hugely popular new Colmslie markets have fallen victim to a neighbourhood dispute that could cost Council who have moved to restrict it to just one day per month, columnist Des Houghton writes.
The CFMEU being described in Federal Parliament as a criminal organisation rubbed Labor’s nose in it again, and the timing couldn’t have been worse for Miles, writes Des Houghton.
We are in the grip of a methamphetamine crime wave, with new mind-blowing substances on the way, writes Des Houghton.
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