‘Glossed over mistakes’: No quick fix for Qld’s health crisis
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.
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Eulogy for former top cop provides lessons for those who follow
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.
Borrowed, taxed, spent more … but what does Qld have to show for it?
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.
Premier is deceiving Qld by refusing to own his past
Steven Miles was front and centre of several of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s failed initiatives. To say otherwise is deceptive, writes Des Houghton.
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Six-year, $1.5m battle reveals Qld homes not built to cyclone codes
The chief of integrity at the state’s building watchdog has admitted in private internal emails – exposed during one man’s epic appeal – that he suspected a number of homes have been built with inadequate cyclone protections.
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
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