Poet and they didn’t know it: How mates made a name for Rupert
Rupert McCall is a household name in Queensland as one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary poets. But it’s not the name he was born with. WELCOME TO HIGH STEAKS
Kylie Lang
‘Fake’ health infrastructure plan treated taxpayers like fools again
In Queensland, we have been sold a lie that trivialises the importance of quality health care. The previous Labor government’s $9.8bn health infrastructure plan has been exposed as a fake, writes Kylie Lang.
Steven Miles’ sledging of Premier as ‘lazy’ is laughable and wrong
Queenslanders have made it clear they want a premier who gets on with the job, not one who flexes his “guns” or makes TikTok videos making sandwiches, writes associate editor Kylie Lang.
Education bosses fail test with ‘utterly ridiculous’ three-day week
What’s going on at Education Queensland? Sending kids back to school for three days after a two-week holiday makes no sense at all, writes Kylie Lang. TAKE OUR POLL
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This is where hit show Adolescence gets it wrong
I didn’t break down during the Netflix sensation Adolescence. I became annoyed. It raises some important issues, but our boys are not lost causes unless we give up on them, writes Kylie Lang.
Finally, a Premier with an honest Games vision, unlike the previous pair of duds
Palpable excitement has returned to Queensland after David Crisafulli’s delivery of Brisbane 2032’s blueprint, following four years of Labor dithering and disappointments, writes Kylie Lang.
Union’s NAPLAN scare tactics set Queensland kids up to fail
Manufacturing drama to back its desire to abolish national testing does the Queensland Teachers’ Union no credit, writes associate editor, Kylie Lang.
Crisafulli put our lives first. We should be grateful, not attack
It’s easy to look back now and wonder why the early panic – why the shutdown of buses and schools – but it was for good reason, writes Kylie Lang.
PM’s brief Queensland cyclone visit nothing but a votes grab
Proof that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is here to win votes has come directly from his own mouth – and it shows what is so wrong with politics in this country.
Don’t worry Qld, Albo the Great will protect us from Alfred
Never mind that we’ve run out of sandbags, supermarket shelves are bare, and our homes are bracing for damage, our esteemed leader has arrived, writes Kylie Lang.
Garbage gag attempt raises questions about those behind it
When someone is prevented from talking to the media, you immediately wonder what is being kept secret. What could be so damaging to a reputation or an institution that a person is effectively gagged from speaking?
E-scooter chaos: How many more lives will be lost?
We have to have a serious conversation about e-scooters in Queensland after another tragedy, writes Kylie Lang.
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