‘Election coming up’: Premier’s concession on $700m bridge too far
Premier Steven Miles has conceded the government could have waited for the business case to be completed before announcing its $700m Bribie bridge duplication.
QLD Politics
‘Punish Labor’: Katter’s stunning threat to Premier ahead of election
Katter’s Australian Party is threatening to punish Premier Steven Miles by breaking tradition and directing its preferences against government at the October election.
Lehrmann lawyers to fight for rape charges to be dropped
Lawyers for Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann are today expected to argue two rape charges against him should be thrown out due to a lack of evidence.
Unpacked: Inside the explosive Callide ‘cover up’ scandal
At 2.06pm on May 25, 2021, almost half a million Queenslanders lost power after an explosion at Callide Power Station. Three years on, it has become political storm.
Labor pariah, now a traitor: PM, sack senator and sack her now
OPINION: If Labor doesn’t dump Fatima Payman then she will surely dump Labor. It’s only a matter of who emerges with any remaining pride, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Mass sperm purge: Thousands of samples to be destroyed
Thousands of frozen sperm samples are set to be destroyed following an intensive probe into Queensland’s IVF industry.
Push for dedicated housing for Qld’s mentally ill homeless
The state’s psychiatrists fear the government is not prioritising those with severe mental health conditions in its Homes for Queenslanders strategy.
Shameless: 800m bridge to cost as much as Bruce Hwy boost
In a case of shameless pork-barrelling, the state will spend on one 800m bridge what it’s pledged in additional funding for the Bruce Highway over three years, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
‘One of the biggest ministerial cover-ups in Qld history’
The LNP has sensationally accused the Miles government of trying to bury the truth about what really went wrong at Callide Power Station in 2021.
Premier’s ‘Bribey’ bridge to cost $34k for every island resident
Steven Miles wants to spend $700m duplicating a bridge his own transport department says is unnecessary for the “foreseeable future”.
‘Callide cover-up’: LNP’s latest demand for embattled minister
The LNP has demanded forensic engineer Sean Brady appear at this month’s Budget Estimates to be grilled on what it has labelled the “Callide cover-up”.
‘Band-Aid fix’: New walk-in clinics won’t ease pressure on hospitals
The state’s peak medical body claims the government’s latest walk-in clinics “make no sense” and will do little to ease pressure on emergency departments.
Union sensationally accuses Opposition of lying over asset sale pledge
The Labor-aligned Electrical Trades Union will relaunch its campaign against asset sales ahead of the 2024 state election as polling predicts the LNP will win in a landslide.
‘Extraordinary’: LNP crime claim that triggered Labor MPs
A pledge on Queensland’s crime rate by Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has sparked a ferocious backlash from the government.
While MPs obsessed over a senator’s grandstanding, three people died
If only our political leaders focused on the dangers of vehicles crossing the median strip in regional Qld as much as they did on senators crossing the floor in Canberra, writes The Editor.
Triple-fatal bus horror could have been prevented – here’s how
If the Bruce Highway is Queensland’s worst major road, the site of a horror bus crash is one of the worst of the worst. But it didn’t need to happen.
Truth is out there: Qld’s incredible disappearing Covid advice
In spite of all the meetings and advice from all the experts on Covid-19, it seems that nobody ever thought to write anything down, writes Mike O’Connor.
Bruce Hwy still used as a political plaything
The federal government needs a totemic promise to win back regional Queensland, and there’s nothing that unites them better than the Bruce Highway, writes Hayden Johnson.
Review of property taxes and charges to follow election
The Queensland Treasury will undertake a post-election review of state taxes and charges impacting the property industry, as requested by the Property Council of Australia.
Editor’s view: No room for hate in our fair nation
Now is the time for all Australians to show restraint, respect and tolerance, and remember just what it is that attracts people to our shores, writes the editor.
Punched, spat on, bullied: New wave of hate sweeps Qld
The Queensland Jewish community is living in fear after a disturbing spike in anti-Semitic attacks. SEE THE VIDEO
Worst waiting times revealed amid damning ambo ramping figures
New data has revealed the worst cases of ambulance ramping at Queensland hospitals, with some patients seven hours to be transferred to emergency departments. SEE THE LIST
‘Tacit support for protesters’: Open letter calls out UQ response
More than 100 people, including former governor Paul de Jersey, have signed an open letter calling out UQ’s response to campus protests.
‘Goat track’: Horror highway blasted after bus triple fatal
A horror bus crash that claimed three lives on Sunday has sparked renewed calls for more to be done to fix the deadly Bruce Highway.
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