Editor’s view: Border politicking ends now
Whoever wins the Queensland election must dispense with the politics when it comes to our coronavirus response, writes the editor.
Parties
The grim personal cost that comes with politics
At this week’s People’s Forum the Premier appeared angry, bitter and close to tears as the Opposition Leader enthusiastically tried to sell her “big, bold” vision for Queensland. Truth be told, I felt for them both, writes Kylie Lang.
Parties’ mega promises – and when they’ll start
Tens of billions of dollars have been splashed around by both major parties promising massive projects in their election pitches. We’ve examined the fine print.
Sydney still locked out as Qld border reopens to NSW
Sydneysiders will remain locked out, despite Queensland reopening its borders to the rest of NSW. Victorians are still also unable to travel to Queensland.
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The real reason Kate Jones quit
Queensland has lost a possible future premier and another extremely talented minister, and all because of a system that would even have prevented Peter Beattie becoming premier had it been around during his time in politics, writes Steven Wardill.
Ministerial exodus bad news for Qld, and Labor
Less than a month before the Queensland election campaign kicks off, the Labor Government has lost two of its best ministers.
Palmer: I saved Australia, now I’ll save Queensland
Clive Palmer says he took down Bill Shorten and will do the same to Annastacia Palaszczuk to prevent Queensland becoming an economic basket case. He also says Campbell Newman wasn’t so bad after all.
Greens candidate disendorsed over misconduct claims
The Greens have dropped a candidate in one of the key Brisbane seats they’re targeting this state election, after his alleged conduct towards two women. But the disendorsed candidate hit back late on Tuesday night, saying he considered it a “smear” by the party.
ATO asked to investigate Greens’ alleged JobKeeper abuse
A Federal Labor frontbencher has demanded the Australian Taxation Office investigate allegations that the Queensland Greens used a former staffer’s JobKeeper payments to help fund their state election campaign. The Greens have vehemently denied the allegations.
Labor’s $3b election war chest as Budget horror hidden
The State Labor Government has amassed itself a $3 billion war chest for pre-election sweeteners, but Queenslanders will have to wait a month after voting to see the full state of the Budget.
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