Sad moment deputy-in-waiting stooped to Trumpian lows
Jarrod Bleijie has returned fire at Steven Miles with a barrage of personal attacks more becoming a playground bully, writes the editor.
Jarrod Bleijie has returned fire at Steven Miles with a barrage of personal attacks more becoming a playground bully, writes the editor.
Union boss Gary Bullock’s grip on Labor would survive the party’s predicted wipeout and set up a tight leadership tussle.
The only LNP leader beside Campbell Newman to become premier in the past 35 years has reminded the party of a previous poll it thought it had in the bag.
Children in prison would be punished for not going to school, have their television taken from them if they misbehave and be forced into isolation if they abuse guards under the LNP’s latest youth crime measures.
A youth advocate has sunk the boot into the LNP’s plan to arrest juvenile crime, saying it’s a resurrection of a Newman-era policy.
While denying it exists, Labor will scrap its controversial “patient’s tax” to neutralise effective LNP attacks.
Babies, dogs, filming social media content and a man wanting to remain Queensland premier – it’s finally starting to feel like an election campaign.
Tuesday’s ballot draw was a mixed bag for the major parties, with Labor and the Greens well down the card in areas they are targeting.
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has spruiked billions in spending on hospitals, despite one still being an excavation site.
Ambulance ramping will be below 30 per cent by the end of the LNP’s first term in office and the elective surgery waiting list will stop growing after the first year, Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has vowed.
The Gabba is firming as the LNP’s stadium of choice for the 2032 Olympics, but David Crisafulli continues to withhold his Olympic plans.
Boaties will get more ramps, better fishing and free access to stocked dams under Premier Steven Miles’s plan to win over recreational anglers.
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