Emerson bows out of Maiwar
LNP frontbencher Scott Emerson has conceded defeat in the newly created Brisbane seat of Maiwar, meaning the race is now down to Labor’s Ali King and The Greens’ Michael Berkman. LATEST ELECTION NEWS
State Election 2017
State is hanging on 4500 voters
WITH 11 seats hanging in the balance in Queensland, the Premier’s hold on power will be decided by just a few thousand votes.
Treasurer contenders in the frame
THREE senior cabinet ministers are in contention to take the treasurer’s job from Curtis Pitt should he fall in a reshuffle, as Labor edges closer to forming government.
Anning blames One Nation for Labor win
NEW Queensland Senator Fraser Anning has taken a shot at his former party One Nation for delivering a “lefty, socialist” government at the state election.
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‘Smells like the Newman regime’
THE QUEENSLAND Council of Unions say LNP leader Tim Nicholls has played his “last desperate election card” with a “union-bashing exercise revisiting a failed policy” from the Newman-Nicholls LNP government.
LNP blasted over ‘sexist’ images
THE LNP has been accused of living in Australia’s wartime past by using “sexist” images to represent a mother and father said to resemble those used in 1945.
Labor announces four new taxes
TREASURER Curtis Pitt has outlined four new taxes and more than $1 billion funding reprioritisations to help Labor pay for its election commitments.
Unions deliver Labor $1.49m war chest
QUEENSLAND unions are bankrolling the re-election hopes of the Palaszczuk Government at a rate of more than $15,000 a day.
Ultimatum on $1B Adani rail loan
RESOURCES Minister Matt Canavan has issued an ultimatum to Queensland: If the state is led by a Labor Government after Saturday, there will be no chance of Federal funding for the rail line vital to Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine.
Labor ‘serving union masters’ with laws
THE Palaszczuk Government will rely on union help to deliver it a second term of Parliament, after passing a raft of laws to appease groups whose powerful campaigning was credited with its 2015 shock win.
Lions roar at $15m stadium pledge
THE LNP has pledged $15m for a boutique stadium for Brisbane Lions’ women’s team.
Ministers cut Labor ties
QUEENSLAND ministers have dropped the Labor logo from their campaign material in a curious pre-election move.
Tempers fray in campaign’s dying days
THE final days of the Queensland election campaign have turned nasty, with leaders trading accusations and getting testy over troublesome MPs.
Greens caught out by corporate gifts
THE Queensland Greens have been caught accepting cash from big business while campaigning for a ban on corporate donors.
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