Pitt’s push for rail pay deal revealed
SECRET Government communications show Treasurer Curtis Pitt helped push through a controversial Queensland Rail pay deal to appease the state’s powerful rail union.
State Election 2017
LNP scraps Cross River Rail funding
THE LNP will reallocate about $2.5 billion set aside by Labor for Cross River Rail to help pay for more than $4.3 billion worth of election commitments should it win power on Saturday. A further $2.335 billion would also be reallocated from current government programs.
‘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.
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Greens’ final sprint to unseat Deputy Premier
THE Greens are recruiting volunteers from interstate as they plan a “final sprint” to unseat Deputy Premier Jackie Trad on November 25.
Best of British to tackle DV scourge
AMID a record number of domestic violence protection breaches, the LNP will announce a new type of offence modelled on British law.
Sorry Premier, you smeared yourself
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Sorry sister, you’re on your own this time
FEMALE leaders get criticised for being too consultative, but this time Annastacia Palaszczuk has tried too hard to be decisive, writes Kylie Lang.
Premier’s prime suspect in ‘smear campaign’
FEDERAL minister Matt Canavan is Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s prime suspect in an alleged smear campaign that exposed a conflict of interest involving her partner and the $1 billion Adani loan.
Another LNP defector hops on Hanson’s bus
A FOURTH former LNP MP has announced he will run under the One Nation banner in the November 25 poll.
Rise of Abbott has lessons for Palaszczuk
BY FOCUSING on Tim Nicholls’ unpopularity, Annastacia Palaszczuk could be making the same mistake Labor did when it wrote off Tony Abbott.
Rocky move catches Premier off guard
A QUEENSLAND mayor who received Annastacia Palaszczuk’s endorsement for preselection has chosen to run as an independent. Now, the Premier has thrown her support behind a new face in the hotly contested seat.
Hanson strikes major preference deal
POLLS suggest preferences to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation will hold the balance of power after this month’s election, and now the party has struck a deal that brings another player into the game.
Premier’s partner crisis deepens as new details emerge
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk’s campaign has been thrown into chaos by more revelations her boyfriend worked on some of Queensland’s biggest and most controversial projects during her time as Premier.
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