THE Indian mining giant has shot down claims aired by the ABC it was no longer seeking its controversial $1 billion loan, doubling down on its push for taxpayer funds saying it will repay “every cent” with interest.
UNIONISTS sporting giant foam masks depicting LNP Leader Tim Nicholls and One Nation’s Pauline Hanson have descended Brisbane CBD in a pre-election march.
GREENS leader Richard Di Natale says he is feeling “the same sort of energy” ahead of the Queensland election that he did prior to his party’s shock win in Victoria’s Northcote by-election.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk says Leanne Donaldson was likely to spend another term on the backbench should Labor win government, after it was revealed the MP purchased a block of land in Tasmania despite only last year being unable to pay a $8000 rates debt.
IT’S a term Annastacia Palaszczuk is throwing around at any opportunity. Trouble is, voters will see straight through it.
LEAVE it to Queensland’s most colourful MP to make the most dramatic entrance to the campaign so far.
THE State Government has been accused of sitting on the latest public transport data because it is a bad look before the election.
OPPOSITION leader Tim Nicholls has promised no new taxes, tax hikes, big cuts or asset sales will be implemented under a LNP government, as he pledges to ‘stabilise’ the state’s debt.
CONTROVERSIAL politician Billy Gordon has dropped out of the Queensland election race and endorsed a candidate from the party that sacked him.
OPPOSITION leader Tim Nicholls says the Premier must wear a tin-foil hat, after she accused him of having a “secret plan” to sell assets, a day after she wasn’t able to detail the state’s debt reduction figure.
A HIGH-PROFILE Brisbane radio host has banned Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, citing a matter of principle.
OUSTED One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts predicts he’ll steal the southeast Queensland seat he’s running for, despite it being one of Labor’s safest.
I’M not surprised Annastacia Palaszczuk is rushing to an early election. Her administration has run out of puff. Many of her fellow cabinet ministers are incompetent or under an integrity cloud, writes Des Houghton.
INDUSTRY groups are calling for bold plans to reduce energy costs, build infrastructure and cut taxes to get the state moving, as the LNP impressed with its first pitch for the business vote.
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