Cross River Rail is a go, but you’ll have to wait
TIM Nicholls has given his strongest indication yet that he will delay the construction of the Cross River Rail project should the LNP wrest government from Labor at Saturday’s election.
State Election 2017
‘Calculating, cunning and designed to inflict pain’
A RENEGADE rendezvous between Pauline Hanson and Jo-Ann Miller has hurt Labor’s campaign, writes Steven Wardill.
Does Miller’s smooch signal kiss of death?
MAVERICK Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller has sensationally moved to undermine her own government’s re-election campaign in the critical final days, embracing One Nation matriarch Pauline Hanson on the hustings in Ipswich.
Pitt attempts budget gymnastics
CURTIS Pitt’s talent for verbal contortionist knows no end, but the Treasurer has tied himself in knots with one of his more outrageous claims about paying down debt, writes Steven Wardill.
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LNP suits up to crash Pauline’s party
OPPOSITION Leader Tim Nicholls has visited the state seat contested by Pauline Hanson at the last election — and explained why One Nation isn’t an option for voters.
Premier must neutralise anti-Adani forces
LABOR really should get a better line to use in response to anti-Adani protests, because you can bet they will be around most days of the campaign, writes Dennis Atkins. (Picture: Sky News)
LNP promises 500k jobs bonanza
LABOR and the LNP are both making a play for votes by issuing election promises centred around job creation, but the Opposition has led the way with its long-term target.
What the polls say about our leaders
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk and Tim Nicholls enter the election neck and neck in published opinion polls, but is either leader popular among voters?
Where One Nation wants to ‘drain the swamp’
ONE Nation has declared it will win two strong Labor seats in southeast Queensland and pose a major threat to more than 20 others as a US-style voter backlash grips Queensland.
Six set to retire from politics
WITH the dissolution of the 55th Queensland Parliament, there are six members that are set to bid farewell to politics in the state.
Palaszczuk and Nicholls election confessions
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls have shared 10 surprising facts that most people don’t know about them.
Trad pushes ahead with new high school plan
DEPUTY Premier Jackie Trad’s promise to build Brisbane’s first new inner-city high school since 1963 will be central to her election fight.
Parties in electricity power play
WITH the cost of energy continuing to rise, both sides of politics have produced wildly different promises and policies to cut Queensland power bills.
Why election is so impossible to pick
TWO unlikely leaders have their work cut out for them convincing disenfranchised Queenslanders that they have the answers, writes Steven Wardill.
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