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.
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.
LABOR’S MP Jo-Ann Miller has openly campaigned next to One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. But Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is not concerned by Ms Miller’s actions.
WITH just days to go before Queensland heads to the polls, Des Houghton says voters are at the mercy of one leader who admits to losing control and a party full of ‘hootenanny miscreants’. This is his prediction of the election outcome. HAVE YOUR SAY
DUMPED MP Rick Williams has launched another attack on Annastacia Palaszczuk in the critical final days of the election campaign.
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.
WITH the cost of energy continuing to rise, both sides of politics have produced wildly different promises and policies to cut Queensland power bills.
TWO unlikely leaders have their work cut out for them convincing disenfranchised Queenslanders that they have the answers, writes Steven Wardill.
KATTER’S Australian Party will block any move to build a new coal-fired power station in Queensland should it win the balance of power in the new parliament.
QUEENSLAND Opposition leader Tim Nicholls has hit back at his one-time boss Campbell Newman after the former premier declared the LNP could not win the state election without One Nation.
WITH Queensland a make or break state federally, we can expect to see quite a bit of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten ahead of the state election.
ONE Nation state leader Steve Dickson has accused Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of calling an election ahead of summer to avoid having to address rising power costs head on.
PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has arrived at Government House – a rogue MP and the ailing health of another prompting her to call a snap election for November 25.
AMID the newly redistributed Queensland electoral boundaries, these are the critical seats that will decide the outcome of the state poll.
EDITORIAL: Strap yourself in for a wild ride as Queenslanders are going to the polls on November 25 and, as is often the case in Queensland, expect the unexpected.
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