Cash for young families, cut-price medication, as well as cheaper housing headlined the first Labor budget in almost a decade, but there is no tax ­relief for the vast majority of Australians as times get tough.

Mothers who have lost babies will be placed on the same floor as maternity wards at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital until at least next year, with Health Minister Yvette D’Ath blaming Covid for the “heartbreaking” practice.

A high-profile Brisbane ­lawyer and a Gold Coast ­businessman used sham bank accounts to launder millions of dollars that were proceeds of crime,

And.. The cost of diesel has hit ­record highs across the state, with prices reaching tops of 242.9c per litre throughout Brisbane as experts warn the worst could be yet to come.