Live analysis, real-time fact-checking as leaders face off in debate
Steven Miles and David Crisafulli will go head-to-head in the first debate of the state election campaign on Thursday night. Here’s what to look for.
Queensland
Crime scene after house gutted by fire at Darra
A crime scene has been established after a home was gutted by fire in Brisbane’s southwest overnight.
‘Hey mate!’: Watch punter confront Premier on key issue
The Premier has been confronted in a busy shopping centre in Mackay over one of the most pressing issues impacting regional Queenslanders. WATCH FOR HIS RESPONSE
‘You are valued’: Miles’s 11th-hour love letter to public servants
Premier Steven Miles used his final hours in power to launch a charm offensive on Queensland’s 308,000 public servants.
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Why the Northside Olympic stadium won’t flood
The team behind the Northshore stadium development have hit back at naysayers’ claims about the costs, flood problems and transport woes and laid out the full incredible plan.
I gave my daughter an e-scooter, now she could have brain damage
An e-scooter given to a 12-year-old for getting good school grades has become a mother’s biggest regret as she watches her young daughter’s harrowing health fight after a life-threatening crash.
Marathon rescue for injured hiker in hinterland
An hours-long rescue effort unfolded on a popular hiking track on Sunday night to save an injured hiker trapped in dense bushland. Read the full details.
‘My 10-year-old sleeps with a shiv under his pillow’
A mother living in a Queensland town overrun by crime has revealed her 10-year-old son is so terrified he sleeps with a shard of glass under his pillow to protect his family.
Revealed: Stark numbers LNP says justify its ‘adult crime, adult time’ stance
Adults are more than five times more likely to see jail time than youths for certain offences, new figures show, as the Opposition doubles down on its “adult crime, adult time” policy.
160 a day: Child exploitation cases explode with internet access
Children having more access to the internet has led to a dramatic increase in the amount of reported child exploitation, federal police say.
Premier confident ‘crime’s a beat up’ MP can defeat victim candidate
Premier Steven Miles insists his Labor MP who once labelled crime a “media beat up” can defeat grieving father Russell Field in a must-win bayside seat.
‘Negligent’: The ‘faulty’ equipment putting first responders’ lives at risk
The families of murdered police are demanding action after the Police Federation of Australia revealed critical communication black spots due to a “negligent” government.
‘Personal insult’: Grieving dad to start election campaign on Father’s Day
Russell Field whose son, daughter-in-law and unborn grandson were killed when they were hit by a stolen car on Australia Day in 2021 has been officially endorsed as an LNP candidate.
Man’s body pulled from waters off Qld island
Water police have pulled a man’s body from the water on Russell Island on Sunday afternoon.
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