THE state’s Electoral Commission has warned its independence could be threatened from new laws introduced by the Premier that would subject the election watchdog to government-ordered reviews.

A GAS price cap or reservation would have a “chilling effect” on the Queensland economy and investment in the state, the industry is warning as speculation mounts the Albanese Government will soon take action to tackle skyrocketing domestic prices.

EXPECTANT mothers of premature babies are being forced to leave their hometown to give birth with hospitals in regional areas lacking the equipment needed for the complications that can follow the birth.

SRI Lankan cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka was charged with raping an eastern suburbs woman he met on Tinder just 10 hours after she made a complaint, as he was about to fly out of the country.