LNP
Police union boss backs deal amid member unrest and government ‘insult’
Frustration has bubbled over after the first in-principle pay deal was welcomed with fanfare by a first-year government facing heat from key frontline workforces.
- Matt Dennien
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‘Build, baby, build’: Bleijie details CFMEU probe amid estimates drama
The scope of a looming inquiry into the union has been revealed by the deputy premier, who aped the US president during a day of scrutiny.
- Matt Dennien
Kids’ gender-affirming care pause was a cabinet call, says Crisafulli
His comments shed light on a key plank of a legal case challenging the ban on hormone treatment for gender dysphoria in new public patients.
- Matt Dennien
- Updated
- Political leadership
Go big on climate plans, Labor MPs tell Albanese, as net zero fight rages
The MPs demanded ambition as leading economist Ross Garnaut said Australia’s renewable energy transition was “sick”.
- Nick O'Malley, Paul Sakkal and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Crisafulli releases new crime victim data, but a portion is missing
The Premier made an election campaign promise to resign if total victim numbers did not fall during his first term. A new dataset is pitched to help track that.
- William Davis and Matt Dennien
- Perspective
- Queensland government
Can Queensland workers count on the LNP’s respect? This year they’ll find out
As negotiations between state employees and the first-year government ramp up, hints of the LNP’s previously slim industrial relations agenda are also starting to emerge.
- Matt Dennien
- Exclusive
- Queensland Health
Real-time data could misinform critical patients, Queensland Health feared
Queensland Health figures flagged concerns over the government’s real-time hospital data, according to new documents released under Right to Information.
- James Hall and Matt Dennien
Springborg’s parting message to the LNP faithful
Queensland Liberal-National president Lawrence Springborg confirmed he will hand the reins to a new election party leader at next month’s state convention.
- James Hall and Matt Dennien
Bleijie seeks second ‘secret’ CFMEU report dismissed by ousted leaders
The Deputy Premier’s push for a redacted list of union officials was followed by an outright rejection of the report by the two alleged to have been responsible.
- Matt Dennien
How the AG’s constant appeals could change sentencing trends
A couple convicted of raping a child who will be eligible for parole in the coming months will have their sentences appealed, in the latest rebuke of decisions from Queensland courts from the Attorney-General.
- James Hall
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