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Queensland Police Union president Shane Prior.

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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Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.

‘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
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

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
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time on Tuesday.

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
Premier David Crisafulli said crime victim numbers have already fallen during his term.

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
Premier-elect David Crisafulli and his deputy, Jarrod Bleijie, speak to the media at Parliament House on the morning after October’s state election.

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
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There were fears the real-time hospital website would confuse patients in need of critical care.

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
Lawrence Springborg has confirmed he will step back from his leadership position in the state branch of the LNP.

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
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.

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
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington.

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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