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Who are the Qld crossbench contestants – and what do they want?

Seven minor parties including the Greens and One Nation, plus dozens of independents, are vying for parliamentary seats in the state election. Here’s your guide.

  • Matt Dennien

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Queensland state LNP leader David Crisafulli

‘Sensitive issue’: LNP campaign mired in questions of conscience

The LNP leader has brushed off a third day of questions about abortion laws, while the premier has promised to grant Labor MPs a conscience vote.

  • Matt Dennien
LNP leader Deb Frecklington walks along The Strand in Townsville with her local candidates

The state seats where votes may be worth more – or less

Major party campaigns are gearing up for key stops across Queensland’s 93 electorates before October 26. But some seats aren’t like the others.

  • Matt Dennien
KAP candidate Michael Pugh and US presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Of two convicted politicians, only one has earned a second chance

Later this year, within 10 days of each other, voters in both the US and Queensland will decide whether to elect a convicted criminal.

  • Cameron Atfield
North Queensland statehood is, constitutionally speaking, no easy task.

If Queensland split in two, would things really go south?

History shows it’s not that easy to create a new Australian state. So how easy would it be for a North Queensland to be welcomed into the Commonwealth fold?

  • Cameron Atfield

Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes: Qld election season begins

April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt, but in a state election year, it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).

  • Matt Dennien
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Health took out the top spot among MPs utterances in parliament, as recorded by the official Hansard transcript, with 5866 mentions.

Health, crime and housing: Queensland parliament’s 2023 ‘wrapped’

There’s no Spotify-style graphics here, but crunching the numbers from state MPs last year can still be revealing.

  • Matt Dennien
Labor MP Jonty Bush delivering her speech on Thursday.

‘Find a better way’: Labor MP speaks out on youth held in watch houses

The long-term crime victim advocate also used her speech on a contentious bill in parliament to say the government’s first priority had to be supporting victims.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll meets with Voices for Victims’ Ben Cannon outside parliament.

Outside, crime protesters march for action. Inside, youth detention law is tweaked

Crime debate dominates parliament, starting with a victim protest and ending with the government flagging a new human rights law bypass.

  • Matt Dennien
Parliament will resume next week, when the bill is expected to be debated and passed.

MPs back to parliament after a government walk in a winter blunder land

While the post-budget roadshow gave them a chance to spruik their goods, the government has had anything but a chance to take a breath over the mid-year break.

  • Matt Dennien

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