Beattie calls for means-testing
FORMER Queensland premier Peter Beattie says health system reform requires scrapping universal cover and introducing means-testing.
Hedley Thomas
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Rorts in foil inspections
Dodgy insulation companies have been accused of rorting the government’s $19 million program to check 48,000 homes with foil insulation.
Woolly claims on insulation
FAR from cutting energy use, home insulation may cause it to rise.
Energy savings eaten by `comfort creep’
THE government’s insulation scheme will result in more energy being used in insulated homes and greater greenhouse gas emissions, an expert says.
`Peak body’ has just two members
An insulation industry executive has denied misleading the public
Mackenroth savaged over GP financial loss
Terry Mackenroth approved a payment of $2 million for a company one day after being told its operations in Britain had plunged into liquidation.
Former treasurer an acute embarrassment
THE ties that helped Terry Mackenroth enjoy the taxpayer-funded grace and favour of the Queensland Labor government have been fraying for some time, says Hedley Thomas.
Keelty’s support vanishes
AFP chief Mick Keelty has refused to countenance resigning despite new pressure over his call for a media blackout during terror cases.
Bligh reveals family’s dark secret
AFTER two decades of estrangement from her father Bill, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has begun trying to better understand her roots – and the troubled, alcoholic dad who links her to the Rum Rebellion’s infamous Governor William Bligh, ill-fated captain of the Bounty.
Destined for a gory Christmas via Transylvania
A FEW days before Christmas 1989, a request arrived to head for Bucharest to cover the seeds of potential revolution.
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