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Lydia LynchQueensland Political Reporter

Lydia Lynch covers state and federal politics for The Australian in Queensland. She previously covered politics at Brisbane Times and has worked as a reporter at the North West Star in Mount Isa. She began her career at the Katherine Times in the Northern Territory.

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FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

Premier David Crisafulli will meet with victims of crime and hold a news conference in Townsville this morning, Pic supplied by the office of the Premier

Crisafulli’s night of the long knives looms for Labor luvvies

David Crisafulli is preparing to axe Labor luvvies from government boards, while Peter Dutton’s own MPs were kept in the dark on the federal Opposition Leader’s nuclear nuts and bolts.

Michael McKenna, Sarah Elks and Lydia Lynch

Controversial reformPolitics

Brisbane, 12 December 2024. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli met with victims of crime at parliament in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

‘Adult crime, adult time’ becomes law in Queensland

Premier David Crisafulli’s promised ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws have exposed a deep divisions inside Queensland Labor about the treatment of hardcore young offenders.

Lydia Lynch

‘gobsmacked’Nation

Brisbane, 10 December 2024. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli during parliament question time in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Premier issues ban on abortion debate

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has gagged parliament from debating abortion reform for four years after promising there would be ‘no changes’ to laws under his government.

Lydia Lynch

healthNation

MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 06: A medical laboratory technician shows a suspected monkeypox sample at the microbiology laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 06, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Europe is at the centre of the monkeypox virus outbreak, the World Health Organisation reported 780 confirmed cases with Britain, Spain and Portugal reporting the largest numbers of patients. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Virus samples disappear from Brisbane lab

An independent investigation, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, has been launched into the disappearance of samples of Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus from a freezer at a Brisbane laboratory.

Lydia Lynch

EXCLUSIVENation

Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese and Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann talk showbags at the Ipswich Show, 2021. Photo: Ebony Graveur

Blair bust-up: Labor MP in blue over unpaid rent

They’re supposed to be ALP allies, so why is Labor MP Shayne Neumann in a fight with unions and party branches at the Ipswich Trades Hall? And who owes who money?

Sarah Elks and Lydia Lynch

FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

Albo’s bloke faces battle for Blair

Will Anthony Albanese’s decision to save a Queensland MP from gender quotas come back to bite him, as the LNP prepare to preselect a woman to contest the federal seat? And who is state Labor’s new comrade in chief?

Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

BRISBANE 2032Olympics

Supplied artist impression of the proposed Gabba redevelopment if Brisbane won the rights to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games

No glitz or glamour, just great Games

Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie says politicians will be ‘stepping back’ on Olympic planning amid 100 day venue review.

Jacquelin Magnay, Lydia Lynch and Jamie Walker

‘growing debt burden’Politics

Brisbane, 4 December 2024. Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki delivered a keynote speech in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied by the office of the Premier

Janetzki berates ALP ‘fiscal vandalism’ for ratings downgrade risk

Queensland faces a ‘heightened risk’ of a credit rating downgrade with Treasurer David Janetzki blaming the previous Labor government for overseeing ‘fiscal vandalism’.

Lydia Lynch

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli. The cost of building Borumba has ballooned by $4.2bn to $18.4bn, the report found.

Hydro project three years late, $4bn over budget

A mega pumped hydro station at the centre of Queensland’s planned transition away from coal-fired power could be downsized by the new Crisafulli government.

Lydia Lynch

CHILD SAFETYPolitics

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - AUGUST 26, 2024 Court sketch of Ashley Paul Griffith from the Brisbane district court today. Due to possible legal action the people in the background will need to be blurred - Illustration : Scott Breton / Newswire

Blue Card probe to be put on red alert after Griffith case

Deb Frecklington has sought legal advice on a probe into the state’s child protection system after pedophile Ashley Paul Griffith sexually abused dozens of girls in daycare centres.

Lydia Lynch

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