Super raid copycats face $200bn debt
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki has revealed total debt will soar $20bn under the Crisafulli administration compared to the former Labor government’s projections.
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki has revealed total debt will soar $20bn under the Crisafulli administration compared to the former Labor government’s projections.
The Queensland government is risking further deficit blowouts after using the rejected public service wage offer to underpin its budget projections in the middle of ongoing enterprise bargaining negotiations.
Almost $4bn in state funding has been set aside for the construction of new venues for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games in the Liberal National Party government’s budget.
The Crisafulli government has found almost $1bn in savings from delays in the $18bn Borumba pumped hydro scheme ahead of handing down its first budget on Tuesday.
Don’t expect many sweeteners in the Crisafulli government’s first budget on Tuesday, with LNP Treasurer David Janetzki planning to unveil the foundations for debt repair.
The Crisafulli government will not release the results of taxpayer-funded market research polling, which Queensland ministers have argued was only for advertising campaigns.
The scientist leading the overhaul of Queensland’s trouble-plagued DNA lab has been suspended after ‘contamination issues’ were discovered.
Leaked documents reveal what some grassroots LNP members in Queensland really think about the disastrous federal election result, Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, and the party’s “blokey” campaign messaging.
Queensland’s teachers have been offered a new wage offer that strips back cost-of-living allowances hours after education minister John-Paul Langbroek refused to released a generational review into school resourcing.
Queensland’s firefighters’ union is yet to be given the green light from the Crisafulli government to begin enterprise bargaining negotiations, despite their deal being set to expire in two weeks.
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