Cheap fares ‘fuel inflation, risk infrastructure’
The permanent adoption of 50c public transport fares risks a run-down of services without an income stream to cover maintenance costs, a leading economist has warned.
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Moving and shaking in the Tower of Power
Is David Crisafulli readying to break his first election promise if, as expected, he wins the October 26 election?
It’s time for a change, ‘evasive’ Crisafulli wins
David Crisafulli was evasive on policy specifics, but the LNP leader has won the second Queensland leaders’ debate solely on his argument that it’s time for a change after a decade of Labor in power.
Miles’ mate in secret $20m talks
Steven Miles’s self-described mentor and powerful factional backer Gary Bullock has been in secret discussions with the Queensland Labor government to fund a $20m hospitality training facility.
Miles of bottom line promises but not a lot of vision
In his pitch for re-election, Steven Miles is determined to keep voters’ attention on the government’s record since he became Queensland Premier in December. It’s an easier sell.
ALP serves up entree of blame games with Miles’ debt sandwich grabbed from Greens
The state’s top union powerbroker and four-term premier Peter Beattie both say Annastacia Palaszczuk should have quit sooner to give Steven Miles a better shot at luring back disillusioned voters.
Crisafulli: Not a conviction politician on abortion
LNP leader David Crisafulli calls himself a conviction politician. So why can’t he tell Queenslanders what he believes about abortion?
Secret texts reveal Labor’s lobby links
Former Labor minister Kate Jones went outside the ‘proper channels’ to organise a meeting with Queensland Development Minister Grace Grace on behalf of a client of the lobbying firm for which she was a ‘specialist consultant’.
Ex-chair unaware of warnings at ‘catastrophic’ power station
The former chair of state-owned CS Energy Jim Soorley has claimed he was unaware of management warnings a Queensland power station was at risk of a ‘catastrophic’ incident, a court has heard.
LNP about-face ‘hurts reconciliation’
Queensland’s Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry chair says David Crisafulli’s promise, if elected, to scrap the hearings will be ‘a significant step backwards’ for Indigenous reconciliation.
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