Labor quandary after it banks $157k from CFMEU
Queensland ALP faces an expensive conundrum with the big chunk of CFMEU cash presenting a needed boost for Steven Miles’s election campaign.
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Cops called on e-scooter firm over alleged scam
Auckland has reported global e-vehicle company Beam Mobility to police and cancelled its scooter licence over the tech firm’s alleged scam in Australia and New Zealand to cheat councils out of fees.
Cover-up plan for alleged e-scooter scam revealed
Beam Mobility executives secretly discussed a cover-up strategy in case local governments and an independent monitoring app got suspicious about the alleged scam they estimated could deliver an extra $150,000 in monthly profit.
E-scooter firm accused of audacious scam
Global e-vehicle company, Beam Mobility, has allegedly been putting ‘phantom’ scooters on the streets of cities across Australia and New Zealand to cheat governments out of millions of dollars in fees and subvert safety limits.
Robbie Katter: Queensland’s new political kingmaker
Pauline Hanson’s only lower house MP defects to the Katter’s Australian Party in Queensland, while Steven Miles prepares for an awkward public reunion with Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Palaszczuk didn’t complain, Labor elder says
Former Labor MP Robert Schwarten fires back over Annastacia Palaszczuk’s allegations of his ‘abusive’ texts to her when premier.
I’ve had ‘abusive’ texts from party elders, says Miles
Queensland Premier Steven Miles is refusing to act on allegations a Labor powerbroker last year sent abusive texts to his predecessor Annastacia Palaszczuk, saying he had also received the same sort of messages.
Powerbroker accused of ‘abusive’ late-night texts to heap pressure on Palaszczuk
The former Queensland premier complained to Labor figures of being tormented with late-night text messages from Robert Schwarten last year as she was refusing to bow to mounting calls to stand aside.
Trad in power talks for factional ally as Crisafulli buries radioactive Dutton spat
Is Queensland Labor’s Left faction plotting Shannon Fentiman’s post-election path to the leadership?
Indigenous land council sacks CEO over domestic violence charges
The Cape York Land Council dismissed its chief executive, rising Indigenous leader Dion Creek, after his arrest on charges of domestic violence and stalking.
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