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Michael McKennaQueensland Editor

Michael McKenna is Queensland Editor at The Australian.

A MASSIVE swing of 18.6 per cent to Labor in a weekend by-election has increased internal pressure on Queensland Premier Campbell Newman.

CAMPBELL Newman is facing pressure from within cabinet to change his leadership style.

SUPPORT service staff pulled out of the Cape York community of Aurukun 18 months ago, after a surge of violence against workers.

CAMPBELL Newman can’t ignore the problem any more, because his backbench won’t.

NOEL Pearson has called for a crackdown on sly-grogging, illegal gambling and drug dealing in Queensland’s Aboriginal communities.

CAMPBELL Newman’s government has fallen behind Labor in support for the first time, according to the latest Newspoll.

AN Aboriginal community in Queensland has a rate of sexually transmitted infections 50 times the state average.

AN inquest into the murder of three Diggers has been postponed as ADF officials were accused of offending families of the dead.

AN inquest into the murder of three Diggers has been postponed as ADF officials were accused of offending families of the dead.

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FAMILIES of the three Diggers murdered by a rogue Afghan soldier are demanding access to a NATO report that links the killer to the Taliban.