Potential kingmaker Katter ready to deal
Potential kingmaker Robbie Katter will have a wishlist of regional infrastructure funding if the major parties need his support to form minority government after Saturday’s Queensland election.
Michael Mckenna
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Top Labor bureaucrat prepares for LNP government
Mike Kaiser orders the Queensland public service to plan for a Crisafulli LNP government, and an ALP MP turns green as he tries to fend off an advance by the minor party.
Million-dollar loans from rich-listers for Crisafulli’s war chest
The Liberal National Party has solicited multimillion-dollar loans to prop up David Crisafulli’s election campaign war chest from conservative political rich-listers.
Newspoll: Crisafulli squanders lead but LNP set for knife-edge victory
David Crisafulli is poised to become Queensland’s next premier in a knife-edge win, squandering a decisive lead in a campaign derailed by his small target strategy and attacks on the LNP’s stance on abortion | LATEST NEWSPOLL
Hydro hold-ups stifle green goals
Queensland is on track to miss its legislated renewable and emissions reduction targets, with critical pumped hydro projects behind schedule, yet to secure environmental approvals and facing multibillion-dollar cost blowouts.
Unions put Crisafulli on notice: $1bn election-eve pay fight
Queensland’s top union leader has warned the would-be premier an incoming LNP government faces strike action if it doesn’t deliver more than $1bn in unbudgeted pay rises to nurses, teachers and police.
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.
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.
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