Looming storm surges have intensified the danger for millions in the path of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, now on track to strike Brisbane, but a disaster warning text messaging system is missing in action.
A search-and-rescue mission has cost the Australian Defence Force hundreds of thousands of dollars to save a rower caught in Cyclone Alfred.
A new stadium at Brisbane’s Victoria Park has been recommended by a draft secret report reviewing plans for the city’s 2032 Olympics, sparking fury in the top ranks of the new Queensland government.
If the Queensland Premier obeys the main advice from his hand-picked Games panel, he’ll be breaking an election promise.
The public servant now charged with delivering Australia’s largest housing project in Victoria was deemed not ‘well suited’ for being responsible for ‘complex policy matters’ when he applied for the job of Queensland under-treasurer.
The former Palaszczuk government’s successful legal bid to keep secret a damning Crime and Corruption Commission report was a rolled-gold, taxpayer-funded political cover-up.
Queensland’s Crisafulli LNP government has slammed federal Labor’s ‘reckless’ decision to back Victoria as the host jurisdiction for national labour hire regulation.
Former Labor deputy premier Jackie Trad ‘inappropriately interfered’ with a government selection process to hand-pick her own under-treasurer, a secret report by Queensland’s corruption watchdog has found.
John Setka faces penalties of up to $18,780 for each alleged contravention and the CFMEU penalties of up to $93,900, over threats to impose a ‘work to rule’ campaign against the league.
Global e-vehicle firm Beam Mobility has been forced to negotiate compensation payouts to seven councils across Australia and New Zealand after being caught out exceeding safety limits.
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