After nearly a decade of attacking the Palaszczuk-Miles government for shoe-horning Labor mates into taxpayer-funded jobs, the LNP has picked up right where the ALP left off, with a slew of plum appointments.
Anthony Albanese interrupted his crisis tour of flood-bound Queensland and crime-hit Alice Springs to attend a $10,000-a-plate Labor fundraiser and a campaign launch.
Wayward Queensland Labor MP Jimmy Sullivan will make a surprise reappearance at the party’s caucus love-in next week, but will factional treachery kill the vibe?
The Albanese government’s offer of funding for Australia’s largest green hydrogen project remains on the table despite the Queensland government pulling out of the proposal.
Australia’s largest green hydrogen project has collapsed, with Queensland’s Crisafulli government pulling funding from construction of the $12.5bn plant and pipeline in Gladstone.
The once-powerful Right faction in Queensland Labor has been dealt a blow with the defection of two of their state MPs to the Left faction.
A woman has died during flooding that has swamped parts of northern Queensland after a rescue boat capsized. There are warnings the water is still rising.
Stephen Conry insists he lodged declarations to address any ‘perceived conflicts of interest’ between his former high-flying corporate job and heading the agency charged with getting the 2032 Games build back on track.
More than 100 doctors, academics, lawyers, politicians, advocates and detransitioners are calling for the Albanese government to pause the use of puberty blockers for children in Australia.
An extraordinary move to gag the popularly elected Ipswich mayor from speaking with the media has been put on hold as local councillors consider legal advice.
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