Petra Rees

DECISIONS on dumping dredge material near Great Barrier Reef waters were on hold pending talks with the new Queensland government.

THE three remaining PUP seats are the most expensive in federal parliament, at roughly $9m a head in donations.

TONY Abbott’s declaration that it is the people who hire and fire prime ministers is an effort to recruit legitimacy to his cause.

Paul Kelly and EDITOR-AT-LARGE

JAKARTA’S ambassador in Canberra told Tony Abbott on Australia Day there was no legal hope left for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.

PETER ALFORD and TELLY NATHALIA

THE lesson from Queensland is that muscular, pro-development posturing has lost its appeal with voters.

Graham Lloyd and comment

ANDREW Chan and Myuran Sukumaran must wait until at least Monday to learn if their bid for a review will delay their imminent executions.

DEBORAH CASSRELS and PETER ALFORD

LAWYERS for condemned Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will try to register their appeal for judicial review in Indonesia today.

DEBORAH CASSRELS and PETER ALFORD

THE Liberal National Party and Labor have been neck-and-neck in the final days of the Queensland election, according to polling by Essential Media.

A CONTROVERSIAL auction house accused of trading forged or “misattributed” Aboriginal art is part of a group of companies.

BRITAIN’S Met Office has confirmed the “pause” in average global surface temperatures had continued last year.