Sarah Elks

Sarah ElksSenior Reporter

Sarah Elks is a senior reporter for The Australian in its Brisbane bureau, focusing on investigations into politics, business and industry. Sarah has worked for the paper for 15 years, primarily in Brisbane, but also in Sydney, and in Cairns as north Queensland correspondent. She has covered election campaigns, high-profile murder trials, and natural disasters, and was named Queensland Journalist of the Year in 2016 for a series of exclusive stories exposing the failure of Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel business. Sarah has been nominated for four Walkley awards. Got a tip? elkss@theaustralian.com.au; GPO Box 2145 Brisbane QLD 4001

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exclusiveState Politics

Jackie Trad and Annastacia Palaszczuk Premier of Queensland and Curtis Pitt launch of an expanded Advance Queensland program at a breakfast attended by around 140 business, university and industry reps. campus. Photo Adam Armstrong.

Palaszczuk plotting super raid

The Palaszczuk government plans to raid Queensland’s $30bn defined benefits scheme as part of a budget strategy.

Sarah Elks and Geoff Chambers

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

Noel Pearson in the City in Brisbane. Pic Annette Dew

Cautious cops ‘holding back’

Noel Pearson says police have been ‘very ginger’ about policing Aboriginal communities since a Palm Island death.

Sarah Elks

Clive Palmer

Party’s all but over for Palmer

Barely three years after Clive Palmer predicted he would one day be PM, the businessman’s party is on the brink of extinction.

Rosie Lewis and Sarah Elks

exclusiveState Politics

Employment Minister Grace Grace will host an employment forum with local business and employer groups to discuss new ways to generate more jobs in the local economy. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN

Ex-union boss hired for IR job

A former union boss has been hired by a department overseen by factional ally Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace.

Sarah Elks

Indigenous

Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy Aurukun Campus. CYAAA led by Noel Pearson, is a program which aims to provided numeracy and literacy and to support Cape York's children's bicultural identity The school program incorporates the 5Cs in the education model. Childhood, class, club, culture and community.

Teachers vote to defy violence

Defiant teachers in Aurukun are insisting on keeping the school open in the strife-torn Cape York community.

Sarah Elks

The Nation

Clive Palmer holds a press conference with Senator Dio Wang and Kevin Morgan at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Clive Palmer’s please explain

Clive Palmer will be grilled within weeks about stripping money from his nickel refinery to tip into his political party.

Sarah Elks

Clive Palmer

Palmer, nephew to face court

Clive Palmer is likely to be forced into a witness box within weeks over his role in the collapse of Queensland Nickel.

Sarah Elks

National Affairs

Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer speaks to journalists at a press conference at Parliament House at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, May 5, 2016. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Liquidator to chase Palmer

The Federal Court appoints a taxpayer-funded liquidator to chase Clive Palmer over Queensland Nickel debts.

Sarah Elks

Legal Affairs

***FILE*** A supplied undated image of Gerard Baden-Clay. The image was presented as evidence on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in the trial of Gerard Baden-Clay. Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction for the death of his wife Allison has been set aside on appeal and a conviction of manslaughter substituted. (AAP Image/Queensland Courts) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Court allows Baden-Clay challenge

The High Court will hear an appeal against the downgrading of Gerard Baden-Clay’s conviction from murder to manslaughter.

Sarah Elks

exclusiveThe Nation

12/05/2016 AP Eagers CEO Martin Ward at his car dealership in Fortitude Valley. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Dealer warns over import deal

A car dealership chief says the government risks missing out on collecting major tax by relaxing vehicle import laws.

Sarah Elks

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