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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TikTok influencer investigated for allegedly inflicting child’s illness

A Queensland social media influencer who posted about her toddler’s serious health condition and surgeries is being investigated by police for ‘child harm’.

Mackenzie Scott and Sarah Elks

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Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani meets with Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at the Port of Townsville, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. The Queensland government has been given an "iron clad" guarantee from Indian mining giant Adani that it will not use 457 visas at its Carmichael mine and will prioritise local workers. (AAP Image/ Cameron Laird) NO ARCHIVING

Adani takes on state in secret royalties fight

The Queensland government has been locked in a secret battle with coalmining giant Adani for years, forcing the latter to pay full royalties upfront instead of the deferral deal locked in by Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Sarah Elks

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Donna Kirkland LNP candidate for Rockhampton, and Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli during a media conference at Our Space, Stockland Rockhampton Shopping Centre. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Abortion formally off the table for LNP state council meeting

Internal unease about the LNP’s handling of the thorny issue of abortion during the Queensland election campaign will be kept off the formal agenda at this weekend’s state council meeting. But make no mistake, it’ll be talked about.

Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 18, 2024: Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Pre-poll splurge ‘not on the cards’

Anthony Albanese is under pressure to mimic Queensland Labor’s big-spending election promises at the federal election, but Senator Murray Watt insists the government will heed the RBA’s inflation warnings.

Sarah Elks

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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington MP, Estimates, Parliament House, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Integrity Minister’s top job for ex-lobbyist

The sole owner and a director of a lobbying firm has been recruited to run the office of Queensland’s new Integrity Minister just days after she formally deregistered as a lobbyist in the state.

Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

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8/11/2024: Premier David Crisafulli with deputy Jarrod Bleijie and new member for Capalaba Russell Field hold a press conf. at 1 William, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

‘Divisive’: Crisafulli’s new director-general oversaw Labor’s ‘Wastecamp’

David Crisafulli has recruited the bureaucrat who oversaw the highly politicised Wellcamp Covid quarantine facility to head his department, as Labor’s Right faction accepts a proxy vote from a suspended MP.

Lydia Lynch, Sarah Elks and Michael McKenna

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Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli attends the 128th LGAQ Annual Conference, Brisbane Convention Centre. Picture: Liam Kidston

Crisafulli breaks local government minister poll promise

David Crisafulli told hundreds of Queensland’s local councillors that he’d have a dedicated minister for local government. Why did he change his mind?

Sarah Elks

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TOPSHOT - US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her Fight for Reproductive Freedoms Tour at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 in Big Bend, Wisconsin, on January 22, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Wisconsin on Monday to kick off her nationwide âFight for Reproductive Freedomsâ tour to demand federal lawmakers to restore Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Tannen MAURY / AFP)

Pro-life activists set to target pro-choice Labor women

Pro-life activists emboldened by the Democrats’ failure at the US election will run a federal campaign aimed at unseating pro-choice Labor women MPs, while unions are gearing up to target marginal Coalition seats on reproductive rights.

Sarah Elks

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 1, 2024: Queensland Premier David Crisafulli speaks to the media after the new ministers were sworn in. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Trad lashes Labor elder as Crisafulli breaks first election promise

It’s taken David Crisafulli just six days to break an election pledge; Cameron Dick hosts drinks with comrades to divvy-up the spoils of defeat.

Michael McKenna, Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

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27/10/2024: New QLD Premier and LNP leader, David Crisafulli, holds his first press conference as Premier, with deputy leader Jarrod Bleijie , at the State Parliament building on the Speakers Green, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen / The Australian

Premier-elect urged to axe ‘dead wood’ from frontbench

David Crisafulli is under pressure to promote more women and regional MPs into his cabinet, as he vowed to push Anthony Albanese’s federal government for extra funding.

Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

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