The co-owner of embattled casino operator Star Entertainment’s Queen’s Wharf in Brisbane repeatedly misled Queensland’s gaming regulator about its dealings with the Macau-based kingpin of a $160bn illegal gambling operation.
Queensland will have to spend $500m on the doomed Gabba stadium to keep it operational until the 2032 Olympics, before knocking it down to sell off to property developers.
An unbudgeted upgrade to public transport and access infrastructure for the inner-city site is set to blow out the declared cost of the 2032 Games centrepiece.
The naming rights to Brisbane’s Olympic stadium should never be sold to a corporate sponsor, the Games infrastructure review has warned.
From students and young families to professionals and retirees, Australians are grappling with cost-of-living pressures. How will the budget help – or hinder – them?
David Crisafulli has confirmed Queensland’s worst-kept secret: Brisbane will have a major new stadium for the 2032 Olympic Games, breaking the Premier’s election promise.
The federal opposition has declared Labor’s $17bn of tax cuts are ‘for the next five weeks, not the next five years’, signalling it will oppose them.
The new Speaker of Queensland parliament has quietly expanded the acknowledgement of country that recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at the beginning of every sitting day – but not everyone is happy with the changes.
A Queensland coal billionaire spent more than $1m trying to turf out the state Labor government for legislating to close his miners’ camp.
As the release of the Queensland government’s Brisbane Olympics infrastructure plan nears, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has again backed federal funding for an inner-city indoor arena to host the Games’ swimming events.
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