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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Queensland electionNation

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli with Kendall Morton LNP candidate for Caloundra, and Andrew Powell MP, Golden Beach. Picture: Liam Kidston

Million-dollar loans from rich-listers for Crisafulli’s war chest

The Liberal National Party has solicited multimillion-dollar loans to prop up David Crisafulli’s election campaign war chest from conservative political rich-listers.

Sarah Elks and Michael McKenna

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Newspoll: Crisafulli squanders lead but LNP set for knife-edge victory

David Crisafulli is poised to become Queensland’s next premier in a knife-edge win, squandering a decisive lead in a campaign derailed by his small target strategy and attacks on the LNP’s stance on abortion | LATEST NEWSPOLL

Michael McKenna, Sarah Elks and Lydia Lynch

Queensland electionNation

Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council Mayor Bruce Simpson, Brisbane Convention Centre. Picture: Liam Kidston

Reverse truth-telling plan, mayors urge LNP

A Liberal National Party Queensland government will ignore the pleas of the state’s Indigenous mayors and shut down a landmark truth-telling and healing inquiry.

Sarah Elks and Mackenzie Scott

Queensland electionPolitics

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli and David Lee LNP candidate for Hervey Bay, visit Aqua Vue cafe, Hervey Bay. Picture: Liam Kidston

Dutton in green nuclear pitch to Crisafulli

Peter Dutton will spruik nuclear power as a way to cut electricity costs and lower carbon emissions to win over David Crisafulli if the LNP leader wins the Queensland election.

Mackenzie Scott and Sarah Elks

Queensland electionNation

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli during a media conference, Brisbane Convention Centre. Picture: Liam Kidston

Crisafulli referred to clerk over $200k insolvent trading

David Crisafulli has been referred to the parliamentary clerk for an alleged failure to publicly declare $200,000 in payments to liquidators investigating him for insolvent trading.

Sarah Elks

housingNation

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 16, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Clare O'Neil hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

States reject O’Neil’s overtures to scrap ‘bad tax’ stamp duties

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil’s push for state and territories to axe stamp duty have been rejected, with governments instead opting to tinker with the levy to create a de-facto first home buyers grant.

Jack Quail, Noah Yim and Sarah Elks

Queensland ElectionPolitics

Union protest, Emma Miller Place, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

‘CFMEU tax’ costing $1bn a year

Labor’s so-called ‘CFMEU tax’ on state-funded construction projects is costing taxpayers at least $1bn a year, according to economic analysis.

Sarah Elks, Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli playing tennis during his tour of Ingham Tennis Court Complex. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Moving and shaking in the Tower of Power

Is David Crisafulli readying to break his first election promise if, as expected, he wins the October 26 election?

Lydia Lynch, Sarah Elks, Mackenzie Scott and Michael McKenna

Queensland electionNation

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli during a media conference at Hotel Namba, Nambour. Picture: Liam Kidston

Crisafulli mum on trading settlement

David Crisafulli has refused to say how and why he paid for a $200,000 ‘settlement’ payment to liquidators investigating him for insolvent trading.

Sarah Elks and Lydia Lynch

Queensland electionNation

Premier Steven Miles at Meals on Wheels at Barlow Park as campaigning begins in Cairns for the day. Pics Adam Head

Miles makes a meal of $1.4bn school lunch policy

Steven Miles has again defended his decision to plunge the state into further debt by borrowing $1.4bn to provide free lunch to every Queensland state primary student, and launched fresh attacks over the LNP’s position on abortion.

Sarah Elks and Lydia Lynch

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