Leaked: Premier’s secret re-election plan
New Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ secret re-election plan has leaked, and your favourite politics column, Feeding the Chooks, is back with all the juicy details.
Feeding The Chooks
‘All in’: Palaszczuk ready for another run
The under-fire premier prepares a faux election campaign in regional Queensland, as the Teals target another LNP-held federal seat.
Teal wave to drown LNP on Gold Coast
A Teal wave threatens to swamp a party stronghold, as Campbell Newman anoints candidate Amanda Stoker the LNP’s ‘great white hope’.
Plum $378K job for Labor’s fallen golden girl
Terri Butler is in line for a rich new gig while Gerard Rennick could be gearing up for a legal stoush with his own party.
Palaszczuk’s pals return to the trough
Blacklisted lobbyists Evan Moorhead and David Nelson are back on the ALP payroll on a generous retainer, and guess which LNP star candidate used to hang with the true believers.
Teals on the march in Queensland as Palaszczuk jets off
The Premier is on a mission to China with her surgeon beau in tow, while her official diary notes raise eyebrows.
Palaszczuk’s deadline looms for Labor MPs to reveal their hand
Just days before Annastacia Palaszczuk’s deadline falls on her 51 fellow caucus members to reveal if they’ll stick with her or ditch the sinking ship, eight MPs are staying silent.
Labor unrest over Palaszczuk’s treaty retreat with LNP
Annastacia Palaszczuk blindsided her own ministers and MPs when she retreated on government treaties with Indigenous groups.
Labor MPs consider fleeing Palaszczuk’s sinking ship
Are any more Labor rats about to abandon the HMAS Palaszczuk? And why has new LNP candidate Amanda Stoker already got under the skin of ALP ministers?
‘Cease and desist’: Laming threatens Stoker
LNP preselection battle heats up as Andrew Laming takes issue with Amanda Stoker for allegedly claiming he supports late-term abortions.
‘Cactus’: secret polling reveals Palaszczuk’s peril
More bad news for Qld Labor, as both sides are caught claiming more than $150K in taxpayer-funded travel to attend party business.
Andrew Laming ditches bid for political comeback
The controversial former federal MP has withdrawn from LNP preselection, clearing the way for another political return.
Palaszczuk faces integrity test on Trad
Will Annastacia Palaszczuk listen to Queensland’s corruption watchdog and allow it to release a secret report into her former deputy?
Palaszczuk returns to face party unrest
Annastacia Palaszczuk will return from a two-week holiday in Italy to face friend or foe in Labor meetings: ‘Et tu Brute?’
Union omerta on Palaszczuk’s future
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s La Dolce Vita moment evaporates as Labor comrades knife her from afar; and could this be the return of Jackie Trad?
Dutton’s branch foots his bill, as D-Day looms for Rennick
The Opposition Leader isn’t short of a quid, but that didn’t stop him leaning on his LNP branch to foot the bill for his party fees.
Lobbyists splash cash at Labor love-in
Anthony Albanese says the Liberal conference is all about fundraising — as Labor cashes in with donors and lobbyists in Brisbane.
Liberal staffers in uni turf war
A turf war has erupted on Queensland university campuses between rival student Liberal clubs, sparking LNP legal action; as Labor runs a protection racket for under-fire Transport Minister Mark Bailey.
Labor conference: $10k/head dinner with PM; AUKUS protest
Labor’s Left faction hopes to sink submarine deal at the ALP’s national conference, while Labor leaders seek to raise money for campaign chest at fancy dinners.
Slurring speaker may be tipped out, triggering reshuffle
Moves are afoot to make it a permanent break for Qld Speaker Curtis Pitt — pictured conquering mountains while on leave for ‘back problems’.
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