Labor MP’s lawyer wife in potential conflict of interest
Annastacia Palaszczuk declared the public needed to have ‘absolute confidence’ in the independence of the inquiry into the besieged Crime and Corruption Commission.
Feeding The Chooks
Door closes on watchdog’s exit plan
Labor-aligned law firm Holding Redlich has pulled the parachute it had given Queensland’s outgoing Integrity Commissioner.
Morrison banks on Queensland miracle
How good is Queensland? We’re about to find out, with the Libs deciding to run the campaign from the state credited with delivering victory in 2019.
Rinehart’s trouble at sea
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart makes waves in her plan to help the Sunshine State go for gold ahead of the 2032 Olympics.
Albo, ScoMo lose heads to Greens punk
Political staffer’s punk rock history cuts deep to Greens’ peacenik posturing.
PM’s pals hit phones for new speaker
Chatter in Queensland suggests Sunshine Coast MP Andrew Wallace has the numbers to be the next Speaker of the federal House of Representatives.
Rudd plays cupid
Kevin Rudd embarked on a matchmaking effort after lunchtime beers with Labor powerbrokers.
Erinn swans into new Palaszczuk gig
The architect of Labor’s ‘Mediscare’ campaign has landed a new job working for Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Wellcamp quarantine hub’s new use
The Palaszczuk government is clutching at straws to justify the secret deal to build a quarantine camp near Toowoomba.
LNP Scrooges tighten wallets
With Christmas looming, the Scrooges in the Liberal National Party are trying to save their pennies … and it couldn’t come at a worse time.
Love and loathing at Governor’s send-off
A lot of love, and a little acrimony, was in the air at the farewell dinner for Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey.
Revealed: top bureaucrats’ pay
Annual reports show the top earners in the bureaucracy, while federal Labor staffer calls to help out a friend.
Axe to grind at LNP headquarters
A quirky team-bonding activity designed to unify LNP might have planted ideas in the heads of some.
State flies solo with Boeing
Where was the federal wingman for Annastacia Palaszczuk and Cameron Dick when they unveiled the manufacturing hub for Boeing’s Loyal Wingman project?
Political staffers’ forced leave for a good cause
Queensland Labor staffers will be forced to take leave to attend a party fundraiser. But it’s a different set of rules for their bosses.
Steven ‘Smiles’ sick of attack dog role
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s deputy is growing tired of his chief headkicker role and the personal damage it is causing him.
VAD laws to pass while the tissues come out
Queensland’s voluntary assisted dying legislation is being debated in parliament, while some in the LNP are angry in iso.
Fine print reveals Qld’s sinking ‘surplus’
Cameron Dick’s chest-beating that Queensland would be the first eastern state back in surplus after the pandemic is already in tatters.
Palaszczuk one-ups Gladys with pay bump
As the first of three pollie payrises kicks in, Qld’s Opposition Leader trades one of his seven properties.
Premiers’ bond forged on campus
It’s a little known fact that in the dying days of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen reign, a pair of future premiers formed a lifelong friendship.
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