Yvette D'Ath
Compulsory preferential voting to be scrapped if LNP takes power
The minority Palaszczuk government reintroduced compulsory preferential voting in 2016. David Crisafulli has vowed to once again make it optional.
- by Cameron Atfield
Latest
‘More disappointed than angry’: Kefu reacts to home invaders’ sentence
Australian rugby great Toutai Kefu has spoken of his frustrations over crime as Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath reviews the sentences given to his attackers.
- by Sean Parnell
Billion-dollar casino backer takes legal action to kill story
A wealthy family company based in Hong Kong was cleared to operate a casino in Australia. But it does not want media coverage of a report into its suitability.
- by Harriet Alexander, Amelia McGuire and Sean Parnell
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ALP
D’Ath’s decade done: Qld Attorney-General retiring at October election
Yvette D’Ath is the fourth Labor MP to quit or announce her intention to ahead of the vote – a make-or-break one for the third-term team under a new leader.
- by Matt Dennien
Star gets casino licence suspension reprieve, a week out from deadline
The Star Entertainment Group has been given another six months to demonstrate it is fit to operate its casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
- by Cameron Atfield
Thousands of pages of phone data stall case of high-profile rape accused
New Queensland laws that would allow media to identify people accused of serious sex offences come into effect next month. This case might not be so straightforward.
- by Zach Hope and Matt Dennien
No red flags raised when alleged childcare abuser applied to work with kids
Qld’s attorney-general says all “appropriate steps were taken” before the man was granted a working-with-children card.
- by Fraser Barton
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Government
Under-pressure health system set for second major leadership shake-up
Queensland’s sprawling health department will get a new leader just a month after a set of fresh ministerial eyes, amid warnings about disruptive government changes.
- by Matt Dennien
Health bosses sound out real estate agents to help house doctors
The unorthodox effort to find housing for doctors was revealed after Queensland’s health minister outlined a 10-year vision to shift the focus “from illness to wellness”.
- by Matt Dennien
Labor slams LNP health record as election talk heats up
The Labor government reveals 4400 health workers lost their jobs when the LNP was last in power - more than during the COVID-19 pandemic - as it releases land for an Indigenous aged care centre.
- by Tony Moore
Qld Health construction blowouts ‘no different to mum and dad renovators’
Rising construction costs have been blamed for budget blowouts totalling $150 million at Queensland Health projects across the state.
- by Cameron Atfield
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