Michael McKenna
The Australian
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Mark Bailey denies misleading Queensland parliament over ETU emails
Under-fire Queensland Minister Mark Bailey has denied misleading parliament over using his private email account to secretly and regularly correspond with a powerful union boss. → Read More
Indigenous leaders target housing
As the first female mayor of the Torres Shire Council, Vonda Malone knows how hard it is to buck the status quo. → Read More
George Christensen reveals Asia stomach surgery to aid weight loss
George Christensen has been known to throw his political weight around as a maverick backbencher in the Turnbull government. → Read More
Dreamworld ride: four dead in theme park ride tragedy
Four people have died and others seriously injured after an accident on a ride at Dreamworld, north of the Gold Coast. → Read More
AFP drop Slipper probe against Brough, Ashby
Australian Federal Police have abandoned their investigation into the copying of Peter Slipper’s diary and will not charge Mal Brough or James Ashby. → Read More
Unions’ secret cash for local Queensland candidates
Unions bankrolled so-called “independent’’ council candidates in this year’s Queensland local government elections, which already face investigation over Liberal National Party funding and allegations of secret group tickets. → Read More
Julia Gillard says Kevin Rudd was a man desperate for applause
JULIA Gillard has described Kevin Rudd as deeply flawed because of his difficult childhood and concluded that he could never get “enough applause, approval, love’’ despite rising from humble roots to become prime minister. → Read More
Partner of woman who died in custody ‘shut out’ from investigation
THE partner of a young Aboriginal woman who last month died in custody in Western Australia has accused authorities of shutting him out of the investigation into her death. → Read More
Julieka Dhu’s agony before death: new witness backs claim from lock-up
A SECOND witness from the Pilbara watch-house where 22-year-old Aboriginal woman Julieka Dhu was locked up for unpaid fines has supported claims she was in pain and begging for help from police in the days before she died. → Read More
Gold Coast mosque plan defeated over protest fears
A PROPOSAL to build a second mosque on the Gold Coast has been rejected by the local city council amid concerns it would fuel further anti-Muslim protests and threats of violence in the surrounding suburbs. → Read More
‘Echoes of Joh’ as sole authority awarded on mine approvals
THE Queensland government’s hand-picked co-ordinator general will have sole authority over major mining projects after last-minute amendments stripped the public’s right to challenge his decisions in court. → Read More
Welfare quarantine ‘must have Aboriginal community support’
QUEENSLAND’S Cape York mayors are demanding control over the proposed extension of welfare quarantining that has been trialled in four Aboriginal communities. → Read More
Abbot Point port to be one-stop shop for dredge spoils
THE controversial Abbot Point coal port will take dredge spoil as landfill from operations all along the Queensland coast under a plan that could stop the regular dumping of the waste at sea. → Read More
Campbell Newman in fight for political life as Kate Jones steps up
CAMPBELL Newman is facing his toughest political fight, with former Labor MP Kate Jones to run for the inner-Brisbane seat of Ashgrove that she lost to the Queensland Premier at the 2012 state election. → Read More
Dredge spill moves from Great Barrier Reef to Abbot Point port
ALMOST three million cubic metres of dredge spoil that was to be dumped into the Great Barrier Reef is now set to be used as land fill at the Abbot Point port, under a plan to be put for urgent approval to the federal government. → Read More
Family seeks answers over death in custody
THE family of a 22-year-old indigenous woman, who died this month after being locked up for unpaid fines in a West Australian watch-house, is demanding to know how she could have been declared medically fit by health authorities to be kept in jail → Read More
Faction deal has Wayne Swan’s man Anthony Chisholm in danger
LONG-TIME Queensland Labor state secretary and Wayne Swan protege Anthony Chisholm is likely to be the first casualty of a deal between the Left and Kevin Rudd’s former old-guard faction for control of the party. → Read More
Palmer United Party state leader quits over ‘jobs for the boys’ culture
THE Queensland leader of the Palmer United Party has quit in disgust over a “jobs for the boys’’ culture that he claims is being pushed in the fledgling political entity by businessman Clive Palmer. → Read More
Campbell Newman plans to put parents under greater scrutiny
WELFARE quarantining being trialled in Cape York Aboriginal communities will become permanent and extended across Queensland with new triggers including the sanction of parents if their children are convicted of a crime. → Read More
Training program the real deal
FOR Andrew Forrest, remote northwest Queensland’s Myuma Group is a shining example of indigenous-run training. → Read More