Geoff Chambers, The Australian

Geoff Chambers

The Australian

Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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  • The Australian
  • The Daily Telegraph

Past articles by Geoff:

Anthony Albanese urged to rethink nuclear option

Nuclear energy options will be canvassed in the Morrison governments technology investment plan, amplifying pressure from senior ALP figures and unions for Anthony Albanese to reconsider his opposition to nuclear in support of Labors zero net emissions target. → Read More

Watchdog launches inquiry into GetUp charity

A charity set up by senior GetUp officials, which is being investigated by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, has appointed the left-wing activist groups former campaign director to its board. → Read More

Category: News

Geoff Chambers is The Australian's Canberra Bureau Chief. He was previously The Australian's Queensland Bureau Chief, News Editor at The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, and Head of News at the Gold Coast Bulletin. As a senior journalist, he has covered major news stories for News Corp across south Asia and Queensland. He worked as a political reporter at The Daily Telegraph and has extensively… → Read More

Crocodile spotted at Coolum Creek on Sunshine Coast

Queensland wildlife officers have launched an investigation after a crocodile sighting at Coolum Creek on the Sunshine Coast. → Read More

Queensland govt red-faced in rail fail

The Queensland government is offering free taxi rides for stranded public transport users after 150 Christmas Day train services were cancelled because of “operational reasons”. → Read More

Teenager attacked by shark off Ballina

A 17-year-old has been bitten on the thigh by a shark off the same Ballina beach where three others have been mauled. → Read More

Four questioned over murder of Brisbane girl Tiahleigh Palmer

Queensland homicide detectives have confirmed four people are being questioned by police in relation to the murder of schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer. → Read More

Tiahleigh Palmer murder: police seize vehicle of interest

Queensland homicide detectives investigating the murder of Tiahleigh Palmer have seized a “vehicle of interest”, which is being forensically examined. → Read More

MP Billy Gordon charged with drink driving and driving without licence

Queensland independent MP Billy Gordon has been charged with drink driving and unlicensed driving in far North Queensland, according to reports this morning. → 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

Paris attack: The terror trail leading from Syria to Paris

TWO of the suicide bombers involved in the Parisian massacre travelled more than 4000km from Syria posing as refugees to reach their target. → Read More

Shark attack: Surfer Sam Morgan seriously injured at Lighthouse Beach, East Ballina

CHAMPION junior surfer Sam Morgan was rushed to hospital in a critical condition last night after being mauled by a shark off Ballina. → Read More

Ballina South Wall: A close-up brush with a killer bull shark

PROFESSIONAL fisherman Cliff Corbett calls them the “blowflies” of the deep, and sure enough, within minutes of The Daily Telegraph arriving at Ballina’s South Wall surf break, we spot a shark. → Read More

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack works a 15-hour day then meets and greets patient onlookers on NSW beach

HOLLYWOOD star Johnny Depp last night spent an hour in the rain shaking hands, cuddling and taking selfies with more than 300 fans at a campground on the state’s north coast after a 15-hour shoot for the new Pirates of the Caribbean blockbuster. → Read More

Australian jihadi recruiter mocked for failing to translate Islamic scripture

AUSTRALIAN jihadi recruiter Neil Prakash has been mocked by Arabic speakers for misreading Islamic scripture and urging young Muslims to impose radicalism on nonbelievers. → Read More

Eddie Obeid’s ‘go-fer’ son Gerard quits Sydney for Port Macquarie

GERARD Obeid, the son of disgraced former politician Eddie Obeid, has left Sydney and moved to a luxury Port Macquarie waterfront home with zoning for a five-storey apartment complex. → Read More

Kieran Loveridge sent to Supermax over affair with Kempsey prison guard

KIERAN Loveridge has been moved into the Goulburn Supermax prison after allegedly having an “improper relationship” with a female guard on the mid-north coast. → Read More

Another Aussie Dawah devotee killed: Abdul Salam Mahmoud dies in Syria

ANOTHER Islamic street preacher who travelled to Syria to wage jihad in the barbaric war zone died on Tuesday, adding to a growing list of Sydney Street Dawah devotees to be killed in the Middle East. → Read More

Toxic tuna: Daily Telegraph investigation reveals the ‘smelly’ and ‘messy’ conditions at Thai tuna factories linked to poisoned fish

A TUNA cannery located 7500km from the inner Sydney cafe where seven people were struck down with suspected scombroid poisoning is being investigated by federal authorities. → Read More

Teaching terror to the junior jihadis

ISLAMIC State terrorists have opened a ­“junior jihadi” training camp teaching young recruits how to fight, and new schools for English-speaking kids which may service the five children of notorious Sydney terrorist Khaled Sharrouf. → Read More