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Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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M1 upgrade: Governments agree to Queensland roads package

ONE of Queenslands worst daily traffic jams will finally be fixed after the State and Federal governments finally struck a funding agreement for the M1 motorway. → Read More

Queensland abortion law reform: Labor bid to avert failure

INDEPENDENT MP Rob Pyne has announced he will withdraw his abortion reform bills with the issue to instead be referred to the Queensland Law Reform Commission. → Read More

Billy Gordon won’t face ethics committee, says Peter Wellington

SPEAKER Peter Wellington has refused to refer allegations about Member for Cook Billy Gordon’s failure to lodge tax returns and pay outstanding child support to Parliament’s Ethics Committee. → Read More

Power bills cut for Queensland’s low-income earners using coal cash

HOUSEHOLDS will pocket $3 billion in power-price subsidies over the next four years, with the Queensland Government’s coffers flush with a windfall from coal royalties. → Read More

Lawrence Springborg to quit politics

LAWRENCE Springborg, who forged the creation of the Liberal Nationals in Queensland, will quit State Parliament at the next election. → Read More

George Brandis caught on open mike slamming LNP State Opposition

A SENIOR Turnbull Government minister has been caught out bagging the Tim Nicholls-led Queensland Opposition and warned the LNP may split into two parties. → Read More

Court of Appeal President Margaret McMurdo to resign

COURT of Appeal President Margaret McMurdo has announced she will resign from March next year. → Read More

Dreamworld tragedy: Palaszczuk Government considers new offence for gross negligence causing death

A NEW offence for gross negligence causing death will be considered by the Palaszczuk Government in the wake of last week’s Dreamworld tragedy. → Read More

Kids to travel free on weekends under public transport overhaul

SINGLE-zone bus, train and ferry trips in southeast Queensland will be cut from 3.35 to 3.20 under the Palaszczuk Governments reforms to public transport fares. → Read More

Electricity bills to rise $41 a year in regional Queensland

THE average power bill throughout regional Queensland will increase by just $41 from July 1 under a decision by the Queensland Competition Authority. → Read More

Campbell Newman defamation payout to bikie lawyers has implications for sitting MPs

QUEENSLAND MPs could be forced personally pay damages costs when they are caught recklessly defaming individuals. → Read More

Labor fail to field candidate in safe LNP seat of Toowoomba South

QUEENSLAND Labor has abandoned Toowoomba South voters ahead of the July 16 by-election. → Read More

Federal Budget 2016: Queensland ripped off for refusing asset sales, says Treasurer

QUEENSLAND Treasurer Curtis Pitt has accused his Canberra counterpart of attempting to blackmail the State Government into selling assets. → Read More

LNP leadership: Party room meeting to decide leadership

LAWRENCE Springborg has called a party room meeting of LNP MPs on Friday amid rampant speculation of a leadership challenge. → Read More

Federal Budget 2016: Queensland misses out on major infrastructure projects

KEY Queensland projects will remain marooned while about $1 billion in federal funding has gone begging because the Palaszczuk Government won’t sell assets. → Read More

Federal Budget 2016: Queensland to pocket extra $2.6 billion Federal grant money

AN extra $2.6 billion in Federal grant money will flow to Queensland Treasury’s coffers in 2016-17, however it won’t end the long-running feud over health and education funding. → Read More

Queensland politics: Labor Government faces backlash over voting laws

ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk is facing a massive backlash from voters over her controversial decision to dump Queenslands Just Vote 1 election laws without consultation. → Read More

Queensland economy: Premier denies asset sell-off rumours

THE Queensland Government has been forced to deny that it plans to sell the future revenue streams of state-owned shybusinesses a proposal it has previously panned as shyprivatisation. → Read More

Queensland economy: Privatisation the peak no major political party will scale

THE political peak that is shyprivatisation has emerged as an unassailable mountain. → Read More

Queensland economy: Brisbane and Gold Coast crane count for 2016 healthy but residential

IT’S the homespun indicator deployed by every premier since Joh Bjelke-Petersen and it is still used to take the pulse of the Queensland economy. → Read More