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Palaszczuk to fight Turnbull for sake of QLD sugar industry

THE Palaszczuk Government wants to take the unusual step of making a Freedom of Information request to try and save Queensland's sugar industry.

OPINION: Utility providers are killing small business

Service providers such as UnityWater are sending small businesses to the wall, says Tony Riddle, chairman of the Sunshine Coast branch of Regional Development Australia.

RDA chairman takes aim at bureaucrats

New figures show strength of regional news media

Great local digital media coverage has seen more people signing up to be subscribers.

News Regional Media now reaching 3.5 million each month

Seven signs Australia facing 'Armageddon'

Govt warned it must cut tax loopholes and welfare handouts

Christensen leaves door open for Coalition walkout

Dawson MP George Christensen could walk away from the coalition but staying in the National Party.

What really happened with that letter

$40m Sunny Queen expansion means cracking new jobs

NOW OPEN: Minister for State Development Dr Anthony Lynham, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Sunny Queen Australia managing director John O'Hara and Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale at the grand opening of the new $40 million manufacturing facility in Carole Park.

'Egg-cellent' investment will be a boost for local economy

How most vulnerable were used to rort billions

Shonky trainers targeted poor and disabled in education rort

Desperate times for Dan's young family

STRUGGLE: Dan Bowman wonders how he will support his family Trish, Zoe, 13, Joseph, 12, Isaiah, 5, Malachi, 3 and Hugo, 1 after he was sacked from when SmartCity's administrative company went into liquidation.

Sippy Downs man one of those counting the cost after company folds

Money

How a first home buyer built house with no deposit

DAVID Dyball had dreamed of being a homeowner for a long time but there was one word stopping him: Deposit.

Markets looking forward to Inflationary pressure

Businessman holding Dollar sign

Trump's policies likely to cause inflation

OPINION: Super changes to impact thousands

The government's changes to superannuation could potentially impact almost anyone currently contributing to or drawing from a superannuation account, such as those working and retired.

Do you understand how the new rules will affect you from July 1?

How to go from $50k in debt to million dollar house

Looking at her finances at 30 turned her life upside down

Why you might want to delete an electricity bill on email

FAKE BILLS: An example of the fraudulent AGL emails being sent to both customers and non-customers of the electricity provider.

Scammers targeting Coast residents with fraudulent energy bills

Retail sales fell in December

Business confidence is down as the mining outlook weakens.

Retail sales fell to the weakest monthly result since July

US jobseekers banking on Trump making good on promises

Unemployment up in the US as jobseekers return to market

Technology

World's 'most reliable' phone: Nokia 3310 resurrected

Nokia will re-launch the 3310, perhaps the best-loved and most resilient phone in history.

iPhone 8 leaks reveals new feature

Smartphone expected to also include edge to edge display

Fake news 'killing people's minds', says Apple boss

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Battle for clicks for some operators more important than truth

Why can't we repair our own iPhones, Apple?

Kyle’s message: ‘Ditch the throwaway economy. Join the repair revolution.’

Tech giants accused of making products doomed to early deaths

Opinion

What's to stop your house getting trashed like this one?

YOUR RIGHTS: How protected are you?

MY SAY: Job losses before Christmas a disaster

HAPPY DAYS: SmartCity Graduating class celebrate.

MY SAY: How did they not see effects of system change coming?

Games & Gadgets

Samsung's $649 phone with water resistance

SAMSUNG is out to win a new generation of fans with a phone that promises to survive everything from the beach to the nightclub while taking great selfies.

Hands up for $9000 in nine hours?

Huawei Mate 9 smartphone challenge.

Nine Aussies join challenge to outlast Chinese smartphone

DoTalk promises to break down language barriers

Free app, invented in Queensland, supports up to 90 languages

Samsung 100% colour volume for QLED television verified

2017 QLED TV given tick by Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE)