UQ should spend its money on students, not bridges
A University of Queensland proposal to build a bridge to West End instead of making education more affordable says a lot about the pretensions of an institution which has lost its way.
The Hermit
Australians want a PM like Putin, don't they?
Australians, are tired of politicians who pussy foot around. We want decisiveness. What we want, we are told, is not just strong leadership, but a leader like Vladimir Putin.
If we have a sugar tax, do I get a tax credit for being fit?
If we accept a tax on sugar, next it will be a tax on fatty foods, and then a tax on red meat, and so it will go on until we are eating nothing but unsweetened gruel.
Why Rob Pyne's Abortion Bill is not actually about freedom
Rob Pyne MP claims his Abortion Bill is all about freedom but for the most vulnerable women in Queensland it will be the exact opposite, writes Bill O'Chee.
The union was allowed to run riot in QR and look what happened
Of all the incompetence and waste unveiled by Phillip Strachan's Inquiry into the Queensland Rail fiasco, the most frightening thing of all is how the Rail, Tram and Bus Union was allowed to run riot in QR.
How our politicians learned to stop worrying and love Donald Trump
Who cares if he wants to build a wall on the Mexico-US border?
Hanson isn't like other politicians ... she's worse
The one thing about which I agree with Senator Hanson is her claim that she is not like all the other politicians. Too true; in fact she is worse.
School uniforms as important as student laptops
More than 533,000 students will commence or resume their schooling at Queensland state schools this month. At the same time, another 116,000 students will walk through the gates of Queensland's independent schools.
Highway frustrations a south-east certainty in holiday season
If there is one thing more certain than flies in a Queensland summer, it is highway frustration on the south-east's major roads.
The embryo experiment raising eyebrows around the world
A decision in the UK to allow three-parent embryo experiments to go ahead is raising concerns over moral issues.
What if someone cancelled Christmas?
When Islamic State seized a large swathe of Iraq in 2014, Mosul's many Assyrian Christians were condemned to a living hell that made our petty Christmas squabbles in Australia seem insignificant.
Where's Wally? Test great needs a Gabba monument
With the Gabba hosting its first day-night test match on Thursday, it is timely to think about the history of the venue, and the greats who have played there.
Senate should turn its back on Malcolm Roberts as if he does not exist
If you thought One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts' views about the environment were on the edge of reason, his claims secretive networks of manipulators controlling the world's central banks are another thing altogether.
Minister, we need to cull crocodiles before they kill our tourism
It is time for a rational discussion of how best to protect humans over crocodiles in that tiny portion of Queensland around our coastal towns.
A long hot summer waiting for the train
You'd think $1.2b link to have enough drivers.
Living in the shadow of disability
It shouldn't be like this.
Veterans face the ultimate indignity
It is hard sitting with a veteran - someone decorated for bravery, no less - when he tells you he has been thinking of taking his life. Gut-wrenching though it was, I wasn't surprised. I had seen this coming for months, and his wife was doing it.
Channel Country: The greatest nature show on Earth
In the barely perceptible depressions that make up the Channel Country, nature has come to life in abundance. Weeks of steady rain have flood the plains around the Cooper, stirring life from deep beneath the stony soil, and transforming the landscape.
Driving you crazy: Traffic pollution could affect your brain
Is road rage increasing or is there just more caught on video?
It's not foreigners owning land but how they use it
Fear of Chinese is absurd, and misses the point.
More questions over Dastyari's poor judgment
Full scope of involvement with Chinese donors not revealed.
System in crisis fails kids in crisis
Queensland's child protection system is in crisis.
The true cost of Australian sport's field of broken dreams
There has been an outpouring of debate about sports funding and our poor Olympic showing but most discussion misses the point.
Please still love me… even if I got you sacked
Your have to feel wretched for Brisbane's Cate and Bronte Campbell.
Trump, Clinton proof we cannot become a republic
The vocal republican activists in Australia have become unusually quiet of late. Could it possibly be out of embarrassment at what is going on in the US? Most certainly so.
Minister, department fail as children continue to die
His eyes stare out innocent and sparkling in photos, but Mason Lee is dead.
If we can save one baby why can't we save more?
Unborn foetuses with heartbeats and senses deserve a fair go.
From trolling politicians to tolling them
Many readers will have been trolled on social media.
Did Brisbane rat biter come within a whisker of making a point?
It's a well known journalistic saying that if a dog bites a man, that's not news, but if a man bites a dog it most certainly is.
Turnbull's journey to nowhere in bus with no wheels
The wheels didn't fall off. They were stolen.