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'Too Brisbane-centric' CCC at fault over councils: expert

'Too Brisbane-centric' CCC at fault over councils: expert

Finger points at lack of scrutiny of local government by law enforcement agencies going back decades.

  • by Mark Solomons

Opinion & Perspectives

On Tuesday, get ready to have your intelligence insulted

We are about to get a paltry tax cut and a beer discount. With an economic shock looming, it's an insult.

Peter Hartcher
    Peter Hartcher

    Andrew Laming: this is what I really meant about teachers' pay

    My call to pay teachers for every hour they work was misrepresented by vested interests as an attack on the profession.

    Andrew Laming

      We should welcome it when people change their minds

      Recently someone wrote about some of my views on marriage equality with the headline: “Why Julia Baird was wrong”. My daughter was delighted. “I could write a book with that title!” she cried.

      Julia Baird
        Julia Baird
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        Politics

        Palm Island activist expects backlash over settlement

        Palm Island activist expects backlash over settlement

        Once-jailed Palm Island rioter Lex Wotton is concerned by community resentment towards recipients of a $30 million class action settlement with the Queensland government.

        • by Warren Barnsley
        Something rotten in the state of Queensland

        Something rotten in the state of Queensland

        The seeds of local government corruption have been nurtured by fast-growing populations and development pressure and not enough oversight, say experts.

        • by Mark Solomons
         
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