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153-year-old men's club must evolve: President

153-year-old men's club must evolve: President

"If you don't evolve, your product is, you know, unfortunately, the society will move on without you."

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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The gifts received by Queensland's ministers revealed
Government

The gifts received by Queensland's ministers revealed

A Gucci scarf, gold shovels and a signed photo of Prince Charles and Camilla were among the gifts bestowed on Queensland ministers last year.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
LNP concerns human rights laws will 'open the floodgates' to bikies
Human rights

LNP concerns human rights laws will 'open the floodgates' to bikies

LNP deputy leader Tim Mander also expressed scepticism about human rights laws saying he was not sure which rights were being contravened now that needed protecting.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Bikies use government's own bill to protest association ban
Human rights

Bikies use government's own bill to protest association ban

Odin's Warriors members say proposed human rights laws should also apply to bikies, such as freedom of association and the right to reputation.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Sex workers 'have to choose between working legally, or working safely'
South-east Queensland

Sex workers 'have to choose between working legally, or working safely'

Queensland's current laws do not protect prostitutes against crime, advocates say.

  • by Alison Brown
Evidence mounts in Annette Mason murder inquest
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Queensland courts

Evidence mounts in Annette Mason murder inquest

Annette Mason's unsolved rape and murder in 1989 was watched from a Toowoomba cupboard, an Queensland inquest has heard.

  • by Aaron Bunch
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Woman suspected her lover of being involved in Mason murder
Queensland courts

Woman suspected her lover of being involved in Mason murder

The former lover of a Queensland man who is a person of interest in the Annette Mason murder investigation always suspected he was involved, an inquest has heard.

  • by Aaron Bunch
Greens MP wants kids to skip school for climate rally
Brisbane

Greens MP wants kids to skip school for climate rally

Brisbane west students bag day off to protest climate change.

  • by Alison Brown
Queensland energy companies deliver $6.3 million a day to the state
Electricity

Queensland energy companies deliver $6.3 million a day to the state

About $1 billion was returned to customers while government-owned energy companies were delivering $2.3 billion to the state government in dividends and tax payments.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Taxi licence owners rev up to launch $1 billion legal action
Taxis

Taxi licence owners rev up to launch $1 billion legal action

Taxi licence values have dropped by 79 per cent in Brisbane in recent years amid the rise of ridesharing companies, such as Uber.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Lady Cilento decision exposes government's trickiness
That Thinking Feeling

Lady Cilento decision exposes government's trickiness

A government, wanting to use hundreds and hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ money to destroy the legacy of an early female leader, runs a dodgy poll to support its decision.

  • by Madonna King