Politics
Queensland
Premier wants fewer pokies in Queensland
Queenslanders lose more than $2 billion every year to pokies, with calls for them to be phased out in Queensland.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Annastacia Palaszczuk
Queensland's summer of natural disasters will cost $1.5 billion
Treasurer Jackie Trad said Queensland's summer of fires and floods would hit the budget bottom line.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Pets
Hundreds call for pets to be let on Brisbane buses, trains and ferries
The RSPCA says it is not fair that there is a Go Card for humans but a "no card" for pets on buses, trains and ferries.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Poker machines
Queenslanders lose record $2.4 billion to poker machines
More than $6 million is fed into pokies and lost in Queensland every day of the year, with one MP calling for pokies to be phased out.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Accident
Boy, 6, killed while riding scooter in Queensland
The boy was struck by a ute about midday on Sunday while riding his scooter on Saint Francis Drive in Moranbah, police said.
- by Tony Moore
Adani
Adani slams 'biased' review of Queensland bird plan
An endangered bird could blow Adani's Queensland coal mine off course after a review found its plan to protect the species wasn't good enough.
- by Tracey Ferrier
Public Transport
Government asked to consider free public transport for all kids
The plan would bust congestion and cost just $56 million per year, Maiwar MP Michael Berkman said.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Waste
'It was a mistake for this government to take so long': Labor backbencher
Queensland will finally reintroduce a waste levy to stop interstate trucks after it was scrapped under the LNP in 2012. But one backbencher has taken aim at her government for taking "so long".
- by Felicity Caldwell
E-Health Investigation
Premier called upon to halt electronic medical record project
The Queensland premier said the scheduling of Queensland Health IT projects were being reviewed.
- by Lucy Stone
Euthanasia
Queenslanders asked if voluntary euthanasia should be allowed for under-18s
Queenslanders have been asked to say whether they support voluntary assisted dying being legalised.
- by Felicity Caldwell
City life
Lime's scooters squeeze out more than half a million rides in Brisbane
As the end of a trial period looms, concerns persist about injuries and riders not wearing helmets.
- by Felicity Caldwell