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Government
We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games
Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes. And there are few less-practised areas in Queensland politics than collaboration, as the youth justice blow-up shows.
- by Matt Dennien
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Perspective
Perspective
Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes: Qld election season begins
April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt, but in a state election year, it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).
- by Matt Dennien
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t gulp: The GLP – a combined Greens-Labor party – is inevitable
It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see the 124-year-old Labor Party is in terminal decline in Queensland and eventually in wider Australia.
- by David Hinchliffe
Weekend elections show Labor losing votes left and right
There was not a lot of good news for Labor after Saturday’s polls, with major swings to the LNP in two byelections and to the Greens in several Brisbane council wards.
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Road to Brisbane 2032
The 48 hours that will see a political reset and an Olympic restart
By Monday night, Premier Steven Miles will have lost a seat in parliament, seen another become vulnerable, and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.
- by Sean Parnell
Huge swings further dent Qld Labor’s chances in state election
Voters in the once-safe Labor seats of Inala and Ipswich West have sent the government a strong message ahead of October’s state poll – and it wasn’t positive.
- by Luke Costin and Laine Clark
Byelections to help Miles gauge Labor’s chances in state poll
Premier Steven Miles will be watching Saturday’s byelections in Inala and Ipswich West particularly closely after a new opinion poll indicated Labor faced defeat in October.
- by Laine Clark
Perspective
Perspective
Four things to know about the weekend elections most won’t vote in
As all Queenslanders elect councillors and mayors on Saturday, two contests for empty seats in parliament will draw focus for reasons beyond their borders.
- by Matt Dennien
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Gambling
Hidden report warned Brisbane casino was causing $700m in social damage
The report commissioned by the state government, but never released, also predicted Queen’s Wharf would create an extra 300 problem gamblers in Brisbane.
- by Sean Parnell
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ALP
D’Ath’s decade done: Qld Attorney-General retiring at October election
Yvette D’Ath is the fourth Labor MP to quit or announce her intention to ahead of the vote – a make-or-break one for the third-term team under a new leader.
- by Matt Dennien
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Political leadership
‘Time wasted, confidence lost’: Mayor fires parting shot over Olympics
Four of south-east Queensland’s most experienced mayors are retiring at the election. One, Mark Jamieson, has given a damning critique of Olympic planning.
- by Tony Moore