Politics
Queensland
Qld will hand out $2b in power bill rebates but the cash splash has raised questions
While broadly welcomed by social service groups, there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
- by Matt Dennien
Latest
Perspective
Government
The fork in Queensland’s path to treaty gets wider all the way to election day
Yet one year ago, the state’s major parties had voted for a shared road ahead for First Nations communities.
- by Matt Dennien
Woman arrested for throwing eggs as thousands gather for Labour Day March
Police said the pro-Palestine protester allegedly attempted to interfere with the march, with officers attempting to move her on peacefully before making the arrest.
- by Courtney Kruk
Analysis
Government
Labor’s latest retreat on youth justice is a sign of a broader problem
For the second time, the government has folded under pressure on crime and an inability to sell its message. This is more than a political problem.
- by Matt Dennien
Footy fans and pub goers to be scanned for knives under Qld crime plan
The expansion of arbitrary police metal detection searches form part of the Miles government’s latest effort to address community and political pressure on crime.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Government
The two key fixes for renters not included in Qld’s fresh reform round
As housing prices march on and a state election looms, Labor is working through long-promised help for renters labelled both a “war” on landlords and not enough.
- by Matt Dennien
Crisafulli seeks to regain underdog status after promising poll
Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has rejected claims he is a shoo-in to be sworn in as premier in October, following polls that pointed to a convincing LNP victory.
- by Cameron Atfield
Premier David Crisafulli the ‘most likely outcome’ of state election: Miles
Premier Steven Miles has conceded the “most likely” result of October’s state election was an LNP victory, as both he and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli campaigned in central Queensland on Friday.
- by Cameron Atfield
Why a reluctance to disclose is hurting Queensland’s diversity targets
Queensland has failed to reach this ambitious target, but advocates say there are myriad reasons that public servants might not disclose.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Perspective
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
Troubled forensic lab’s DNA backlog blows out to 41,000
The backlog of cases at a forensic DNA lab has increased to more than 41,000 as Queensland’s opposition calls for a strategy to address the beleaguered service.
- by Fraser Barton