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Queensland says it’s doing ‘everything’ it can to help with housing. But is it?
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Queensland says it’s doing ‘everything’ it can to help with housing. But is it?

The state’s peak social service body suggests there is more Labor could be doing to ease housing pressures – and turns the spotlight on the LNP.

  • by Matt Dennien

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Free lunch coming to Queensland schools – with a catch

Free lunch coming to Queensland schools – with a catch

They say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but that’s what will be served up to some students. And find out which Brisbane schools will get playground upgrades.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
LNP rejects review calls over how much to muzzle Qld’s corruption watchdog

LNP rejects review calls over how much to muzzle Qld’s corruption watchdog

Independent calls for a path through legal murk over the Crime and Corruption Commission’s ability to tell the public about its work reveal a political rift.

  • by Matt Dennien
Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say
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Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say

Labor hopes 50c transport fares will turn heads and votes, even if it’s been on Steven Miles’ mind since the 1990s. How else should contenders try to woo you?

  • by Matt Dennien
‘As close to free as you can get’: All public transport trips in Qld to cost 50c
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‘As close to free as you can get’: All public transport trips in Qld to cost 50c

The flat fare will apply during a “use it or lose it” six-month trial from August 5, in Labor’s latest effort to ease cost-of-living pressures.

  • by Matt Dennien
Infrastructure funding pledge to help ease SEQ growing pains

Infrastructure funding pledge to help ease SEQ growing pains

Last week, south-east mayors took their infrastructure woes to the state government. By Friday, they had secured a $350 million injection.

  • by Tony Moore
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Units without car parks may have once led to ‘a riot’. Now, Miles wants more

Units without car parks may have once led to ‘a riot’. Now, Miles wants more

The premier found a silver lining as he fronted a property sector lunch to spruik Labor’s housing plans in the Sunshine State.

  • by Matt Dennien
‘Give us 100 days’: LNP doubles down on another Games review

‘Give us 100 days’: LNP doubles down on another Games review

Queensland parliament has passed laws to establish a long-promised independent group to steer progress towards 2032. The LNP still wants to put its own stamp on it.

  • by Matt Dennien
‘Cross your legs’: MPs put on notice amid heated Queensland question time
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‘Cross your legs’: MPs put on notice amid heated Queensland question time

Opposition MP Ros Bates yelled the comment while Health Minister Shannon Fentiman was responding to a question about cancelled maternity services.

  • by Matt Dennien
Crisafulli’s LNP climbs higher against Miles’ Labor leadership

Crisafulli’s LNP climbs higher against Miles’ Labor leadership

Steven Miles took the top job in December, pitching himself as Labor’s best chance for the October election. New polling for Brisbane Times details what’s changed.

  • by Matt Dennien
A Labor leader agreeing with Peter Dutton? It is election season
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A Labor leader agreeing with Peter Dutton? It is election season

The Queensland-based federal opposition leader and Premier Steven Miles, maybe more by design than accident, landed on the same side of migration talk this week.

  • by Matt Dennien