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Qld will hand out $2b in power bill rebates but the cash splash has raised questions

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

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The fork in Queensland’s path to treaty gets wider all the way to election day
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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
Labor’s latest retreat on youth justice is a sign of a broader problem
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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

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
The two key fixes for renters not included in Qld’s fresh reform round
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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
Premier David Crisafulli the ‘most likely outcome’ of state election: Miles

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
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We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games
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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
Liberal MP expelled after investigation into abuse complaint

Liberal MP expelled after investigation into abuse complaint

The NSW Liberal Party has expelled upper house MP Taylor Martin after an investigation into a complaint from a former federal MP.

  • by Angus Thomson and Jordan Baker
The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’
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The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’

As major infrastructure project costs rise and deadlines extend across the country, a state election also approaches – and can help explain some of the bluster.

  • by Matt Dennien
How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article

How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article

The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament, the media, and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.

  • by Matt Dennien
‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

With election results finalised, Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.

  • by Matt Dennien