The LNP’s election pitch coalesced into three documents over the past year:The Right Priorities,The Right Plan,and its most-detailed The First 100 Days. What comes next will be revealing for the next four years.

The new year set to reveal more about the new state government

Much of the LNP’s mostly small-target pitch,detailed before the election,will be ticked off in months. What then for a party wanting “generational” power?

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Garbage pay stink splits south-east council on third day of strikes

Some councillors have joined garbage truck drivers striking over stalled talks with their administration as 60,000 bins go uncollected – some for a second week.

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“Sometimes calls were not being answered or not being answered in a timely fashion,” Camm told journalists on Saturday.

Qld to review ‘potentially struggling’ domestic violence helpline

The state will appoint a reviewer for one of its leading domestic violence services amid concerns about unanswered calls,surging demand and an expansion vow.

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Bellmere Road farmer Bryan Parkinson says the proposed new highway west of Caboolture would mean his home would be destroyed.

Moreton Motorway route heads back to drawing board after community backlash

The government has vowed to pursue a new route for part of the motorway after a groundswell of opposition to the original plan.

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Unions representing garbage truck drivers and other field workers marched through the Ipswich CBD while on strike over stalled pay deal negotiations with the council on Friday.

Garbage driver deal delivers empty bins and pay rises for Christmas

A major south-east council and its garbage truck drivers inked a pay deal after strikes left tens of thousands of bins uncollected – some for two weeks straight.

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Steven Miles says the party can rebuild under his leadership.

Labor accuses LNP of inflating project ‘blowouts’ to claim future wins

The LNP went to the election with a little-detailed promise of delivering projects on time and on budget – Labor has made the most explicit claim yet as to how.

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Privacy for renters has emerged as a growing issue after high-profile data breaches involving real estates.

Qld real estate lobby calls for probe into ‘onslaught’ of tenancy law changes

The body wants a proposed productivity commission to review the social and economic impacts of a swathe of rental reforms.

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Queensland Attorney-General Deb Frecklington has pointed to the $1209 fine for using a mobile phone while driving in a statement suggesting the government will boost drug-driving penalties.

LNP to crack down on drug-driving after Ezra Mam’s ‘slap on the wrist’

Qld’s attorney-general has flagged an increase to drug-driving penalties after the Broncos star’s sentence was criticised by the deputy premier.

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The report noted the average daily number of kids in youth detention rose again in 2023-24 to 286 – 86 per cent were on remand.

Breach of bail drives lift in kids court numbers as detention strains

The Childrens Court president used a report to warn about the “struggle” with growing incarceration numbers – which the LNP expects new laws to push higher.

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Preliminary research for Brisbane Olympic organisers shows they have an uphill battle to make the city a household name worldwide.

No more blowouts:Clock ticking to confirm 2032 budget,audit office warns

With an ‘immovable deadline’ looming,there is currently no consolidated sum for the cost of the Brisbane 2032 Games. A key watchdog says there should be.

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