Who are the Qld crossbench contestants – and what do they want?

Who are the Qld crossbench contestants – and what do they want?

Seven minor parties including the Greens and One Nation,plus dozens of independents,are vying for parliamentary seats in the state election. Here’s your guide.

  • byMatt Dennien

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What Queensland’s next premier told a room of paying guests

What Queensland’s next premier told a room of paying guests

While Wednesday’s debate was streamed to the public,the leaders’ performances were aimed at the high-profile paying guests within the packed room.

  • byMatt Dennien
Miles plays down credit rating fears amid election borrowing spree

Miles plays down credit rating fears amid election borrowing spree

The premier has sought to allay fears that the cost of his election promises would jeopardise Queensland’s credit rating.

  • byCameron Atfield andCatherine Strohfeldt
Queensland doctors group distances itself from LNP ‘patient tax’ push

Queensland doctors group distances itself from LNP ‘patient tax’ push

After its logo and quotes were used in what Labor has described as a ‘misinformation’ campaign,the peak doctors body has been forced to clear the air.

  • byMatt Dennien
Albo joins Queensland election campaign,with less than two weeks to go

Albo joins Queensland election campaign,with less than two weeks to go

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made his first appearance of the Queensland state election campaign,joining Premier Steven Miles on the Gold Coast to announce … nothing.

  • byCameron Atfield
Food fight:Miles dismisses principals’ fears tuckshops can’t handle free lunches

Food fight:Miles dismisses principals’ fears tuckshops can’t handle free lunches

Finland,Sweden and Estonia are among countries where all children have a nutritious lunch every day for free.

  • byWilliam Davis
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Where have I heard that song before? Qld Labor spins a US-inspired campaign remix
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Where have I heard that song before? Qld Labor spins a US-inspired campaign remix

There were more than a few nods to the Democrats at Labor’s official campaign launch on Sunday.

  • byCameron Atfield
‘Pressure works’:Greens claim credit for Labor’s free school lunches

‘Pressure works’:Greens claim credit for Labor’s free school lunches

Steven Miles has vowed to provide free lunches to every state primary student in Queensland,saving parents $1600 a year per child.

  • byCameron Atfield
A new SEQ dam and more bulk-billing GPs:Party pitches go big

A new SEQ dam and more bulk-billing GPs:Party pitches go big

The high-profile pledges land with early voting set to open Monday,and LNP efforts to beat the third-term Labor government to only its third win in 35 years.

  • byMatt Dennien
How the pressure of an election campaign can turn a small target big
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How the pressure of an election campaign can turn a small target big

With 11 days down,and voting about to open,Queensland’s major party leaders are just two weeks from polling day – and the unrelenting spotlight has narrowed.

  • byMatt Dennien
Crisafulli happy to keep the coal fires burning if LNP takes power

Crisafulli happy to keep the coal fires burning if LNP takes power

An LNP government could keep Queensland’s coal-fired power stations operating beyond 2035. Experts say this would cost the climate and the Queensland budget.

  • byMatt Dennien