‘Very negligible’:Premier plays down explosion effect on power prices

‘Very negligible’:Premier plays down explosion effect on power prices

Long-awaited detail into the breakdown of a major Queensland coal power station in 2021 has added fuel to claims about its role in increased power bills.

  • byMatt Dennien

Latest

Draft report finds broader failures behind Qld coal plant explosion

Draft report finds broader failures behind Qld coal plant explosion

The state will now appoint special advisors to the government-owned operator of the Callide power station,CS Energy,amid a review of all its power generators.

  • byMatt Dennien
Dutton’s vision brings nuclear issue to Crisafulli’s doorstep

Dutton’s vision brings nuclear issue to Crisafulli’s doorstep

Nuclear energy is one topic the Queensland LNP leader wanted to avoid before the state election,but Dutton’s federal pitch means that’s no longer possible.

  • byMatt Dennien
Dutton pitches two Queensland nuclear power sites – and power to take them
Updated
Government

Dutton pitches two Queensland nuclear power sites – and power to take them

Two of the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear power plant sites would be in leader Peter Dutton’s home state – one just 150 kilometres from Brisbane.

  • byMatt Dennien
If Labor and the LNP hope you forget (bits of) the past,what’s the future?
Perspective
Queensland votes

If Labor and the LNP hope you forget (bits of) the past,what’s the future?

Queensland’s budget week has taught us at least one thing:the major parties want October’s election to be a contest of ideas. Here’s what’s on offer so far.

  • byMatt Dennien
Qld eyes existing tolls to help fund new Gympie Road bypass tunnel

Qld eyes existing tolls to help fund new Gympie Road bypass tunnel

Treasurer Cameron Dick has fleshed out hints dropped in Tuesday’s budget about potential “new ways of operating toll roads” to better benefit the state.

  • byMatt Dennien
Advertisement
What Cameron Dick didn't tell Queenslanders in his budget speech

What Cameron Dick didn't tell Queenslanders in his budget speech

We pick through the Treasurer’s budget speech – a clear pitch to voters for the chance to deliver another – and highlight some key (missing) points.

  • byMatt Dennien
Qld to spend $11b on cost-of-living,inflation help as it looks for savings

Qld to spend $11b on cost-of-living,inflation help as it looks for savings

As coal prices fall,the Labor government is having to rely more on property and payroll taxes to fund its pre-election commitments.

  • byMatt Dennien
A three-minute guide to the Queensland 2024-25 budget

A three-minute guide to the Queensland 2024-25 budget

Pressed for time? Here are the key facts from the Queensland government’s cost-of-living election-year budget.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Budget green light for Gympie Road bypass tunnel to move to next stage
Exclusive
Traffic

Budget green light for Gympie Road bypass tunnel to move to next stage

The proposed tunnel in Brisbane’s north will be allocated $318 million in the budget. The funds will allow for more detailed planning but no construction.

  • byTony Moore
Labor’s 10th budget is built to not be its last

Labor’s 10th budget is built to not be its last

When Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new government handed down its first budget in 2015,it was criticised for lacking sweeteners. This one is almost nothing but.

  • byMatt Dennien