Public claims of Cross River Rail ‘blowout’ could cost taxpayers more:Labor

Public claims of Cross River Rail ‘blowout’ could cost taxpayers more:Labor

Labor has hit back at Premier David Crisafulli’s claim of yet another budget blowout,saying it could compromise negotiations with contractors.

  • byCameron Atfield

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LNP to ‘flatten’ spending on consultants to help fund election pledges

LNP to ‘flatten’ spending on consultants to help fund election pledges

With the election almost upon us,both major parties have formally spelt out how they plan to pay for all the promises. But questions remain.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Stakes are really high’:Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

‘Stakes are really high’:Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy,his LNP challenger,David Crisafulli,warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.

  • byCameron Atfield
LNP vows to permanently exempt Queensland GPs from payroll tax

LNP vows to permanently exempt Queensland GPs from payroll tax

David Crisafulli has promised to keep patient fees down by abolishing the tax for GPs if it is elected to government next month.

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

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

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

  • byMatt Dennien
Only our sister has ‘a real job’:Pollies Cameron and Milton Dick on family life
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Good Weekend

Only our sister has ‘a real job’:Pollies Cameron and Milton Dick on family life

Queensland Deputy Premier Cameron Dick and brother Milton,Speaker of the House of Representatives,on their early years – and their dad’s take on their work.

  • byJane Cadzow
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‘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
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
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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
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