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?

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

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‘We really feel the pinch’:Staff shortages biting for Brisbane’s local dining scene

‘We really feel the pinch’:Staff shortages biting for Brisbane’s local dining scene

As Queen’s Wharf rises and other restaurants shut their doors,the River City’s dining scene has a laundry list of pressures,topped off with national staffing shortages.

  • byCatherine Strohfeldt
Chalmers eyes Greens lifeline for Reserve Bank overhaul

Chalmers eyes Greens lifeline for Reserve Bank overhaul

After months of talks,the Coalition has walked away from a key change to the Reserve Bank. But the treasurer may win support from the Greens.

  • byShane Wright
Home values hit record highs,climbing in all states except Victoria

Home values hit record highs,climbing in all states except Victoria

The average NSW home value hit $1.22 million in June,with Victoria the only state where values went backwards.

  • byMillie Muroi andShane Wright
Locals nab gutted,derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

Locals nab gutted,derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

It went for $100,000 more than the asking price that made it Perth’s cheapest standalone property – but even the inflated price is well below the “new normal”.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Cook’s free Zoo tickets mean the die is well and truly cast for WA
Opinion
Opinion

Cook’s free Zoo tickets mean the die is well and truly cast for WA

After almost eight years in power,this government has got lazy,unimaginative,crass and ever-ready to use taxpayer dollars to grab happy headlines and votes.

  • byGary Adshead
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Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again

Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again

Primary vote support for Queensland Labor has fallen to more than 20 percentage points below the LNP before October’s election,new Brisbane Times polling shows.

  • byMatt Dennien
Why Chalmers’ tough talk backfired

Why Chalmers’ tough talk backfired

There is no sign the treasurer has helped the government or himself with his statement that higher rates were “smashing” the economy.

  • byDavid Crowe
If there’s no ‘price gouging’,how come interest rates are so high?
Opinion
Inflation

If there’s no ‘price gouging’,how come interest rates are so high?

You can’t argue that demand has been growing stronger than supply and so causing price rises,while claiming profits have not risen.

  • byRoss Gittins
How David’s home renovation stopped his son’s asthma attacks

How David’s home renovation stopped his son’s asthma attacks

Charlie used to wheeze through the night and was sometimes raced to hospital. Now the family has been able to throw away his puffer.

  • bySue Williams
Relief in sight for motorists as oil prices slide

Relief in sight for motorists as oil prices slide

Petrol prices at the bowser are primed to fall in coming months as a slowdown in major economies reduces demand for oil.

  • byMillie Muroi andShane Wright