Daniel Andrews’ departure from the top job in Victoria is the latest study in the speed at which public pledges to carry on can fall away. Eyes are now on Queensland.
While both major party leaders suggest they want a contest of ideas,a recent report highlights a gap in debate again descending into point-scoring and scaremongering.
A new committee will take a bipartisan look at all aspects of youth justice and float potential reforms,as MPs returned to a rowdy sitting week.
Not all gifts flowing to Queensland MPs are so glamorous,but one company soars above the rest in dishing out what even their six-figure salaries can’t buy.
Treasurer Cameron Dick has joined other potential Labor leaders in brushing off questions amid backbench frustration while the premier is abroad.
The health minister,one of three senior Labor MPs seen as potential leaders,has sought to explain recent backbench concerns – and the premier’s holiday.
Speculation about Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s future in the role has ramped up,with reported rumblings in Labor ranks forcing a senior cabinet minister to publicly defend his leader.
The long-term crime victim advocate also used her speech on a contentious bill in parliament to say the government’s first priority had to be supporting victims.
While the post-budget roadshow gave them a chance to spruik their goods,the government has had anything but a chance to take a breath over the mid-year break.
Unlike the pandemic-era election of 2020,the troubled hearts and minds of the quiet Queenslanders now rest with the LNP.
Queensland’s third-term Labor government is losing support and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has become a lightning rod for criticism,according to a new poll.