Document reveals Brisbane toll tunnel could cost $10 billion to build

Document reveals Brisbane toll tunnel could cost $10 billion to build

The Miles government has largely progressed its tunnel proposal in secret. One of the first documents made public reveals 40 per cent of people would not use it.

  • bySean Parnell

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Housing and dumped hydro details in LNP’s election-focused budget reply

Housing and dumped hydro details in LNP’s election-focused budget reply

Opposition Leader David Crisafullli has used his almost hour-long speech to outline a handful of new policies his party will take to voters in October.

  • 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
Public servants could be moved out of CBD,urged to WFH to cut costs

Public servants could be moved out of CBD,urged to WFH to cut costs

Treasurer Cameron Dick will consider shifting department offices to the suburbs and expect more meetings to be held online to help cut costs.

  • bySean Parnell
What Cameron Dick didn't tell Queenslanders in his budget speech
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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
Queensland state budget:Cameron Dick hands down 2024 budget with $11.2b in cost-of-living relief

Queensland state budget:Cameron Dick hands down 2024 budget with $11.2b in cost-of-living relief

Four months before a state election,Treasurer Cameron Dick has delivered this year’s budget in parliament. Follow our live blog for all the details and reaction.

  • byFelicity Caldwell andSean Parnell
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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
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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
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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
Qld to give first home buyers a ‘fairer go’ with changes to stamp duty
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Qld to give first home buyers a ‘fairer go’ with changes to stamp duty

Some 10,000 buyers are expected to save up to $17,000 under Labor’s latest pre-election budget sweetener.

  • byMatt Dennien