Queensland election updates LIVE:Latest on the council election and byelections

Queensland election updates LIVE:Latest on the council election and byelections

More than three million Queenslanders have voted at a time when strict social distancing rules are in place to curb the spread of coronavirus.

  • byDanielle Cronin

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Council U-turn exposes ratepayers to Caboolture River clean-up costs

Council U-turn exposes ratepayers to Caboolture River clean-up costs

Ratepayers north of Brisbane are exposed to costs of millions of dollars to remediate environmental damage from a proposed marina and canal estate on the Caboolture River.

  • byMark Solomons
What each party is pledging for the Brisbane City Council election

What each party is pledging for the Brisbane City Council election

Want to know what each party is pledging before you vote on March 28? Here's a list of what is being promised for Brisbane.

  • byLucy Stone
Two Brisbane councillors engaged in misconduct,review panel finds

Two Brisbane councillors engaged in misconduct,review panel finds

LNP councillor Angela Owen and Labor councillor Jared Cassidy were both found to have engaged in separate misconduct.

  • byLucy Stone
Fears voters could boycott Queensland council elections

Fears voters could boycott Queensland council elections

Queensland's upcoming council elections and two state government by-elections are likely to have the lowest ever voter turnout because of the coronavirus crisis,says a leading political analyst.

  • byDarren Cartwright
Suspended mayor opens up on CCC charges and'hard to manage'council

Suspended mayor opens up on CCC charges and'hard to manage'council

During a rare radio interview,Allan Sutherland spoke about both the highs and lows of his time at Moreton Bay Regional Council before his suspension last year.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Outback Queensland community parodies Kylie Minogue's'Matesong'ad

Outback Queensland community parodies Kylie Minogue's'Matesong'ad

Reinvigorated by recent rain,Balonne Shire has used the Tourism Australia advertisement as the basis for its own tourism campaign.

  • byToby Crockford
'Loophole'allows suspended councillors to run again in elections

'Loophole'allows suspended councillors to run again in elections

Suspended councillors facing criminal charges that haven't been finalised with a conviction can still run in the council elections.

  • byLucy Stone
Legislative review told LGAQ boss threatened to bankrupt critics with defamation suits
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Legislative review told LGAQ boss threatened to bankrupt critics with defamation suits

An review of Australia's defamation laws has heard allegations the head of Queensland's local government association threatened critics,including an Ipswich mayoral candidate,in online posts.

  • byMark Solomons
Here's who wants to run south-east Queensland councils

Here's who wants to run south-east Queensland councils

Residents will go to the polls on March 28 to determine who will run Queensland councils for the next four years.

  • byLucy Stone
CCC reviews its own decision on LNP councillor complaint

CCC reviews its own decision on LNP councillor complaint

Labor requested a review of the original decision,detailing concerns the watchdog had missed the point of the referral.

  • byLucy Stone