Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.

  • byMatt Dennien

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Health Minister,LNP MPs under scrutiny after ‘cross your legs’ call

Health Minister,LNP MPs under scrutiny after ‘cross your legs’ call

The actions of four MPs from both parties are now being investigated by Queensland parliament’s powerful ethics committee after last month’s incident.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Cross your legs’:MPs put on notice amid heated Queensland question time
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‘Cross your legs’:MPs put on notice amid heated Queensland question time

Opposition MP Ros Bates yelled the comment while Health Minister Shannon Fentiman was responding to a question about cancelled maternity services.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Serious and harmful’:Coercive control criminalised in landmark legislation

‘Serious and harmful’:Coercive control criminalised in landmark legislation

The legislation has passed in state parliament,more than four years after the tragic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her young children.

  • byFraser Barton
Free female-focused clinics announced as byelections loom

Free female-focused clinics announced as byelections loom

Queensland Women’s Week has kicked off with a $46 million state government commitment to build four free walk-in clinics for women and children.

  • byCameron Atfield
The week that shone a light on the fight for Labor’s future
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ALP

The week that shone a light on the fight for Labor’s future

A second pitch for Queensland’s top job may have fizzled this week,but the embers flared just brightly enough,and long enough,to be revealing.

  • byMatt Dennien
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‘Might be news to Peter Dutton’:Miles defends Labor’s union history

‘Might be news to Peter Dutton’:Miles defends Labor’s union history

Queensland’s incoming premier has issued a strong rebuke to critics of the union movement and its long Labor links after comments he was “utterly owned” by them.

  • byMatt Dennien
Premier-to-be Miles,deputy Dick make leadership pitch to MPs

Premier-to-be Miles,deputy Dick make leadership pitch to MPs

With no other challenger,Friday’s Queensland Labor team meeting to pick Annastacia Palaszczuk’s successor should be little more than a formality.

  • byMatt Dennien
The replacements:Who are Steven Miles and Shannon Fentiman?

The replacements:Who are Steven Miles and Shannon Fentiman?

After Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s decision to resign after almost nine years in the job,two contenders have so far put their hats in the ring.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘I am best placed to lead’:Fentiman challenges Miles for top Labor job

‘I am best placed to lead’:Fentiman challenges Miles for top Labor job

The Health Minister has pitted herself against outgoing Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s succession pick for support among fellow Labor MPs.

  • byMatt Dennien
Plan to ease ambulance ramping emerges from crisis talks

Plan to ease ambulance ramping emerges from crisis talks

Queensland Health has adopted a five-point,$20 million plan to address ambulance ramping after two people died in as many days.

  • byLaine Clark