The rule has never been perfect or even fair;nor has it changed player behaviour. It was a stop-gap reaction to an emergency. Five years on,its purpose has been served and it deserves retirement.
Former premier Peter Beattie wrote a column last week in which he spoke of a premier’s legacy and Queensland’s future,including who would next run the state.
Australians should celebrate that there are so many first-timers with a chance of winning,offering themselves at the one election.
The NRL has proposed raising the maximum penalty for breaking its code of conduct to $130,000 - more than double the current ceiling.
The Tories,who have never previously shown any interest in rugby league,are now backing it because their research reveals it is more important to northerners than darts,racing pigeons and even soccer.
The former Australian Rugby League Commission chairman drove the policy’s introduction. And he remains undeterred despite Jack de Belin’s charges being dropped.
Former Queensland government minister Kate Jones,a driving force behind the Magic Round concept,has joined the Australian Rugby League Commission.
The next four years are going to be tough for Queensland's returned Labor government and playing the old political games of border closures will not create one job.
Based on rough-and-tumble experience,former Queensland premier Peter Beattie has a few words of advice for Daniel Andrews
The former ARL Commission chair told the court there was"opposition"within the NRL and"within the commission themselves"to V'landys'appointment.
The NRL and bookmaking giants are at loggerheads over a premium tax on State of Origin and grand finals which could net the code an extra $1 million a year.