Politics
Queensland
Landfill controls expanded after Ipswich residents kick up a stink
The rules will now extend to “energy from waste” industries that burn rubbish to generate electricity.
- by Tony Moore
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Investigation
Coronavirus pandemic
Conservative and fringe links behind Qld anti-mandate groups
Ahead of restrictions on the unvaccinated, experts are concerned online and town hall meetings are “bread crumbing” citizens into more extreme circles.
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane’s equivalent of New York’s Grand Central Station emerges
More than 2550 people are working on a Brisbane underground rail project few people have seen. Here are some shots of a project that has overtaken politics to transform a city.
- by Tony Moore
Serious dam safety concerns at the start of a wet Queensland summer
Across Queensland’s water storage network eight significant safety inspections and 14 routine inspections are years overdue.
- by Tony Moore
PM’s office flags ‘options’ with Laming after staffer’s teen shooter pic
Scott Morrison’s office raised “serious concerns” with Bowman MP Andrew Laming after a staffer posted a photo dressed as US teen Kyle Rittenhouse to social media.
- by Matt Dennien
‘A great venue’: Artists come out in force to urge Enoch to save ‘The Bowlo’
Protesters descended on King George Square on Tuesday to ask Arts Minister Leanne Enoch to intervene over council plans to demolish a well-used community arts space in East Brisbane.
- by Tony Moore
Labor-linked lobbyist pushes new Ipswich dump after council resists
Wanless Recycling has engaged Anacta Strategies, run by former Labor state secretary Evan Moorhead, to lobby for a new $200 million landfill.
- by Tony Moore
Analysis
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Rules aren’t being broken but they need fixing to bring true transparency
A reading of Labor ministers’ diaries on the days they attended a cash-for-access party fundraiser does not elicit much information - and that’s fine according to the current rules.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Political donations
Unclear which Labor ministers rubbed shoulders with business elite at fundraiser
A Labor election fundraiser with Queensland government ministers was promised to be transparent, but official diaries provide little clarity over the event.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Planning an Olympics? Remember the hole that took over a decade to dig
A long-awaited milestone in the Cross River Rail project shows how long it takes to deliver infrastructure projects. The 2032 Olympic Games isn’t so far away.
- by Tony Moore
Former Queensland treasurer Keith De Lacy dead at 81
Mr De Lacy served as treasurer in the Goss Labor government for just over six years between 1989 and 1996.
- by Cameron Atfield