The private sector will be tapped for cash to save taxpayers from a multi-billion dollar Olympic and Paralympic Games bill when the final infrastructure report is handed to the state government on Saturday.
Well-organised community groups on both sides of the river and in the suburbs are mobilising to fight against their backyards becoming the stage on which Brisbane is beamed to the world.
The state government faces a $3.5bn funding black hole to build four Olympic Games athletes villages – the equivalent of the price tag of building a new stadium.
A new state government body established to police the productivity of the CFMEU will be tightly controlled by Treasurer David Janetzki, despite his claim it will be independent.
Queensland will struggle to keep pace with medical advancements in abortion drugs under Premier David Crisafulli’s “gag order” of the Queensland Parliament, Labor says.
Higher salaries and a focus on employee wellbeing has resulted in the vacancy rate of critical child safety officer positions being slashed by almost half.
The state government's record on health and child safety was under the microscope in a frenetic Question Time in the second last parliamentary sitting day before the state election.
A Brisbane school principal married to a former Labor minister used her government-issued email to promote an “exciting” election commitment by Premier Steven Miles.
Embattled casino giant Star Entertainment is pushing for the state government to defer its tax obligations in a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on at the new $3.6bn Queen’s Wharf precinct.
Four days of thrilling golf at the Olympic Games is building pressure on the warring LIV and PGA tours to end the “sh*t show” and strike a deal to unify the game.