Madura McCormack

Queensland’s public service gender pay gap has fallen to record lows, but new government data reveals one under-fire agency has been going backward.

Millions of dollars will be pumped into fixing Queensland’s forensic DNA lab crisis, up to 20 frontline staff hired, and a new judge added in Townsville under a $21.5m LNP plan to boost Queensland’s justice system and clear a growing backlog of cases.

Queensland’s progressive three-strike drug possession laws will be repealed under an LNP government Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has confirmed.

Who got promoted? Meet the LNP’s chiefs of staff

A whopping $1.4bn of Queensland’s budget to build Olympic and Paralympic Games venues was set to be gobbled up by pro-union construction perks, the state government has revealed.

Restrictive trading hours, planning red tape and high property taxes make Queensland one of the worst places to do business in Australia.

The state government has promised to slash $757m in consultant and contractor costs by the end of June, but can’t say how or when a taxpayer-funded firm critical to the commitment will be set up.

A Climate 200-backed independent attempting to unseat Peter Dutton once chained herself to a major Queensland power station in a five-hour standoff with authorities as part of an anti-coal protest.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he’s not one of the world leaders who Donald Trump brags are “calling up to kiss my ass” over tariffs – insisting he only deals with othe nations “as an equal”.

Peter Dutton has accused Anthony Albanese of “trashing his own credibility” after he backed embattled Qld Labor candidate Ali France, saying she’s an “extraordinary Australian”.