Politics
Queensland
More than 1.2m Australians vote early before PM launches campaign
More than 1.2 million Australians - and more than 280,000 Queenslanders - have already voted, twice as many as 2019. One political expert says the LNP has made a mistake to launch a week after pre-polling has opened.
- by Tony Moore
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Dam or be damned: Campbell Newman revisits 2014 plan for flood protection
An “incensed” former Queensland premier says sites for new dams that could protect 10,000 homes in Brisbane and Ipswich from flooding are being ignored.
- by Tony Moore
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Floods
Flood of claims to come for $771m Queensland home retrofit program
While applications for the flood funds open in a fortnight, Brisbane’s lord mayor says council’s damage bill from February’s disaster could be triple the $440m outlay of 2011.
- by Tony Moore and Matt Dennien
Long-awaited Brisbane aircraft noise results due to land next month
Alternative Brisbane Airport take-off and landing routes have been trialled since February in an effort to placate residents angry about the noise.
- by Tony Moore
Waiting for a Green wave: Minor party expects to have major impact
As voting starts, a former Queensland Labor senator has warned the Greens they will never be in a position to govern.
- by Tony Moore
LNP’s late arrival in Lilley faces fraud investigation before election
The Australian Electoral Commission is examining claims of electoral fraud by Vivian Lobo, the LNP’s last-minute candidate for the most marginal seat in Queensland.
- by Tony Moore
Controversial Toondah Harbour project may depend on election outcome
Opposition environment spokeswoman Terri Butler would not be drawn on whether she would back the billion-dollar plan for an apartment complex to be built on sensitive wetlands in Cleveland.
- by Tony Moore
‘Poorly planned’: Labor to rethink $14b Inland Rail project if elected
Concerned about the impact and escalating cost of the 1715km line from Melbourne to Queensland, Labor plans to review it if elected.
- by Tony Moore
Labor, Greens call for new bridge from flood-locked Brisbane suburb
In the Ryan electorate, Labor and the Greens want a business case into a new bridge for the Bellbowrie peninsula. Julian Simmonds, the LNP incumbent, has yet to state his position.
- by Tony Moore
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Crowdfunding
Dutton spruiks flood GoFundMe to residents in electorate mail-out
Despite criticism at the time, the Defence Minister is promoting an online fundraiser he launched after the floods.
- by Matt Dennien
LNP to favour One Nation in more than half of Queensland seats
Analysis of the Liberal Nation Party’s Queensland lower house how-to-vote cards has revealed the scope of support for the right-wing minor party, after shunning it in 2019.
- by Matt Dennien