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The biggest negative of a PM Shorten

OF ALL the destructive policies to be implemented under a Bill Shorten-led party, there is one that stands out as the most...

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13th Nov. 2018 8:11 AM

Labor leader Bill Shorten will bring a raft of negatives with him if he wins government

State’s hypocrisy on hospital parking fees

SIX months ago, Queensland’s Health Minister pledged to fix costly parking fees at public hospitals. But a deal struck just...

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06th Nov. 2018 8:11 AM

Health Minister Steven Miles during Question Time. Picture: Richard Waugh/AAP

Revealed: Racing’s secret weapon in funding feud

Insiders say the personal intervention of a high-profile racing identity played a part in funding negotiations alongside...

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30th Oct. 2018 9:10 AM

Horse racing generic.

Ignoring racing will hurt Palaszczuk at the polls

IT’S an industry that employs more than 43,000 people and contributes $1.2 billion a year to our economy — but it has been...

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09th Oct. 2018 3:10 AM

Queensland’s racing industry is under pressure — and it’s the fault of politicians.

Alternative view on campus rape unwelcome

UNIVERSITIES are supposed to be places for open exchange of ideas, but students would rather start a riot than hear what...

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18th Sept. 2018 5:09 AM

Sex therapist Bettina Arndt is confronted by protesters from the Victorian Socialists at La Trobe University before her talk.

How do we move on from the Dreamworld tragedy?

THE Dreamworld tragedy has created wider implications for the Gold Coast as Australia’s tourism capital. Pollies must show...

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14th Aug. 2018 3:08 AM

How will the Gold Coast move on from the Dreamworld tragedy?

Premier’s reign is only just beginning

ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk stands to become Queensland’s most successful Labor premier — and the LNP is doing everything it can...

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07th Aug. 2018 2:08 AM

LNP leader Deb Frecklington has had no more luck against the Labor juggernaut than her predecessor Tim Nicholls.

Stars’ humble property beginnings

THEY are some of Queensland’s most influential and recognisable faces but even they started their property journey from...

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04th Aug. 2018 8:08 AM

Bob Katter at his Charters Towers property.