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Desperate plea as business hits ‘crisis point’

Business confidence has crashed to levels that eclipse the GFC, sparking calls for the Palaszczuk Government to cut red...

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18th May 2020 4:05 AM

ScoMo’s answer to bushfire crisis: Half-baked stimulus

Where the bloody hell has ScoMo been?

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21st Nov. 2019 12:11 AM

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack (left) Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (centre) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) speak to the media during a visit to a construction site in the suburb of Rochedale, in Brisbane on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced infrastructure deals with Queensland and WA and foreshadowed more for other sta

Promise to Queensland drives Labor attack on LNP

The Treasurer under a Shorten Labor Government says Queensland’s dud economy will be turned around by unleashing billions...

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06th March 2019 5:03 AM

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen will speak in Brisbane today. Picture: AAP/Joel Carrett

Jobs galore as 90+ new businesses open across Qld

From Starbucks coffee shops to outdoor furniture stores, there are a heap of new stores opening across Queensland soon.

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23rd Aug. 2018 9:08 AM

Close to 100 new stores, cafes, restaurants and bars are opening across Queensland soon.

$1 billion coal price surge could boost state coffers

IMAGINE a sudden boost to the state's flagging revenue stream that could pay for 14,000 teachers or 16,000 nurses.

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12th Sept. 2016 6:09 AM

GOOD TIMING: State minister for mines Dr Anthony Lynham, Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk, Stanmore Coal chairman Neville Sneddon and Stanmore Coal managing director Nick Jorss officially opened the CQ coking coal mine in May.

Queensland house approvals rise for the fourth month in row

HOUSE approvals in Queensland have continued to rise for the fourth month in a row.

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01st Oct. 2015 5:10 PM

Building approvals in central Queensland have risen in the last quarter, but are well behind for the 12 months.

Treasurer warns: sell off assets or miss rail project

UNLESS Queensland slashes its $80 billion debt, the rail line from Brisbane to Nambour won’t be duplicated “for 25 years”...

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13th March 2014 9:03 AM

Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls delivered a rail warning.

Queensland predicted to outgrow other states in 2014-15

ANOTHER independent report has confirmed Queensland is set to be the fastest growing state economy in 2014-15, Treasurer...

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28th Jan. 2014 11:01 AM

State of the States Report talks up Queensland's economy

THE latest CommSec State of the States Report has given a glowing appraisal of the Queensland economy, says State Treasurer...

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21st Oct. 2013 9:10 AM

Treasurer Tim Nicholls.