News from Queensland
Keen shoppers are in for a treat, after inner Brisbane stores were given the green light to operate 24 hours a day during the Commonwealth Games. The decision was made… Continue reading Brisbane gets 24-hour trading for 2018 Commonwealth Games
Annastacia Palaszczuk and her new Cabinet have been sworn in at Government House today, four days after officially claiming victory after the November 25 election. Ms Palaszczuk officially announced the full make-up… Continue reading Queensland election results 2017: New Cabinet sworn in
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new government will be sworn in next Tuesday, after the Labor leader secured victory in the Queensland election. The Electoral Commission of Queensland confirmed the full results on… Continue reading Queensland election: Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk claims victory with at least 47 seats
Severe thunderstorms are forecast to batter parts of south-east Queensland with damaging winds this afternoon. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Brisbane, Gold Coast,… Continue reading Severe thunderstorms battering south-east Queensland
A man who allegedly doused a man with petrol and threatened to set him on fire and later stormed a Brisbane home and fired a gun that grazed a teenager’s… Continue reading Queensland man charged over petrol attack
The devastation caused by the flooding across South East Queensland in 2010 and 2011 could have been avoided if operators of the Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams had properly followed their… Continue reading Queensland flood devastation ‘could have been avoided’, lawyers claim
Labor has now almost certainly won the 47 seats it needs to form a majority government in Queensland, as predicted by ABC election analyst Antony Green on Sunday. Mr Green… Continue reading Queensland election: ABC election computer shows Labor has 47 seats, but no result yet
The body of a missing man has been found on the edge of a Far North Queensland beauty spot after police renewed search efforts over the weekend. The body of a missing… Continue reading Missing fisherman’s body found on edge of Daintree River
With many seats still undecided, counting continues in Queensland to see who will form the government. Counting continues today after a winner could not be declared in the Queensland election… Continue reading Queensland election: Where the results stand
A four-week election campaign that began with anti-Adani protesters and ended with a late focus on taxes and debt finally concludes today as Queenslanders cast their votes. Polls suggest the… Continue reading Queensland election: State goes to the polls after four-week campaign
Unemployment is shaping up as a key issue in the Queensland election campaign. The State Opposition is keen to portray Labor as a party of economic wreckers “costing Queenslanders jobs… Continue reading Fact check: Did Queensland see its largest fall in jobs on record last year?
Queensland magistrate William John Randall lived a double life for years, passing daily judgment on others for criminal behaviour while systematically sexually abusing a young boy. The boy was just… Continue reading Queensland magistrate jailed for child abuse
