Queensland

The Liberal National Party has already promised to support funding in the state budget, before seeing the document.

While Australia doesn’t have a specifc law banning “stolen valour”, there are criminal penalties for misrepresentation.

A report has revealed that the Queensland government has received an extra $3.5 billion in stamp duty over the last 3 years.

The government says it has made a fairer system for renters, but a Queensland real estate body says there are several disappointing details in the new laws.

Two 53-year-old men have been charged with one count each of alleged unregulated high-risk activity.

Total state government debt is set to reach $188 billion by 2027-28.

An Australian scientist says the Great Barrier Reef sustained ’record amounts’ of coral from 2022-23, but the government says the reef needs protecting.

The premier recently came under fire for chartering two private jets to an announcement just days after passing a law to cut climate emissions by 75 percent.

The premier said it was good to see so many people turn out across the state in support of veterans.

‘What we’ve seen ... is that the efforts of our police are paying off and that those crime rates have turned a corner.’

A reduction in royalties and a $96 billion infrastructure pipeline means more government borrowing will be needed.

$20 million of taxpayer funds will be allocated towards the initiative.

More than 14.5 million hectares or 8.39 percent of the state’s total land area is now protected after 140 islands added to major marine protection area.

The SA, WA and Queensland governments all suggested more clarity was needed on the role of state and federal governments in the future.

The move is part of a broader strategy to enhance public safety throughout Queensland amid an ongoing crime rate.

The new laws keep limits on pharmacy ownership that only allows pharmacists to own individual stores.

The Queensland government plans to hand over the tiny town of Toobeah, southwest of Brisbane, to the Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation.

100 Australian-made Boxer vehicles will be exported to Germany under the agreement.

How the death of Shandee Blackburn led to the establishment of Forensic Science Queensland, and a Forensic Science Advisory Council.

‘It’s usual to expect swings against governments in by-elections,’ Mr. Miles told reporters at Ipswich High School on March 17.