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Embattled QLD minister Amanda Camm quits Crisafulli frontbench citing health and safety reasons
By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent
Camm, who resigned following months of pressure over her handling of state’s child safety system, cited Helen Haines attack as reason for departure
#Queensland #Australianews #DavidCrisafulli #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent
Embattled QLD Mininster Amanda Camm quits Crisafulli frontbench citing health and safety reasons https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/23/embattled-qld-mininster-amanda-camm-quits-crisafulli-frontbench-citing-health-and-safety-reasons #Queensland #AustraliaNews #DavidCrisafulli #QueenslandPolitics
Queensland’s LNP has tread softly in government. It’s now baring its teeth over the power to break up workers’ strikes
By Ben Smee
The controversial legislation may end up placing large sections of its suburban support – critical to the party’s lead in the polls – on the bonfire
#Queenslandpolitics #Queensland #DavidCrisafulli #Australianews #LiberalNationalparty #Industrialrelations #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Queensland’s LNP has tread softly in government. It’s now baring its teeth over the power to break up workers’ strikes https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/16/queensland-lnp-workplace-laws-power-to-break-strikes #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #DavidCrisafulli #AustraliaNews #LiberalNationalParty #IndustrialRelations
Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred
By Ben Smee
Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centre
#Queensland #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Youthjustice #Queenslandpolitics #Youngpeople #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousincarceration #Mentalhealth #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/queensland-ombudsman-backs-away-from-calls-to-close-youth-prison-so-unsuitable-some-children-self-harm-to-get-transferred-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #YouthJustice #QueenslandPolitics #YoungPeople #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousIncarceration #MentalHealth
Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’
By Andrew Messenger
Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep
#Queensland #DatacentresAustralia #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Technology #Anthropic #DavidCrisafulli #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
One Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart. What happened?
By Joe Hinchliffe
Those who lived through the rightwing populist party’s most successful election say history could soon repeat itself – but this time ‘on steroids’
#OneNation #PaulineHanson #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Queenslandpolitics #Queensland #Laborparty #Coalition #JohnHoward #Nationalparty #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/queensland-data-centre-anthropic-western-downs-dalby #Queensland #DatacentresAustralia #AiArtificialIntelligence #AustraliaNews #Technology #Anthropic #DavidCrisafulli #QueenslandPolitics
A timeline of One Nation’s instability: more than half of Hanson’s MPs have quit or been expelled
By Nick Evershed, Josh Butler, Josh Nicholas and Andy Ball
As party numbers swell to record levels, Guardian analysis reveals a three-decade history of tumult and acrimony
#OneNation #Australianews #Australianpolitics #PaulineHanson #Queenslandpolitics #Liberalparty #MarkLatham #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #NickEvershed #JoshButler #JoshNicholas #AndyBall
Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year
By Andrew Messenger
Statistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, expert says
#Queensland #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/16/anthropic-lands-31bn-datacentre-deal-in-western-queensland #Anthropic #Queensland #AiArtificialIntelligence #QueenslandPolitics #Technology
Anthropic lands $31bn datacentre deal in western Queensland
By Andrew Messenger
Premier David Crisafulli has described the deal as a ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state
#Anthropic #Queensland #AIartificialintelligence #Queenslandpolitics #Technology #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Queensland health minister defends medical care given to man who sustained brain and eyesight damage
Queensland’s health minister has defended medical care given to a former Olympic skateboarding coach who sustained irreversible brain…
#Australia #ambulance #AU #Austrlia #braintumour #health #Hospitals #MetroSouthHospital #patrickgemzik #qldpolitics #QueenslandAmbulanceService #Queenslandpolitics #ramping #timnicholls
https://www.europesays.com/australia/97042/
Lea-Anne’s ebike has given her freedom at 67. Now some older Queenslanders may be forced to stop riding
By Andrew Messenger
New nation-first laws require every ebike rider to have a driver’s licence. Some older people may be banned entirely, limiting their movement
#Queensland #Ebikes #Transport #Queenslandpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Teenage girl allegedly raped in ‘heinous’ attack at Queensland residential care home
By Australian Associated Press
State’s child safety minister Amanda Camm confirms police are investigating alleged attack west of Brisbane
#Queensland #Children #Queenslandpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
A new scheme is about to replace the NDIS for children with autism. Why has Queensland refused to sign up?
By Andrew Messenger
State’s premier and many parents have questions about the Thriving Kids program. But what happens when the NDIS funding stops?
#Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Australianews #Health #Children #Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
A Queensland domestic violence victim was promised a voice – then told she was no longer welcome to call the minister’s office
By Ben Smee
Some of the victim-survivors who produced an official report for the state critical of police say their work has been buried and their members ignored
#Queensland #Domesticviolence #Queenslandpolitics #Liberalparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’
By Joe Hinchliffe
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap
#Queenslandpolitics #Gender #LiberalNationalparty #Queensland #Australianews #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/noel-pearson-garma-festival-2026-speech-indigenous-australians-ntwnfb #GarmaFestival #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #RuralAndRegionalAustralia #NoelPearson #UluruStatementFromTheHeart #AustralianPolitics #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #DomesticViolence #Alcoholism #Drugs...
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson
By Noel Pearson
After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resume
#Garmafestival #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #RuralandregionalAustralia #NoelPearson #Ulurustatementfromtheheart #Australianpolitics #Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #Domesticviolence #Alcoholism #Drugs #Gambling #Childprotection #Youthjustice #Health #Australianeducation #Indigenousincarceration #Alcohol #Children #Socialcare #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #NoelPearson
A new Queensland bill aims to ‘streamline’ major projects. Matt and Caitlin fear it could hand their farm to developers
By Joe Hinchliffe
Experts say new power to bypass conservation and planning regulations are incredibly broad and could let the state effectively fast-track any project it wants
#Queenslandpolitics #Criticalminerals #Energy #Queensland #Australianews #GoldCoast #Coalseamgas #Environment #Australianlaw #Farming #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
Queensland reveals concept plans for Brisbane Olympic stadium precinct – but critics say they are ‘fantasy vision’
By Ben Smee
David Crisafulli says ‘Queenslanders will enjoy for generations’ as opponents point to lack of detail
#BrisbaneOlympicGames2032 #Brisbane #Queensland #Australianews #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Queensland reveals concept plans for Brisbane Olympic stadium precinct – but critics say they are ‘fantasy vision’ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/02/queensland-reveals-concept-plans-for-brisbane-olympic-stadium-precinct-but-critics-say-they-are-fantasy-vision #BrisbaneOlympicGames2032 #Brisbane #Queensland #AustraliaNews #QueenslandPolitics
Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river
By Ben Smee
Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlash
#Rowing #Queenslandpolitics #GinaRinehart #Queensland #Australianews #OlympicGames #TheGuardian #BenSmee
Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/queensland-northern-territory-reject-ai-datacentre-renewable-energy #Datacentres #AustralianPolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Energy #RenewableEnergy #AustraliaNews #Energy #Environment #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #NorthernTerritory #NorthernTerritoryPolitics #EnergyEfficiency #Water #Coalition #LiberalNationalParty ...
Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy
By Josh Butler
Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocket
#Datacentres #Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Energy #Renewableenergy #Australianews #Energy #Environment #Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #NorthernTerritory #NorthernTerritorypolitics #Energyefficiency #Water #Coalition #LiberalNationalparty #Laborparty #Greenhousegasemissions #AIartificialintelligence #Infrastructure #Business #TheGuardian #JoshButler
Protesters launch high court challenge to Queensland ban on ‘from the river to the sea’
By Andrew Messenger
Exclusive: Lawsuit filed on behalf of seven protesters alleges ban amounts to ‘a direct, content-based restriction’ on speech, effectively targeting pro-Palestine movement
#Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #Antisemitism #Australianlaw #Australianews #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
Protesters launch high court challenge to Queensland ban on ‘from the river to the sea’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/protesters-launch-high-court-challenge-to-queensland-ban-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea-ntwnfb #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #Antisemitism #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews
The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent
Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversight
#Domesticviolence #Queenslandpolitics #Queensland #Australianews #TheGuardian #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent
The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/21/the-queensland-government-promised-to-put-victims-first-instead-it-buried-a-report-from-domestic-violence-survivors #DomesticViolence #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #AustraliaNews
Queensland government admits vulnerable children slept on floor of public service offices
By Andrew Messenger
LNP denies claims that recent changes to child safety practices have led to an increase in the use of office space
#Queenslandpolitics #DavidCrisafulli #Queensland #Australianews #AndrewMessenger
Queensland government admits vulnerable children slept on floor of public service offices https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/30/queensland-government-child-safety-vulnerable-children-sleep-on-floor-ntwnfb #QueenslandPolitics #DavidCrisafulli #Queensland #AustraliaNews
Here we Joh again? The spectre of Bjelke-Petersen still looms large over Queensland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/27/joh-bjelke-petersen-queensland-politics-ntwnfb #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #DavidCrisafulli #LiberalNationalParty #IndigenousAustralians #OneNation #AustraliaNews
Pauline Hanson is no prime minister. This is what Labor must do to stem the rise of One Nation | Peter Beattie https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/02/pauline-hanson-labor-response-rise-one-nation-beattie-ntwnfb #OneNation #PaulineHanson #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #QueenslandPolitics #LaborParty
Government declines to protect Indigenous ‘sacred’ site to be bulldozed for Brisbane Olympic stadium https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/31/brisbane-olympic-stadium-victoria-park-government-declines-to-protect-indigenous-sacred-site-ntwnfb #Queensland #BrisbaneOlympicGames2032 #QueenslandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Brisbane #AustraliaNews
Voters head to polls for by-election in Brisbane seat of Stafford
It’s polling day for voters in the electorate of Stafford in Brisbane’s north, in a by-election battle fought…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #by-election #FionaHammond #Labor #LNP #LukeRichmond #Politics #Qld #QLDPolitics #Queensland #queenslandpolitics #Stafford #staffordby-election #StatePolitics
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/674169/
https://www.europesays.com/2993180/ Voters head to polls for by-election in Brisbane seat of Stafford #australia #ByElection #FionaHammond #labor #lnp #LukeRichmond #Politics #qld #QldPolitics #queensland #QueenslandPolitics #stafford #StaffordByElection #StatePolitics
https://www.europesays.com/2993180/ Voters head to polls for by-election in Brisbane seat of Stafford #australia #ByElection #FionaHammond #labor #lnp #LukeRichmond #Politics #qld #QldPolitics #queensland #QueenslandPolitics #stafford #StaffordByElection #StatePolitics
It’s parliament, not Love Island: Queensland’s ministerial affair drama becomes a sordid distraction https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/tim-mander-amanda-camm-parliament-not-love-island-queensland-ministers-affair-ntwnfb #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #DavidCrisafulli #LoveIsland #AustraliaNews #LaborParty #LiberalNationalParty
Queensland government in ‘integrity crisis’ over alleged undisclosed affair between two ministers, opposition says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/04/queensland-government-ministerial-integrity-alleged-affair-mander-camm #QueenslandPolitics #LiberalNationalParty #Queensland #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #DavidCrisafulli
Inquiry Probes CFMEU's Influence on Cross River Rail
Queensland inquiry hears claims CFMEU tried to influence Cross River Rail contractor choices, potentially raising costs. Who is affected?
#CFMEUInquiry, #CrossRiverRail, #QueenslandPolitics, #UnionInfluence, #InfrastructureProjects
https://newsletter.tf/cfmeu-inquiry-cross-river-rail-contractor-influence/
New details from the Queensland inquiry suggest the CFMEU may have tried to influence who got contracts for the Cross River Rail project. This could have made the project cost more money.
#CFMEUInquiry, #CrossRiverRail, #QueenslandPolitics, #UnionInfluence, #InfrastructureProjects
https://newsletter.tf/cfmeu-inquiry-cross-river-rail-contractor-influence/
Australians will pay more if Albanese fast-tracks fossil fuel projects, former oil and gas leaders warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/01/australians-will-pay-more-if-albanese-fast-tracks-fossil-fuel-projects-former-oil-and-gas-leaders-warn #FossilFuels #Energy #Environment #AustraliaNews #AnthonyAlbanese #Gas #Woodside #QueenslandPolitics
After blows to his anti-protest laws, Minns considers retreat from ‘globalise the intifada’ ban https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/28/nsw-anti-protest-laws-globalise-intifada-minns-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns #NewSouthWales #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #FreedomOfSpeech #QueenslandPolitics #Protest #Antisemitism
Jewish man among first charged in pro-Palestinian slogan crackdown that reminds some of 1970s Queensland
By Joe Hinchliffe
Stephen Heydt says he spoke in a custom-made T-shirt and was ‘charged with two offences: one for the shirt, one for the chanting’
#Queensland #Australianews #Palestine #Protest #Australianlaw #Queenslandpolitics #Race #JBalvin #Brisbane #IndigenousAustralians #JoeHinchliffe
Jimmy Sullivan, Queensland state MP, dies at 44 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/10/jimmy-sullivan-queensland-state-politician-dies-at-44 #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Brisbane #LaborParty
Australian voters are frustrated and angry. One Nation’s SA surge sounds an urgent warning for the Liberals and Labor | Tony Barry https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/23/south-australian-election-voters-frustrated-angry-one-nation #SouthAustralianElection2026 #LiberalParty #OneNation #PeterMalinauskas #PaulineHanson #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #SouthAustralianPolitics #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics
Queensland government ‘opens old wounds’ as police officer criticised after Palm Island riots appointed to Legal Aid board https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/23/queensland-police-detective-darren-robinson-palm-island-legal-aid-board-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #IndigenousAustralians #QueenslandPolitics #Queensland #AustraliaNews
Queensland government backflips on plan to contest all native title claims https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/17/queensland-native-title-claims-government-backflip-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #LiberalNationalParty #AustraliaNews
Queensland arts minister ignored recommendation that new theatre be named after poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/14/queensland-arts-minister-ignored-recommendation-that-new-theatre-be-named-after-poet-oodgeroo-noonuccal-ntwnfb #Queensland #IndigenousAustralians #Theatre #AustraliaNews #QueenslandPolitics
Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ laws likened to Bjelke-Petersen era anti-protest regime https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/12/queensland-from-the-river-to-the-sea-pro-palestine-protest-slogan-laws-likened-to-bjelke-petersen-era-ntwnfb #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #Protest #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
‘Beggars belief’: calls for federal intervention after extension to ‘carbon bomb’ open-cut coalmine approved by Queensland government https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/12/hail-creek-coal-mine-extended-queensland-government-federal-intervention #AustraliaNews #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #AustralianPolitics #Coal #Mining #FossilFuels #Conservation
The LNP’s phrase-banning law is wide open to constitutional attack. Is it a victory for the people, or a smart political play? | Anne Twomey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/08/the-lnps-phrase-banning-law-is-wide-open-to-constitutional-attack-is-it-a-victory-for-the-people-or-a-smart-political-play #Queensland #QueenslandPolitics #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #Protest
Rebel Queensland LNP MP urges colleagues to ‘put on the full armour of God’ and speak against abortion https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/12/nigel-dalton-mp-queensland-lnp-abortion-ntwnfb #QueenslandPolitics #Abortion #Queensland #LiberalNationalParty #DavidCrisafulli #AustraliaNews
‘Gut punch’: top shark expert quits Queensland advisory panel after LNP expands cull program https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/01/top-shark-expert-quits-after-queensland-lnp-expands-cull-program #Queenslandpolitics #Australianews #Environment #Queensland #Marinelife #Sharks
LNP orders review of Queensland’s emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/08/lnp-orders-review-of-queensland-emissions-reduction-target-of-75-by-2035 #LiberalNationalparty #Queenslandpolitics #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #Queensland #Energy
Queensland environment minister stands by ‘scepticism’ about human-induced climate change https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/11/queensland-environment-minister-andrew-powell-stands-by-scepticism-about-human-induced-climate-change #Queenslandpolitics #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Queensland
Conservation groups question Queensland commitment to renewables after hydro scheme scrapped https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/01/queensland-lnp-crisafulli-burdekin-hydro-scheme-scrapped #LiberalNationalparty #Queenslandpolitics #Renewableenergy #DavidCrisafulli #Australianews #Environment #Hydropower #Queensland #Energy
Coalition’s climate and energy policy in tatters as opposition splits over nuclear and renewables https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/18/coalition-climate-energy-policy-opposition-split-nuclear-renewables #Australianpolitics #Queenslandpolitics #DavidLittleproud #Renewableenergy #SimonBirmingham #Australianews #Nationalparty #PeterDutton #Environment #Coalition #Energy #Energy