Griffith was held by Labor for almost a quarter of a century before the ‘Greenslide’ of 2022. Its current progressive MP faces a tough fight to retain it.
Three years on from Brisbane city’s “Greenslide”,three seats are in the firing line. But while the party’s weakest seat,Ryan,might be leafy,locals aren’t so sure it’s still Green.
The race for Brisbane is a genuine three-way rematch,and the result could be key to either major party forming government.
Almost half of all Australian voters are expected to vote early,and possibly even more in Queensland,where election day falls on a long weekend.
The alleged offender remains under police guard at Sunshine Coast University Hospital,and has been charged with 15 offences.
Queenslanders have given Premier David Crisafulli an emphatic tick of approval,but federal counterpart Peter Dutton is not basking in his afterglow.
A closer examination of the project revealed extra costs associated with connecting mining and renewable energy projects,the state government said.
In Wednesday’s heated session of parliament,Premier David Crisafulli defended his government’s law and order reforms.
Rape,attempted murder,aggravated robbery,torture and arson are among the offences to be added in the next tranche of changes.
Queensland students have been receiving thousands of dollars less in state government funding than their interstate counterparts,data reveals.
A state government has been slammed for abandoning permanent pill-testing clinics after extremely potent synthetic opioids were found in Australian wastewater for the first time.