Steven Miles took the top job in December,pitching himself as Labor’s best chance for the October election. New polling for Brisbane Times details what’s changed.
The Queensland-based federal opposition leader and Premier Steven Miles,maybe more by design than accident,landed on the same side of migration talk this week.
The Brisbane Lord Mayor has walked back his decision of barely five months ago to abandon the 2032 Games leaders’ forum – despite outstanding differences of opinion.
“If you could choose to get an apartment for 100-grand less,not have to have a car ... why would we not let you have that choice?”
Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says the federal budget reflects a choice by the Albanese government to prioritise its political survival over infrastructure planning.
Amid government efforts to address grocery pricing and competition concerns nationwide,advice to the state has pointed to potential planning interventions.
The push – on federal budget day and ahead of the state’s own pre-election budget – calls for faster,not deeper,action on arrivals.
A federal inquiry saw Woolworths’ chief executive threatened with jail. The state effort has seen a maybe not-so-surprising intervention from the Premier.
A long-awaited master plan for the popular precinct has landed with three shorter-term focus areas,before bulldozing the Piazza and expanding the iconic lagoon.
While broadly welcomed by social service groups,there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
The group has gone public with concerns after its members were let go on former commissioner Katarina Carroll’s last day.