The Latest Breaking News from LNP

LNP hopes clock ticking on Labor in Qld vote countdown

Queensland's opposition is trying to call time on the long-serving Labor government while the treasurer questions how their rivals will fund election promises.

AAP · Jul 18, 2024

MP with incurable brain disease to quit politics

A newly elected Queensland MP diagnosed with an incurable brain disease the day he was sworn into parliament is quitting politics to focus on his young family.

AAP · Jul 12, 2024

'Adult time' plan for kids won't stop crime: advocates

The Queensland opposition's plan for children to serve adult sentences for serious crimes will not stop reoffending, advocacy groups say.

AAP · Jul 8, 2024

The week in parliament: the theoretical impossibility of Tucker Carlson and nuclear tensions simmer in Coalition ranks

Far-right provocateur ducks cocktail party, Climate 200 takes aim at fresh electoral targets and Labor MP stumbles into a nest of Nats

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2024

'Duttonheimer': Qld protesters lash LNP's nuclear plan

Protesters have rallied outside LNP headquarters in Brisbane against a nuclear future proposed by federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

AAP · Jun 24, 2024

Peter Dutton has promised to solve our energy problems – but his nuclear policy still leaves Australians in the dark

In 1971 on a family holiday, my father drove us to look at a huge concrete slab at Jervis Bay, on the South Coast of New South Wales. Still visible today, it was the foundation for what would have been Australia’s first nuclear power plant.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2024

Time for leaders to shake the tree and get Newcastle a better deal

'It might take years, but it's achievable if we try.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 18, 2024

Queensland could be nuclear hub under Coalition’s new energy plan

State’s existing coal-fired power plant sites being considered, along with NSW’s Hunter Valley and South Australia’s Port Augusta

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024

Coalition’s climate and energy policy in disarray as opposition splits over nuclear and renewables

Simon Birmingham contradicts Nationals’ leader, saying renewables are ‘an important part of the mix’ while Queensland LNP leader rules out nuclear

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024

Queensland government splashes the cash around – but it’s unlikely to save it in the October election

Many a government has spent generously to woo voters in election years. Some might even say recklessly.

The Conversation · Jun 14, 2024