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Queensland youth justice minister denounced policies now spruiked as ‘toughest in the nation’

Di Farmer told state parliament in 2019 the sorts of measures now championed by Labor would almost guarantee children would reoffend

The Guardian - AU

Palaszczuk pledges $500m for renewables as Labor sharpens pitch for 2024 state election

Premier suffered lowest approval rating on record in recent poll but message at Queensland Labor state conference was about unity

The Guardian - AU

Gold Coast city councillor Cameron Caldwell wins Liberal Party's preselection for Fadden in five-cornered contest

Gold Coast city councillor and planning boss Cameron Caldwell wins the Liberal Party's preselection battle for the federal seat of Fadden and will be the frontrunner when the northern Gold Coast electorate heads to the polls in July.

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Michael Pascoe: Waiting for other PwC shoes to drop all over Canberra

To mix my metaphors, there is a footlocker of shoes yet to drop from the PricewaterhouseCoopers scandal – and not on PwC.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: We urgently need a real national security review

For all the effort of current Labor and LNP politicians to talk tough, they don’t even have a national security strategy.

The New Daily

Hundreds of children charged for breaching bail in first two months of controversial Queensland law

State’s human rights commissioner says it is ‘troubling’ Palaszczuk government presents those numbers ‘as some sort of positive achievement’

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: The ‘A’ in ALP stands for Albanese

Something rather important has been overlooked in the first anniversary of the election – Anthony Albanese’s takeover of the Labor Party.

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MP speaks out against voice claims – as it happened

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Of the many things the budget didn’t explain, this could be the most important

Did the budget leave the Albanese government, just one year old this week, the maximum amount of political room to move?

The New Daily

‘Unacceptable’: PM blasts Stuart Robert absence in parliament

Anthony Albanese has blasted Queensland MP Stuart Robert for not showing up to parliament while still receiving a fat taxpayer-funded salary.

The New Daily

Qld premier meets with ministers for imminent reshuffle

Queensland's health minister is expected to be removed from the troubled portfolio with the premier on the eve of a major cabinet shake-up.

The New Daily

Former Qld police commissioner wants to keep door 'open' on GPS trackers for youth offenders

Bob Atkinson, who also sat on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, says the use of GPS trackers may be a useful tool into the future, despite a low uptake during a Queensland trial.

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Michael Pascoe: The ratings are in: Dutton’s a dud – a dangerous dud

Forget the various polls and pundits, the real voice of the Australian people has spoken: Peter Dutton is a dud – and getting worse.

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‘Crime, coal, crocs’: Palaszczuk’s charm offensive met with blunt reality in north Queensland

Premier travels to Cairns for regional sitting week, but Robbie Katter steals limelight with talk of state’s ‘deep divide’

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Stuart Robert: former minister and ally of Scott Morrison to retire, sparking byelection

Robert’s retirement means a second byelection test for Peter Dutton’s opposition, this time in the Queensland seat of Fadden

The Guardian - AU

Maryborough crash tragedy shows draconian laws can’t eradicate youth crime

Weeks after passing ‘the toughest laws in Australia’, Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is forced to admit there’s no easy fix

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Mick Fanning voices opposition to Gold Coast light rail as MP Michael Hart 'changes view'

A prominent planner says 2032 Olympic Games visitors will struggle to get to and from the Gold Coast's airport without a controversial light rail link that residents are fighting to have stopped.

The Guardian - AU

Australia being unable to afford greater environmental protection is a government myth that refuses to die

Redirecting massive defence spending and implementing a windfalls gains tax in the 2023 federal budget could go a long way to saving our environment

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The Conversation

Labor gains in Newspoll but Voice support slumps in other polls; NSW final results and Queensland polls

A federal Newspoll, conducted April 19-22 from a sample of 1,514, gave Labor a 56-44 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 33% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (down one) and 11% for all…

The Guardian - AU

The stage-three tax cuts are bad economic policy – and a dumb political strategy, too

Does Labor think they will get credit for ‘fiscal responsibility’ from a shameless opposition that implemented the cuts in the first place?

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: If the Liberals hope to survive it must be as progressive conservatives

Maybe the Liberal Party needs to split, like Labor did in 1955. Failing that, it must regroup and rebrand to reflect modern Australia.

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Michael Pascoe: How can Dutton remake the party of Parliament’s biggest RWNJ?

Who is the biggest looney in Parliament? It’s purely a matter of opinion, but for mine, Gerard Rennick has shot ahead of a crowded field.

AAP

LNP names candidates 18 months out from Queensland poll

The Queensland state election is due to take place in October 2024 but the Liberal National Party has already named some of its candidates.

The Guardian - AU

Agricultural sector joins fight to protect Queensland’s wild rivers from gas fields

Grazier says oil and gas industry largely self-enforce regulations in the Lake Eyre basin with no consequences for non-compliance

The Guardian - AU

Forget the cries of socialism and class warfare, super is no longer politically untouchable

The hysterical response to changes in superannuation policy, led by the Murdoch press, is not as effective as it used to be

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