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Funding boost for rail line before Brisbane 2032

The federal government will add an extra $1.15 billion to a Sunshine Coast rail line, ensuring it will be ready ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

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Queensland Labor’s lurch to the right on youth justice shows a government that’s lost principles and perspective

Premier Steven Miles’ erasure of the human rights principle of ‘detention as a last resort’ for children defies logic

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Crisafulli coy on poll numbers as LNP extends Qld lead

The Liberal National Party opposition is on track for a huge Queensland election victory in October based on the latest YouGov polling.

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A bipartisan committee set out to end Queensland’s politicisation of youth crime. It failed spectacularly

Disappointment and frustration as parliamentary inquiry into youth justice reform ‘degenerates into a squabble’

The Guardian - AU

State's bold emissions targets enshrined into law

Commitments to renewable energy generation and emission reductions have been legislated into law in Queensland.

AAP

Youth crime committee dissolved after political tension

A committee tasked with delivering solutions to youth crime and support to victims has been disbanded just seven months after it was established.

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Queensland state LNP backs Labor’s emission cuts of 75% by 2035 drawing ire from federal colleagues

‘We must do all we can to become more sustainable’, says shadow environment minister

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Afternoon Update: Labor’s $50bn boost to defence; Queensland LNP backs emissions cuts; and Australia’s Olympics uniform revealed

Marles flags plans to recruit non-citizens to serve in the ADF

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: deportation bill blacklist fears, youth justice looms large in Queensland, Ross River virus warnings

Legislation ‘appalling’, refugee groups say; Labor MPs eye up hardline LNP policy; Easter holidaymakers urged to avoid mosquito bites

The Guardian - AU

Youth justice on the line as LNP and Labor weigh up community fears about safety

Some Labor MPs are eyeing LNP’s tough policy on detention in bid to sway anxious voters in October election

The Guardian - AU

Queensland LNP vows to ditch ‘detention as last resort’ approach to youth crime

Opposition leader David Crisafulli says LNP would rewrite Youth Justice Act ‘to put victims first’ if it wins October election

The Guardian - AU

Opposition pitches laws to stop youth crime 'pipeline'

Queensland's opposition says it will introduce laws to tackle youth crime if elected in the October state election, while also focusing on early intervention.

AAP

Wait times for social housing blow out to 28 months

Wait times to acquire social housing in Queensland have blown out to more than two years with more than half of the applicants already homeless, data shows.

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Anti-abortion campaigner wins control of Brisbane LNP division

Concerns raised after former Cherish Life vice-president Alan Baker elected chair of party’s Griffith divisional council

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Queensland LNP should lay the groundwork for walking away from the Olympics

Sports stadiums are the worst kind of infrastructure. Queensland should walk away from the Olympics while it still can.

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The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat track after its ‘Super Saturday’ losses

Steven Miles’s government is fighting battles on multiple fronts – and shifting right or left will only create new problems elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Shock losses to LNP and Greens in Queensland elections sound warning for Labor ahead of October poll

Premier Steven Miles says massive swing against ALP in two key byelections was ‘very bad’ for his government

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Re-elected Brisbane mayor slams 'slow' vote count

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says a post-mortem is needed into slow counting and polling booth problems as residents cast their ballots.

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Appeal for information after death of man found injured on Sydney road – as it happened

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Miles says by-election results 'very bad' for Labor

Queensland's premier says two by-election results are worse than expected for Labor, with significant work needed to turn voters around at the October election.

Newcastle Herald

Parking problems in Newcastle spread far beyond the inner city

'You just have to look at ... Brunker Road.'

AAP

Mayors returned after council elections in Queensland

Local council polls and two by-elections have coincided on a big day for voters in Queensland, where one candidate in particular has drawn close attention.

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Two by-elections provide govt early election gauge

Two by-elections are providing the Queensland premier with a timely gauge of his October poll chances, but it's not looking good for him.

AAP

Premier likens election to 'Everest' after poll slump

The Liberal National Party is on track to win Queensland's October election according to an opinion poll - and the premier says he is not surprised.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland Labor vulnerable on two fronts as Greens target Brisbane’s commuter belt

Housing pressures and the cost-of-living crisis mean Steven Miles’s government is under threat from the Greens in Brisbane and the LNP in the regions

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