No relief in sight for long aged care wait times
By Sabrina Lenzen
Imagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to
Read more18 May 2026Government
Government ignores recommendation to ban gambling ads
The Federal Government has chosen to ignore most of the 31 recommendations in a public health inquiry into online gambling harm – including a ban on gambling
Read more13 May 2026
Mount Mee Road upgrade planning activated
The Queensland Government has activated a process to plan upgrades to the Mount Mee Road north of Brisbane.
The road, also known as the Brisbane‑Woodford Road, runs
Read more13 May 2026
Permit scheme for short stay accommodation dumped
Brisbane City Council has dumped a proposed permit scheme for short-term accommodation providers.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the decision had been made against a
Read more13 May 2026
Albanese uses big majority to ignore missing mandate
By Michelle Grattan
The tilt of this budget was, when you think about it, predictable.
The Albanese government has used the first budget of its second term to do what
Read more13 May 2026
Federal Budget addresses world ‘throwing a lot at us’
The Federal Government has released its 2026-27 budget, complete with changes to Capital Gains Tax and Negative Gearing and cuts to the NDIS.
Below is a summary of the
Read more13 May 2026
One Nation surge is now being taken seriously
By Josh Sunman
One Nation’s surge can no longer be seen as a blip or an aberration.
As the results in the Farrer byelection showed, the right-wing populist party –
Read more11 May 2026
Farrer result takes heat off broken Labor promises
By Michelle Gratten
No wonder Jim Chalmers was anxious to use every opportunity on Sunday to weigh in on the Liberals’ “bloodbath” in Farrer.
It was extremely good
Read more11 May 2026
$10 billion fuel and fertiliser security plan unveiled
By Michelle Grattan
With the fuel crisis showing no sign of abating, the Albanese government has unveiled a package worth more than $10 billion to protect the
Read more7 May 2026
Brisbane River to get zipline tourism icon
By Susan Schwartz
A wheelchair-accessible zipline over the Brisbane River is the latest eco-tourism project to be funded by the Queensland Government.
The Brisbane River
Read more6 May 2026