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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

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

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

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 –

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

$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

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

Queensland home ownership falls to historically low levels

By Shane Rodgers Queensland has one of the nation’s lowest levels of home ownership in a market grappling with cost pressures, mismatched supply and low rental

State seeks businesses interest in new fuel projects

The Queensland Government has called for expressions of interest to bring forward fuel refining and storage proposals on government owned sites and ports across the

Federal Budget to cut electric vehicle concessions

By Michelle Grattan Next week’s budget will contain cutbacks to the concessional treatment of electric vehicles (EVs) that will save the government $1.7 billion over

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