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Boss of troubled DNA lab resigns after being suspended

A director has resigned in another setback for a beleaguered DNA lab that had major failings over a number of years exposed by back-to-back inquiries.

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Food bowl put ahead of coal with mine proposal rejected

A state government has been accused of sending "mixed signals" after rejecting a proposed coal mine in a major food bowl.

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Hung parliament still likely outcome of Tasmanian election, with Liberals well ahead of Labor in new poll

A new Tasmanian DemosAU poll gives the Liberals a 34.9–24.7 statewide vote lead over Labor, implying the Liberals will win the most seats but be short of a majority at this Saturday’s election. I also cover how the Coalition’s vote was inefficiently distributed at the federal election, as well as…

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Queensland LNP government launches inquiry into CFMEU state branch and its Labor ‘enablers’

Deputy premier likens investigation to 1980s Fitzgerald inquiry, accusing Labor of orchestrating ‘protection racket’ for union

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'Temu version': opposition lashes visionless budget

A state opposition leader has promised to extend land tax concessions indefinitely after calling the government's budget a cheaper version of his party's ideas.

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Funding fires starter's gun for Brisbane 2032 Games

The countdown to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics has begun with a state government allocating almost $150 million to Games infrastructure in a milestone budget.

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Queensland state budget 2025: five key takeaways

A looming wage fight, the end of the coal boom and a shared equity scheme for first home buyers is on the cards

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Queensland treasurer rejects budget ‘horror show’ and finally exorcises Campbell Newman’s ghost

David Janetzki’s ‘no austerity’ budget grows the public sector, increases state debt to more than $200bn and is relatively free of ideological nasties

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Queensland state budget 2025: LNP to boost spending and hire more frontline staff as debt projected to top $200bn

Treasurer David Janetzki says his ‘no austerity’ measures aim to end Labor scare campaigns about job cuts

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Debt forecast has alarm bells ringing for Olympic hosts

A state government's debt is set to reach record heights as it plans an Olympics, with the threat of higher borrowing costs for major infrastructure projects.

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Queensland budget 2025: Crisafulli vows no austerity despite state facing $218bn debt

Premier says you can ‘respect people’s money’ and still lift public services as LNP hands down first budget since 2014

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Final counting shows polls understated Labor in 2025 election almost as much as they overstated it in 2019

With almost all primary votes now counted to two-party preferred (as I explained on May 29), Labor has won the national two-party vote by a 55.3–44.7 margin, although this may drop to a 55.2–44.8 margin once the remaining votes from Bradfield come in.

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Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin

Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in Victoria, with the other two unchanged. I had a wrap of earlier button presses on Tuesday.

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Fears Queensland is ‘closed for clean business’ as LNP cancels billion-dollar windfarm despite conditional approval

Green groups and industry war axing of Moonlight Range Wind Farm project risks undermining confidence in renewables

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Here come the culture wars: can Queensland’s LNP resist wading into the ideological mire?

David Crisafulli’s small-target election campaign has created problems for how the LNP governs that are already beginning to show through

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Counts in Bradfield and Calwell become clearer, while Jacqui Lambie faces a possible problem in the Tasmanian Senate

Counting in several extremely close seats continues, but some results have become clearer. In Liberal-held Bradfield, Teal candidate Nicolette Boele has taken the lead, while the Calwell distribution of preferences indicates an independent is on track to pass the Liberals and benefit from their preferences against Labor. Meanwhile, Jacqui Lambie…

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Liberals and Nationals call it quits: what does the ‘monumental’ Coalition split mean for day-to-day politics?

The Nationals are now a minor party – here’s what’s changing, from question time allocations to salaries

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The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back

In the weeks since the federal election, there’s been much speculation about the future of the Coalition agreement. In their soul-searching, it seemed possible the Liberals might pull the pin, given the degree of their electoral losses and their need to rebuild.

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LNP’s youth crime legislation condemned by UN as ‘incompatible with basic child rights’

United Nations special rapporteur on torture urges Queensland parliament to vote down the laws

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LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise

EDO boss says Crisafulli government decision means many ‘won’t even know their rights, let alone have the chance to exercise them’

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We may be waiting weeks for a result in the seat of Calwell – the most complex ever counted in an Australian election

AEC says they will have ‘absolute guns’ on Victorian electorate’s count after unusually large number of candidates polled a significant number of votes

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Queensland Labor expels MP after LNP raises domestic violence allegations

Member for Stafford Jimmy Sullivan responds with defiant statement accusing Labor MPs of ‘cheap political move’ against him

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While the Liberals haemorrhaged, the Nationals held their own. Is it time to break up the Coalition?

Among the notable features of this year’s election campaign was that Australia’s second-oldest political party was apparently missing in action. At the same time, it managed to avoid the rout inflicted on its coalition partner.

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Too close to call: follow the federal election results in the undecided seats here

Things are looking rocky in Bullwinkel for Labor but it’s likely the party will hold Richmond against the Greens

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Greens leader Adam Bandt and Teal Zoe Daniel likely to lose their seats

With 80% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is giving Labor 87 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition 40, the Greens zero and all Others ten, with 13 seats remaining undecided.

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