Queensland housing minister urges compassion after ‘appalling’ call to raise rents by 20% Leeanne Enoch says email sent to landlords by Brisbane agent comes amid ‘unprecedented pressures’ on market The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2022
Airbnb landlords to pay tens of thousands of dollars under proposed Queensland levy Greens bill will see investors pay 5% levy on all residential property left vacant for more than six months The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2022
‘Cowering before wealthy investors’: Queensland scraps tax changes targeting interstate landlords Backflip comes after resistance from real estate industry and NSW’s refusal to hand over information The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2022
Tenants angered as Brisbane building owner seeks to turn all units into Airbnb accommodation Queensland landlord informs residents their homes will be turned into short-term rentals The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022
Greens want two-year rent freeze in Qld The Queensland Greens want to freeze rents for all residential properties in the state for two years and cap increases after that. AAP · Aug 30, 2022
Rent freeze: what will the Greens achieve if it comes into effect in Queensland? Greens bill being introduced to parliament will seek to freeze residential rents across the state for two years The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2022
Queensland Health to review medical costs for sexual assault victims by end of year Organisation says fees for treatment of injuries, MRIs and STI testing for people without medicare would be reassessed The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2022
Homes flooded in February hit the market, but real estate agents not bound to tell buyers Desperate home owners are selling their properties months after they were damaged in south-east Queensland's flood disaster — but the risk of inundation is not always made clear to house hunters. ABC News · May 27, 2022
Review of forensic DNA testing ‘falls short’ for Queensland victims, critics say Specific cases may be examined to inform scope of review, no re-analysis of DNA samples will be done The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022
Qld farmers want reef law science auditor Queensland farmers have slammed the major parties for not backing a crossbench bill to wind back Barrier Reef runoff rules, which they claim are not scientific. AAP · Mar 30, 2022
Greens and LNP in rare agreement over Queensland government’s pandemic powers Annastacia Palaszczuk government’s push to extend Covid pandemic powers meets opposition in parliament The Guardian - AU · Mar 29, 2022