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Renewed calls for Bundaberg flood evacuation route on 10th anniversary of Cyclone Oswald

Ten years after ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald battered the Queensland coast and prompted what was then Australia's biggest ever peacetime evacuation, calls for long-awaited flood mitigation plans have been renewed.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2023

Picture of grief as Elle Edwards' heartbroken dad lays flowers at murder scene

The 26-year-old beautician became the latest innocent victim caught in the crossfire of criminals with guns

Liverpool Echo · Dec 27, 2022

Labor just ahead in two Queensland polls and retains large federal poll lead

The Poll Bludger reported on two Queensland polls on December 12. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted December 1-8 from a sample of 1,000, had a 50-50 tie, unchanged since June. Primary votes were 38% LNP (steady), 34% Labor (steady), 13% Greens (down one), 11% One Nation (up…

The Conversation · Dec 19, 2022

Former MP Andrew Laming welcomes apology over Nine's award-winning 'lewd photo' story, criticises Scott Morrison's handling

Former Bowman MP Andrew Laming welcomes an unreserved apology from Nine after he sued the broadcaster for defamation over an award-winning television report aired last year.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

Brisbane's Cross River Rail engineering technology transforms Brisbane

As Brisbane's $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project powers on, the state's LNP opposition has called for it be renamed after the late Queen Elizabeth II.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

Brisbane LNP councillors dismiss 'unhinged, anti-car' Greens proposal for 30kph streets

Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan's second attempt at installing 30kph speed limits on Brisbane streets is voted down in council chambers.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Pharmacist prescription trial proposed as possible solution to the GP shortage faces indefinite delays

Some Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP, and one state has come up with a possible solution that would allow pharmacists to take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But a trial that was due to begin in June has now been delayed, with no…

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

North-west Brisbane traffic and transport study draws heated debate between Labor state, LNP local governments

Queensland's Transport Minister has described Brisbane City Council's latest vision for a new toll road to relieve congestion in the city's north-west as a "feeble fantasy" and a "farce".

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022

Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2022

We fact checked claims that vaccines caused Germany's birth rate to plunge. Here's what we found

A sizeable drop in Germany's birth rate in the first months of 2022 has prompted claims from anti-vaxxers that COVID-19 vaccines were to blame.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022