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What Annastacia really thinks of Jackie Trad
by STEVEN WARDILL 14th Feb 2021 9:27 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Annastacia Palaszczuk has lamented the loss of her former deputy Jackie Trad while insisting her own fate remained in the hands of Queenslanders because she would not retire before the next election.
Why Premier is right to ask PM for assistance
by Steven Wardill 5th Feb 2021 4:52 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Federal Tourism Minister Dan Tehan insists he's itching to get back to Magnetic Island with his family. "My grandparents went for their honeymoon on Magnetic Island, off Townsville, nearly 100 years ago," Tehan said this week. "And ever since then, the family have been travelling, every winter, the family heads up there to holiday, uncles, aunts, you name it.
No sex please, we’re the state LNP
by Steven Wardill 28th Nov 2020 4:41 AM Premium Content Subscriber only David Crisafulli, the new leader of the Opposition, has laid down the law to his 34-member party room: no bonking. That's right, Crisafulli has introduced a strict pants-on policy for Liberal National MPs when they're fraternising with each other, as well as the hired help.
Labor accused of giving voters’ private details to unions
by STEVEN WARDILL 24th Oct 2020 5:00 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Australia's election officials are probing whether the private details of Queenslanders were shared illegally by Annastacia Palaszczuk's Labor Party with unions so they could directly influence voters in critical seats.
Exclusive: The only leader voters trust with our economy
by STEVEN WARDILL 7th Oct 2020 5:10 AM Premium Content Subscriber only More Queenslanders believe Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk would do a better job managing the state's economic recovery and creating jobs than her LNP opponent, Deb Frecklington. In a major fillip for Labor's re-election campaign, The Courier-Mail's exclusive YouGov Poll has revealed Ms Palaszczuk's dominance on the critical question of the economy extends to every region across the state.
QLD DECIDES: The side poised for victory in 2020 election
by Steven Wardill 5th Oct 2020 6:44 PM Premium Content Subscriber only ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk looks poised to claim victory at the 2020 election with the Premier's popularity surging during the COVID-19 crisis. News Corp's exclusive YouGov Poll of 2000 Queenslanders has revealed the Premier's resurgent popularity has helped Labor eclipse the party's primary vote at the 2017 state election.
Race for regions wide open as one party bombs
by Steven Wardill 5th Oct 2020 3:35 PM Premium Content Subscriber only PAULINE Hanson's support has dive bombed in regional Queensland since the 2017 election with One Nation unlikely to secure the balance of power in the next State Parliament. Conducted exclusively for The Courier-Mail, the YouGov poll of more than 2000 Queenslanders has found the LNP has picked up the lion's share of One Nation's lost support.
‘Anyone can come’: Adani’s offer to Labor
by STEVEN WARDILL 18th Sep 2020 12:18 AM Premium Content Subscriber only The new chief of controversial coal company Adani has jokingly offered to show Palaszczuk Government ministers around the Carmichael Mine site if they were interested in the job-generating project. "Anyone can come and see the progress," Adani's David Boshoff said, as he laughed off questions about why the Government continued to ignore the massive project.
First look at Australia’s most controversial mine
by STEVEN WARDILL 18th Sep 2020 12:11 AM Premium Content Subscriber only IT'S the mine activists love to hate, the project that the Palaszczuk Government did not want to proceed and the issue that helped cost Bill Shorten the keys to the Lodge. Yet despite a decade of controversy before finally winning approval last year, Adani has quietly made massive progress on the Carmichael Mine which has become one of Queensland's greatest new job generators during the COVID-19 crisis.
Labor haunted by mining mistakes of past
by Steven Wardill 18th Sep 2020 12:24 AM Premium Content Subscriber only The question of the future of thermal coal mining in Queensland still deeply confounds the Left-dominated Palaszczuk government and is certain to be an election issue on October 31. I was reminded of this twice during the week, once while touring Adani's emerging central Queensland coal mine and the second time while on a lunch run for a lamb wrap.
$550k in 2020: Big cash to access our pollies
by STEVEN WARDILL 16th Sep 2020 5:02 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Queensland's major political parties cashed in by selling access to their senior decision-makers this year under a dubious fundraising scheme that was denounced a decade ago by revered corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald.
Queenslanders expect Labor to win but won't vote for them
by Steven Wardill 14th Sep 2020 5:17 AM Premium Content Subscriber only QUEENSLANDERS expect the Palaszczuk Government will be returned at the October 31 election but not enough of them are prepared to back Labor to ensure it happens. Exhaustive polling by YouGov has exposed how voters are unimpressed about their options with widespread disapproval of both major parties and their leaders ahead of the crucial election.
Spy or Nazi? Cap’n Dan takes secret to his grave
by Steven Wardill 31st Aug 2020 10:54 AM Premium Content Subscriber only SADLY, one of the most colourful characters of modern Queensland elections won't be making another run at it again this October. Cap'n Dan Van Blarcom passed away in Mackay Hospital a few weeks back.
How Qld will look if Greens hold balance of power
by Steven Wardill 27th Aug 2020 5:24 AM | Updated: 9:56 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A renewables manufacturing industry funded from the public purse shapes as a key Greens demand if the party holds the balance of power in Queensland after the state election. Greens MP Michael Berkman will today unveil his party's manifesto for manufacturing, which includes taxpayer-owned solar and wind turbine factories in regional Queensland.
Why ‘back to normal’ is still bad news
by STEVEN WARDILL 18th Aug 2020 5:03 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A RETURN to a "business as usual" approach after the COVID-19 crisis would consign the Queensland economy to subdued growth, high unemployment and falling living standards. The stark warning is contained in a damning new Queensland Productivity Commission research paper which found the state's economy was in poor condition before the coronavirus pandemic.
Qld businesses’ life expectancy revealed
by Steven Wardill 3rd Aug 2020 4:48 AM premium_icon Subscriber only Most Queensland businesses fear they'll go bust within the next 12 months as the coronavirus-induced recession bites and government handouts get gradually removed. The latest Suncorp Pulse survey, set to be released today, paints a bleak picture of doing business in the Sunshine State, with owners and operators deeply pessimistic about a recovery anytime soon.
‘Good for Queensland’: Voters abandon Labor and LNP
by STEVEN WARDILL 10th Jun 2020 10:03 PM | Updated: 11th Jun 2020 4:59 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S first four-year term appears destined to be governed by a cobbled-together coalition, with neither of the major parties able to attract a primary vote of more than 40 per cent since 2016.
Labor voters back Jackie Trad axing
by Steven Wardill 9th Jun 2020 5:00 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLANDERS have overwhelmingly backed Jackie Trad's exit from Cabinet following a tumultuous 12 months for the controversial former deputy premier. A new YouGov poll, conducted exclusively for The Courier-Mail, has revealed more than two out of three voters believe Ms Trad should have resigned following her latest integrity scandal, including most Labor supporters.
Mason Lee won’t be the last if system remains broken mess
by STEVEN WARDILL 5th Jun 2020 4:09 AM premium_icon Subscriber only FOR the best part of 20 years, Queensland has been regularly pulling apart and piecing back together its system for protecting the state's most vulnerable children. I wonder sometimes whether it's achieved a goddamn thing. Deputy Coroner Jane Bentley's excoriating assessment this week of Caboolture toddler Mason Jet Lee's death in 2016 certainly indicates little has changed for the better.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Border trade-off: What Premier’s willing to offer
by Steven Wardill, Jessica Marszalek 27th May 2020 4:54 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND looks set to open up faster, with intrastate travel restrictions dropped sooner and more people allowed in cafes and restaurants as a trade-off over the continuing border closures. Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday told a crucial meeting of influential business leaders on the Gold Coast she would fast-track the easing of some restrictions but warned she would not budge on opening Queensland's border.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Push for Queenslanders to see own state
by Steven Wardill 26th May 2020 5:18 AM premium_icon Subscriber only QUEENSLAND'S ailing tourism industry would be thrown a massive lifeline if travel restrictions on the state's five million residents were eased in time to take advantage of the winter holiday season.
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Premier between rock and hard place on border closure
by STEVEN WARDILL 22nd May 2020 4:27 AM premium_icon Subscriber only I DON'T blame Annastacia Palaszczuk for being a bit shirty about the whole border debate. And she's not happy. Not a bit. Why should Queensland be dictated to about its border by New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian?
Desperate plea as business hits ‘crisis point’
by Steven Wardill 18th May 2020 4:58 AM premium_icon Subscriber only BUSINESS confidence has crashed to levels that eclipse the global financial crisis, sparking calls for the Palaszczuk Government to cut red tape and bankroll infrastructure to resuscitate the Queensland economy. The Courier-Mail can reveal the latest Suncorp Pulse Survey, to be released today, will detail how 70 per cent of the state's businesses had suffered plunging profits during the coronavirus crisis.
Desperate plea as business hits ‘crisis point’
by Steven Wardill 18th May 2020 4:58 AM premium_icon Subscriber only BUSINESS confidence has crashed to levels that eclipse the global financial crisis, sparking calls for the Palaszczuk Government to cut red tape and bankroll infrastructure to resuscitate the Queensland economy. The Courier-Mail can reveal the latest Suncorp Pulse Survey, to be released today, will detail how 70 per cent of the state's businesses had suffered plunging profits during the coronavirus crisis.
Desperate plea as business hits ‘crisis point’
by Steven Wardill 18th May 2020 4:58 AM premium_icon Subscriber only BUSINESS confidence has crashed to levels that eclipse the global financial crisis, sparking calls for the Palaszczuk Government to cut red tape and bankroll infrastructure to resuscitate the Queensland economy. The Courier-Mail can reveal the latest Suncorp Pulse Survey, to be released today, will detail how 70 per cent of the state's businesses had suffered plunging profits during the coronavirus crisis.
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