Stuart Layt
Jam-packed Queensland prisons are rife with drugs, violence and corruption: watchdog
Queensland’s prison system is overcrowded and rife with corruption, including guards bashing inmates and providing them with drugs and even weapons, a...
Queensland child rapist jailed for 19 years
Queensland child rapist Jason Daron Mizner will spend at least the next 15 years behind bars for grooming and sexually abusing a...
Taxpayers were about to give Qld Rail bosses a bonus despite failures
Queensland taxpayers were about to handover bonus payments to Queensland Rail bosses, despite service failures dragging for two years. The government-owned company...
Abortion reform laws introduced in Queensland
The Queensland government has introduced laws to decriminalise abortion to state parliament. Queensland and New South Wales are the only two Australian...
Queensland government defends five-star hotel stays for Commonwealth Games
Queensland’s premier and other ministers racked up more than $80,000 worth of accommodation during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games due to security...
Queensland ‘long overdue’ for abortion law reform: Deputy Premier Jackie Trad
Queensland’s Deputy Premier Jackie Trad says reform of the state’s abortion laws is much needed, as right-to-life groups step up their campaign...
Ipswich Council corruption and bullying festered for years: Report
The Queensland corruption watchdog has found a culture of corruption and bullying was allowed to fester for years at Ipswich City Council....
Campbell Newman’s $1 billion plan to axe the Commonwealth Games
Queensland’s former Campbell Newman Liberal National Party government sought advice on scrapping the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, documents released by Labor show....
Super Saturday: Lamb wins Longman by-election for Labor
A jubilant Bill Shorten has congratulated Susan Lamb for winning back the seat of Longman on what he dubbed a Super Saturday...
Treasurer Jackie Trad’s first Qld budget contains big surprise
Queensland has posted a surprise $1.5 billion surplus after Treasurer Jackie Trad handed down what she’s called a “responsible” first budget focusing...