Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, with key Cabinet ministers Steven Miles (left) and Cameron Dick after the last Cabinet reshuffle. (Photo: AAP Image/Dan Peled)

News

Is Palaszczuk in danger of keeping everyone safe except herself?

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk keeps insisting her priority is to keep Queenslanders safe. But if that is not the priority for all Queenslanders, Labor risks governing itself out of office, writes Sean Parnell.

Politics

LNP comes out swinging on Cross River Rail and finally gets back in the fight

The Palaszczuk Government is on the back foot — if not on the rails — in Parliament over potential cost blow-outs with the Brisbane Cross River Rail project as the opposition finally gains some traction, writes Peter McCutcheon.

Politics

Cross River Rail intrigue: nine minutes, three lines, two stations, one marginal seat

The Opposition has accused Labor of dangerous politicking in the location choice of a new train station but the government insists it will save commuters a nine-minute walk.

News

War on the waterfront as Eagle Street tower defends its position

The owners of Brisbane’s waterfront Riparian Plaza will oppose an adjacent development the State Government wanted to provide economic stimulus.

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Boring work, but Cross River Rail project is already producing a hole lot of dirt

Tunnelling for Cross River Rail will remove enough rock and dirt to fill the Gabba. But planners have other uses in mind.