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The day that Labor’s nightmare began

26 March 2012 | John Black

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The Queensland ALP was pronounced terminally ill the day before the election, when the bookies started to pay out on a LNP win.

Humiliating defeat for a party all out of excuses

26 March 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Voters have been waiting a long time to deliver the brutal message they sent to Anna Bligh and Queensland Labor on Saturday night.

LNP’s Ashgrove gamble pays off

24 March 2012 | Matthew Cranston

The Liberal National Party’s gamble in having leader Campbell Newman contest the premiership of Queensland from outside the parliament has been a resounding success.

A 30-metre billboard that mirrors Labor’s woes

24 March 2012 | Matthew Cranston

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A year ago, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh turned and whispered in Parliament to Ashgrove MP Kate Jones that Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman planned to contest her seat at the state election.

Last hurrah for a lost cause

24 March 2012 | Tony Walker

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“We’re f---ed,’’ said the Labor identity over a “drink and be merry for tomorrow we die” lunch at a fashionable trattoria in the Brisbane central business district on Friday

Bob tries to rebuild as bookies pay out

22 March 2012 | Matthew Cranston

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Former prime minister Bob Hawke said yesterday that Queensland’s Liberal National Party hasn’t shed the attitudes of former conservative premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who ran the state from 1968 to 1987.

Body language speaks volumes

21 March 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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As Campbell Newman swept through North Queensland on Tuesday, he had one key message for LNP supporters: keep up the fight until polling day to ensure victory.

Slow response on mine water rules, says inquiry

19 March 2012 | Dan Hall

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The commission of inquiry into the 2010-11 Queensland floods has taken aim at the Department of Environment and Resource Management over its handling of mine water discharge regulations.

Qld farmers march against CSG

12 March 2012 | Dan Hall

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Environmental groups have taken their concerns over coal seam gas to the Brisbane electorate of Ashgrove, where LNP leader Campbell Newman is trying to win a seat in Parliament.

Wide-brimmed view guides Katter manifesto

12 March 2012 | Tony Walker

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Bob Katter is sitting under a mango tree outside a diner on Thursday Island’s main street on a blistering day in February doing what comes naturally to Australia’s most eccentric politician, which is to talk – and talk.

Bligh to take Newman with her

12 March 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Queensland Labor’s increasingly desperate re-election campaign got even more shrill on Sunday. Anna Bligh evoked the ghosts of the Bjelke-Petersen era.

Bligh gets rough as poll nears

12 March 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has signalled an escalation of Labor’s smear campaign against Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman in the final weeks of the state election campaign.

I’ll win my seat, says Newman

07 March 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Queensland Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman denies he is under pressure to win his seat in Parliament on March 24, despite a new opinion poll showing he is trailing Labor MPKate Jones.

Labor ahead in Newman’s Qld seat

06 March 2012 |

Labor's Kate Jones has overtaken would-be Queensland premier Campbell Newman in the polls in the crucial seat of Ashgrove.

Bligh expects helping hands in campaign

28 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said she would welcome Kevin Rudd back on the hustings in the state election campaign, despite his crushing defeat in yesterday’s federal Labor leadership ballot.

Bligh loses whoever wins

25 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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The Queensland Premier had enough problems without the federal circus. Now it’s almost impossible for her to win.

Bligh tipped to benefit from a Rudd win

23 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said she was relieved the federal Labor leadership speculation had come to a head following the resignation of Kevin Rudd.

Qld election briefs

22 February 2012 |

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The Queensland branch of the ALP has refused to confirm if party officials conducted a background check on Peter Watson, 19, the candidate for the Southern Downs.

Ashgrove the key to victory

20 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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The long-suffering voters of Ashgrove in Brisbane’s inner-west are in for an arduous five-week election campaign.

Centre stage, Rudd hits out at Newman

18 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is taking centre stage in the Queensland election campaign, leading the attack on Queensland Liberal National Party Leader Campbell Newman.

Only Newman for LNP

11 February 2012 |

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Queensland Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman on Friday refused to buy into the debate about who would lead an LNP government if he does not win his own parliamentary seat.

Rudd backs friend in need on hustings

02 February 2012 | Mark Ludlow

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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd yesterday admitted it would be a “David and Goliath” battle for Labor to win the Queensland election.

Challenge inevitable as doomsday nears

02 February 2012 | Marcus Priest

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Updated | Fears within Labor of a wipeout at the next federal election are spurring plans for a leadership challenge while party strategists are looking to sandbag existing seats up to 18 months out from an election.

Greens target Fraser’s seat

28 January 2012 | Marcus Priest

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Queensland deputy premier and treasurer Andrew Fraser is in danger of losing his seat in the coming state election, with the Greens unlikely to recommend he be preferenced over the Liberal National Party candidate.

National briefs

09 November 2011 |

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The Federal Court in Melbourne ruled advertisements for TPG Internet’s $29.99 Unlimited ADSL2+ campaign to be false and misleading.

Campbell in tune with his team

18 July 2011 |

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Campbell Newman thinks it’s time for a bit of music again in Queensland – or at least a new jingle to rally the troops.

National briefs

18 July 2011 |

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The Australian Taxation Office has identified more than 8000 tax returns it suspects are potentially fraudulent or include overstated claims.

National briefs

21 June 2011 |

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NSW magistrate Brian Maloney will address State Parliament today to show cause why he should not be removed from office.

Qld ALP picks its best defence

20 June 2011 |

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Labor MP Kate Jones has quit as Queensland’s environment minister to battle would-be premier Campbell Newman for the seat of Ashgrove.

National briefs

17 June 2011 |

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Examination of the banks behind the collapse of ABC Learning continued in the Federal Court in Melbourne yesterday.

Coal companies call for floodwater to be released

08 June 2011 |

Mining royalties reaped by Queensland will be severely affected if the government does not allow the release of flood waters hampering coal mine operations, the industry says.

States clamp down on mining, coal seam gas

01 June 2011 | Dan Hall

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Australia’s largest mining states have launched a controversial crackdown on mining and coal seam gas development to protect prime agricultural land. 

Protest at coal seam gas summit

31 May 2011 |

Delegates arriving at the annual coal seam gas summit in Brisbane, Queensland, will be confronted by protesting environmentalist who want a moratorium on the full-throttle industry.

Wild Rivers laws rear up again for Cape Alumina

25 May 2011 |

Queensland's Wild Rivers laws could thwart plans for a large-scale bauxite mine on Cape York for a second time after Cape Alumina was forced to abandon its Pisolite Hills project last year.

Property briefs

21 May 2011 |

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The Heritage Council has granted developer Grocon immunity from heritage requirements for its Australian Taxation Office site in Brisbane.

ALP banks on the smiling assassin

21 May 2011 | Mark Ludlow

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The Queensland LNP’s potential leader should not underestimate the battle that faces him before the next election.

Grocon faces fight

07 May 2011 | Matthew Cranston

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The largest private construction company in Australia, the Grollo family’s Grocon, has struck a hurdle in the development of its Australian Taxation Office tower in Brisbane, with a community group claiming that part of the site is of heritage value and should not be demolished.

Miners set to come a cropper under new criteria

14 April 2011 | Dan Hall

The Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management has released criteria that will say which parts of the state cannot be mined, to protect its best cropping land.

Qld coastal plan released

08 April 2011 | Matthew Cranston

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The Bligh government has released its Queensland Coastal Plan which industry critics claim will affect up to 160,000 properties throughout the state.

Newman becomes the game-changer

24 March 2011 | Mark Ludlow

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Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman’s audacious bid for the state’s top job will require most political conventions about the role of Parliament and campaigning to be thrown out the window.

Carbon Energy, Linc suffer from UCG uncertainty

31 January 2011 | Angela Macdonald-Smith

The fallout from the Queensland government’s decision to ban the restart of Cougar Energy’s underground coal gasification trial has deepened as investors continued to sell off Carbon Energy and Linc Energy.

Ban may push Cougar under water

29 January 2011 | Angela Macdonald-Smith

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The future of underground coal gasification (UCG) company Cougar Energy is hanging in the balance after the Queensland government banned the restart of its flagship pilot project because of water contamination concerns.

Cougar stymied as Qld rules against UCG

28 January 2011 | Angela Macdonald-Smith

Underground coal gasification company Cougar Energy has had its hopes of restarting its Queensland pilot project dashed after the state government refused to allow the venture to go ahead because of chemical contamination concerns.

Burke unruffled by toxins finding

21 October 2010 | Paul Garvey

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Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke will announce his decision on the fate of two major coal seam gas projects in Queensland tomorrow despite the detection of cancer-causing chemicals at wells in the state’s southeast.

Cancer scare rocks Qld gas projects

19 October 2010 | Paul Garvey

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Resources Daily | Queensland’s $50 billion coal seam gas industry has been rocked after cancer-causing chemicals were detected at Origin Energy wells.

Cougar shares plummet post-suspension

02 September 2010 | Perry Williams

Beleaguered underground coal gasification company Cougar Energy has been hammered on its resumption to trading on the Australian Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Snakes on the move as weather warms up

30 August 2010 |

Spring has almost sprung and authorities are warning snakes are on the move.

Cougar extends share suspension

30 August 2010 | Angela Macdonald-Smith

Cougar Energy has extended a suspension over trading in its shares as it attempts to win Queensland government approval to resume activities at its flagship Kingaroy project.

Cougar’s plant problems escalate

26 August 2010 | Angela Macdonald-Smith

Cougar Energy’s difficulties with its flagship underground coal gasification project near Brisbane have escalated after the Queensland Environment Department rejected the company’s environmental report for the plant.