Jeff Seeney

Bjelke-Petersen joins Palmer party's list of candidates

Amy Remeikis It was only a few decades ago that Clive Palmer promoted the Bjelke-Petersen name.

State to allow grazing in national parks

Queensland is pushing ahead with its plan to open up five national parks and eight conservation reserves to help feed 25,000 cattle.

Brisbane Live At Work: Wednesday May 1

Campbell Newman in state parliament.

Brisbane Live At Work: Wednesday May 1

One meal, one woman, one dollar: Palmer will give up 'everything' for politics

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Marissa Calligeros Mining billionaire Clive Palmer says he’s willing to be poor, eat one meal a day, and spend his time with one woman, to serve the Australian people.

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Brisbane Live At Work: Thursday May 2

Brisbane Live

Brisbane Live At Work: Thursday May 2

Unwell Newman says the economy is sick

Amy Remeikis Campbell Newman has a cold.

Brisbane Live At Work: Monday April 29

Flowers at the scene of a fatal Bracken Ridge house fire.

Brisbane Live At Work: Monday April 29

Green groups slam Cape food bowl plan

Cape York.wet season

A Queensland government plan for large-scale farming on Cape York will fail and could threaten a World Heritage push, green groups say.

Palmer buys 100 'dinosaurs' from China

Clive Palmer's Coolum resort is set to get a new addition.

Bridie Jabour Clive Palmer has ordered more than 100 mechanical dinosaurs from China, slowly turning his dream of a jurassic park at his Coolum resort into a reality.

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Health services close across state

The Minister For Heath Lawrence Springborg speaks during question time in Parliament in brisbane. 17th of May 2012. Photo: Harrison Saragossi

Tony Moore Queensland's health services are under massive pressure statewide as health districts make tough decisions to close services and cut staff to meet budget fund reductions.

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Katter aims to field candidates in every federal seat

Bob Katter

Bridie Jabour Katter's Australian Party will run a candidate in every seat at the federal election but Kennedy will not be up for grabs after Bob Katter ruled out a senate run.

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Brisbane Live At Work: Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Brisbane Live

Follow all the news in southeast Queensland with real-time automatic updates.

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Caltabiano paid $130,000 for doing nothing

Transport and Main Roads Director-General Michael Caltabiano.

Tony Moore Stood-aside senior public servant Michael Caltabiano will have earned about $130,000 for doing nothing by the time Parliament sits again on February 12.

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Council threatens dinosaur extinction

The first of Clive Palmer's dinosaurs looms over his Coolum resort.

Bridie Jabour Mining magnate Clive Palmer bragged about his life size replica dinosaur being an attraction at the prestigious PGA Championships Golf event on the same day a Sunshine Coast councillor voiced...

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Palmer denies being pushed out of LNP

PALMER AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 17072012.
NEWS- Clive Palmer at another press conference at his headquarters in Brisbane.

Daniel Hurst Clive Palmer says he has resigned from the Liberal National Party, despite receiving a letter that he said reinstated his membership to the Queensland party.

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LNP defector says other MPs worried about Newman leadership

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Daniel Hurst Long-serving rural Queensland MP Ray Hopper says he defected from the Liberal National Party because his conscience would not allow him to serve under the Newman government's leadership.

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Tunnels the 'result of poor planning'

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Katherine Feeney As Brisbane's $1.5 billion Legacy Way tunnel project reaches another milestone, top infrastructure minds say governments need to act now to avoid the “last resort” of going underground...

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Thousands march against Newman budget

Protest.

Staff reporters Thousands of public service workers attended a series of co-ordinated protests against the Newman government's first budget.

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New ending in tale of West End's 12 storeys

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Daniel Hurst The Newman government has cleared the way for 12-storey buildings in part of West End opposite Toowong by ticking off on changes to the local plan.

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Pollies to walk to a new Beat

Daniel Hurst Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says he and Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney will visit a Brisbane nightclub popular with gay people as part of research into liquor licensing laws.

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