Almost 300 square kilometres of central Queensland will be opened up for coal exploration.
Category: Updates from Brisbane Times – Queensland
Why small business dislikes the Queensland government above all others
If the Queensland government entered a popularity contest, it would win the wooden spoon.
Police hunt driver who hit boy, 8, on Gold Coast
Police are hunting a driver who failed to stop after hitting an eight-year-old boy on the Gold Coast.
Brisbane Bronco Joe Ofahengaue fined for sneaking chip onto poker table
NRL player tried to dupe Treasury Casino after winning a hand.
Cyclone Debbie victims to get disaster funding
Farmers and small business owners can finally access their share of almost $15 million in disaster funding.
Prison sent into lockdown as exercise yard damaged
Prisoners at a south-east Queensland correctional centre have badly damaged an exercise yard, forcing the facility into lockdown.
Bikie charged with damaging Gold Coast cell
A bikie who was jailed over a violent rampage on the Gold Coast is due back in court after allegedly damaging a prison cell within hours of his sentencing.
Robots will wipe out backpacker jobs within five years: Campbell Newman
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman says the federal debate over a backpacker tax was redundant because robots will take their jobs soon anyway.
Brisbane Broncos forward Joe Ofahengaue charged over an alleged cheating incident at Treasury Casino
Brisbane Broncos forward Joe Ofahengaue has been charged over an alleged early morning casino cheating incident.
Whistleblower cop Rick Flori sues police for $1.3m
Gold Coast cop claims police sought retribution against him for complaining about another officer.




