Take a look at who came out on top in the 2017-18 Queensland state budget.
Category: Updates from Brisbane Times – Queensland
Budget 2017-18: Unemployment rate not tipped to plummet in next few years
Despite the Queensland budget being described as a “jobs bonanza”, with predictions of 40,000 new jobs in the next year, Treasury is not predicting a substantial decrease in the unemployment rate.
Queensland 2017-18 state budget reactions: RACQ blasts rego hike
Motorists will pay 3.5 per cent more per year for their car registrations for two years, before increases would be linked to the rate of inflation, Tuesday’s state budget confirmed.
Logan mayor Luke Smith denies his campaign donors hold influence
Queensland’s best funded mayor has denied reports that large donations from property developers and businesses influenced his decisions in council.
Katter's call for LNP to block Qld budget snuffed out
Calls by livid crossbenchers in Queensland’s hung parliament for the Liberal National Party to stand with them and block the Labor government’s budget has been snuffed out by the opposition.
Police arrest man over death of two-year-old boy found in Logan home
A man has been arrested over the suspicious death of a toddler south of Brisbane more than two years ago.
Queensland 2017-18 budget: What's in it for the south-east
The 2017-18 Queensland state budget includes $42.75 billion in infrastructure projects over the next four years.
Queensland Budget 2017-18: Live coverage
Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Queensland Budget for 2017-18.
Queensland budget 2017: Jobs, infrastructure spending and surpluses
Jobs, supporting the struggling regions, infrastructure spending and household bills are the focus for the 2017-18 budget, which also focuses on paying down debt and improving business confidence.
Queensland 2017-18 budget shows an additional 6000 public servants
Queensland’s public service is set to increase by about 6000 in the next 12 months, on top of the 210,970 employed in the December 2016 quarter, budget papers released on Tuesday show.