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'Speed camera in use' signs vanish amid claims of cash grab

THE LNP has accused Labor of using speed cameras to revenue-raise instead of saving lives.

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15th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

"The QPS has no plan to phase out the use of unmarked mobile speed cameras.”

Rocky coffin swap claim could just be 'tip of the iceberg'

PRESSURE mounts for government crackdown on unlicensed funeral industry.

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13th Jan. 2018 5:01 AM

LNP has urged the state government to act on funeral industry standards.

'True gentleman': One of CQ's LNP stalwarts passes

Much loved throughout the community, many will feel his loss.

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11th Jan. 2018 2:01 PM

SADLY MISSED: Faye and John Christie shared a wonderful loving marriage right till the very end.

MPs' jobs press release needed closer fact check

LNP leader Deb Frecklington and Toowoomba South MP David Janetzki both mentioned the figure yesterday - but is it true?

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11th Jan. 2018 1:01 PM

Legacy of 'miracle years' proves hard to shake

Since 1987 Queensland has had a Labor premier for over 23 years and a National/LNP premier for six years.

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10th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

Joh Bjelke-Petersen, former premier of Queensland, pictured alone, 1985-1986.

CQ's wannabe pollie breaks down his future

AFTER losing Gladstone by more than 15k votes Chay Conaglen talks about road ahead

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09th Jan. 2018 3:01 PM

OFF TO A GOOD START: Chay Conaglen's Ford Fiesta broke down before he could move to Gladstone.

Deb Frecklington on hospitals, rail fail and secrecy

Queensland LNP leader Deb Frecklington has described patient wait times at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital to be a...

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03rd Jan. 2018 3:01 PM

Frecklington lashes out over Coast hospital delays

QUEENSLAND LNP leader Deb Frecklington has described patient wait times at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital to be a...

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03rd Jan. 2018 2:01 PM

'LNP state leader Deb Frecklington in Cotton Tree.

Turnbull's time is well and truly up

THE Federal National Party is to be congratulated for having the wisdom to replace a disappointing Barnaby Joyce with a new...

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03rd Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Barnaby Joyce (left) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

New LNP leader's Sunshine Coast commitment

OPPOSITION leader confident she can unite Queensland and survive a mid-term 'assassination' by a party that has form.

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28th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

NEW leader of the LNP, Nanango MP Deb Frecklington said she would back local Members on the stand they took during the election campaign on controversial local issues.

Crunch time for Hinkler MP as Labor extends welcome hand

SPECULATION over Keith Pitt's future continues with sources suggesting Labor is preparing to reach out to the dumped LNP...

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23rd Dec. 2017 8:12 AM

Hinkler MP Keith Pitt with former human services minister Alan Tudge.

University funding

Member for Capricornia Michelle Landry and Senator Matt Canavan talk about the Government's funding of Universities.

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19th Dec. 2017 3:12 PM

Cashless economy is the way to go

With a totally cashless economy every transaction will be recorded and kept and traceable.

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19th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Former MP suspended from LNP after criticisms

A TOWNSVILLE LNP stalwart has had his membership suspended after publicly criticising the party over its failed state...

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18th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

Former Herbert MP Peter Lindsay. Picture: Zak Simmonds

New LNP leader out of touch with Queenslanders

Christmas time can compound the pressures to pay electricity, water and general rates accounts and folks in such...

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16th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Queensland Opposition leader Deb Frecklington.

Janetzki, Watts get opposition cabinet roles

THE Toowoomba North and South MPs have been rewarded for holding their seats in the state election with prominent roles in...

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15th Dec. 2017 4:12 PM

Newly elected LNP candidate for Toowoomba South David Janetzki (centre) with (from left) state deputy leader Deb Frecklington, Toowoomba North MP Trevor Watts and state party leader Tim Nicholls leave the preselection meeting, Saturday, May 07, 2016.

Costigan misses out on shadow cabinet role

Last gets a tick of approval from Frecklington

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15th Dec. 2017 3:12 PM

Jason Costigan has missed out on a shadow cabinet position.

UPDATE: 'Industries need common sense approach': Perrett

Gympie MP excited to fight as part of Shadow Cabinet, as LNP presses "reset button".

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15th Dec. 2017 2:12 PM

Gympie MP Tony Perrett is one of 18 LNP Ministers named to Qld Shadow Cabinet as the LNP "pushes the reset button”.

So much hot air in denying energy policy 'ideology'

The California governor has admitted the disastrous bushfires are related to global warming.

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15th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

LNP candidate calls for Saunders to apologise

FORMER LNP candidate Richard Kingston has called on Maryborough MP Bruce Saunders to apologise for his comments about the...

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15th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

Costo 'gutted' by LNP deputy vote

Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan believed his party had missed a "rare opportunity” by passing on his bid this week for...

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14th Dec. 2017 2:12 PM

DEPUTY BATTLE: Costo disappointed by lack of support.

Costo delivers 'lifetime speech'

Leadership ballot loss did little to deter Jason Costigan's ambitions

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14th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Jason Costigan still has ambitions of leadership.

Frecklington takes charge - what's in it for Gympie?

Day One: Opposition leader and western Gympie MP Deb Frecklington, talks about what her new role will mean for us

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13th Dec. 2017 10:12 AM

TAKING US TO THE TOP: LNP leader and western Gympie MP Deb Frecklington, at Gympie RSL with sub branch president Peter Maddocks and Gympie MP Tony Perrett.

Coast voters fail to learn from the past

At the state election, Coast voters were faced with a choice as to the action they might take to address our infrastructure...

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13th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Nanango Deb takes Gympie to the top

Gympie region advocate Deb Frecklington is the LNP's new leader

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12th Dec. 2017 6:12 PM

Deputy Opposition leader Deb Frecklington (centre) on the parliamentary attack, with Gympie MP Tony Perrett (right).

LNP leadership change good news for Gympie region

Deb Frecklington, whose electorate takes in much of Gympie region, is an excellent advocate, as is her neighbour Tony...

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12th Dec. 2017 5:12 PM

What Deb's promotion will mean for the Nanango electorate

NEW LNP leader Deb Frecklington says she hopes to inspire more rural women to get in to politics.

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12th Dec. 2017 4:12 PM

Queensland LNP leadership contender Deb Fracklington (centre), flanked by fellow party members Ros Bates (left) and Tim Mander, arrives at a party room meting at Parliament House in Brisbane, Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The LNP party room is meeting to choose a new leader after their recent state election loss. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Frecklington wins LNP leadership vote

THE LNP have voted in a new leader in the wake of their loss in the November state election.

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12th Dec. 2017 3:12 PM

Crucial vote for North Queensland today

LNP party room meeting today to decide leadership

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12th Dec. 2017 8:12 AM

Jason Costigan makes his vote in the 2017 state election.

LNP far from leading the way in gender balance

ONE interesting feature of the recent Queensland election was the gender balance question.

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12th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

WE SAY: We'll never be treated as equals with Labor seats

THE reality is that we will never be equals with Labor-held seats and it would be naive to believe otherwise.

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11th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

Annastacia Palaszczuk can't risk upsetting her MPs by treating everyone equally.

Opposition says Govt informed them of suspension notice

QUEENSLAND's State Opposition has confirmed it was informed about the notice to suspend Fraser Coast mayor Chris Loft by...

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09th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

Minister for local government Mark Furner and Fraser Coast mayor Chris Loft discuss initiatives on moving forward with the council.

Bennett and Batt up for the fight

IT WAS a bittersweet moment for returning Burnett MP Stephen Bennett and first-time Bundaberg MP David Batt.

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08th Dec. 2017 5:12 PM

WINNERS: Burnett MP Stephen Bennett and new Bundaberg MP David Batt are happy with their respective LNP wins.

WATCH: Labor government to be sworn in next week

LNP Leader Tim Nicholls has called Annastacia Palaszczuk to concede defeat in last month’s Queensland election and will not...

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08th Dec. 2017 3:12 PM

The premier on the campaign trail in Mackay.

BREAKING: Nicholls concedes, steps down from LNP leadership

Tim Nicholls has just released a statement on his future with the LNP

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08th Dec. 2017 10:12 AM

LETTERS: Qld hasn't learnt from mistakes of history

Letter writer Don Longbottom says it's time for the government to take charge to solve the power crisis.

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07th Dec. 2017 2:12 PM

POLES & WIRES: Letter writer Don Longbottom says it's time for the government to take charge to solve the power crisis.

LNP's new Barnaby

Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan is confident he is the firebrand his party needs to reignite the Liberal National Party's...

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07th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

RIDING IN: Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan flanked by Jennifer and Bonnie Cox from the local Goorganga station in Proserpine for an election stunt last month.

Landry returns fire after Capricornia loss prediction

Despite looming One Nation threat, Ms Landry stands by her record.

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06th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

CQ OPPORTUNITIES: Capricornia MP Michelle Landry hosted an Information Forum showing local businesses how to access the benefits of Free Trade agreements with numerous countries.

OUR MAN: James Lister on small business, tourism

NEW Member for the Southern Downs shares the big issues he plans to tackle to progress the region.

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06th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

DISCUSSING IDEAS: Southern Downs MP James Lister and Southern Downs Regional Council mayor Tracy Dobie will meet next week.

Is the LNP set to lose Capricornia?

Political buffs weigh in on MP Landry

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05th Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

ELECTION CARNAGE: Capricornia MP Michelle Landry (left) flanked by the LNP's unsuccessful CQ state election candidates including Kerry Latter, Chay Conaglen, Peter Blundell and Douglas Rodgers, with Senator Matt Canavan, Burleigh MP Michael Hart and Flynn MP Ken O'Dowd.

Tim Nicholls' time is up, says battling LNP MP

TIM Nicholls will find it tough to keep stay on as leader of the Liberal National Party in Queensland, one of his...

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04th Dec. 2017 9:12 AM

LNP Leader Tim Nicholls makes a major announcement about road funding on the Sunshine Coast.Pictured with Maroochydore Member Fiona Simpson.

Labor needs to deliver to deserve Coast seats

How Labor left hanging out to dry Coast candidates who had their shots at winning seat cruelled by its failure to...

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02nd Dec. 2017 5:12 AM

The Labor Party in Queensland will have to bring significantly more to the table at any future election if it ever wishes to establish a toehold on the Sunshine Coast, says Bill Hoffman.

National Party is a voice for the regions

Nationals ensure they aren't drowned out, as Littleproud declares support for the LNP

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01st Dec. 2017 3:12 PM

REGIONAL VOICE: Maranoa MP David Littleproud.

More pressing matters than investigation of banks

Money spent on a long drawn out investigation into the banks will achieve nothing, and is nothing more than a political...

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01st Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Queensland Nationals senator Barry O'Sullivan is set to introduce his bill calling for a commission of inquiry into the banks.

Major political parties need to start listening

The LNP are now openly discussing dumping its failed leader as a solution to its ever-increasing problems.

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01st Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

Queensland Opposition leader Tim Nicholls. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese)

Costo declares win, but deflated by LNP

SITTING LNP member Jason Costigan has defied early predictions at the polls and is expected to declare victory in...

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30th Nov. 2017 7:11 AM

CLOSE CAMPAIGN: Sitting MP Jason Costigan outside the Cannonvale polling booth at the weekend.

Rickuss' final word

The outgoing LNP state member has offered some parting words of wisdom to his successor.

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29th Nov. 2017 4:11 PM

CLEAR SLATE: Ian Rickuss had his office cleared the day before the election, ready for a new MP.

'I didn't trust Tim': What mattered to CQ on election day

POLL results reveal the LNP was the master of its own demise as voters weigh in on party's election loss.

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29th Nov. 2017 4:11 PM

Southern Downs not ready to declare a winner yet

IT'S now been more than 72 hours since the Queensland State Election and residents are still wondering who the Southen...

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29th Nov. 2017 1:11 PM

Results are coming in but no declaration yet.

Election Analysis: Mirani's winners and losers at key booths

Take a look at election trends for Mirani booths in the Rocky region

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29th Nov. 2017 11:11 AM

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