THE advice of – "vote early and vote often" – may not be entirely legitimate, but Gympie voters on Tuesday were taking...

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21st March 2012 5:03 AM

BERNARD Gaynor has swapped fighting the enemy in Iraq for fighting political opponents on the campaign trail.

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21st March 2012 4:03 AM

WITH State Election day fast approaching, more than 45,000 electors have already taken the opportunity to vote at pre-poll...

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21st March 2012 4:03 AM

TWO more council candidates threw their hats into the ring the on Tuesday, for the looming local government election on...

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21st March 2012 4:03 AM

SOME councillors have accused their colleagues of favouritism after they overturned the decision of a panel to provide...

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21st March 2012 4:03 AM

QUEENSLAND Police Union president Ian Leavers said Ipswich was more likely to gain 20 extra officers a year under an LNP...

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20th March 2012 8:03 PM

UPDATE 7.30PM: ISSUES such as healthcare and coal-seam gas were overshadowed by constant sniping at the...

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20th March 2012 6:03 PM

CANDIDATES are preparing to battle it out one final time at the NewsMail's community forum at the Bargara Cultural Centre...

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20th March 2012 5:03 PM

THE candidates for the seat of Gladstone had their say on whether Gladstone would, or would not be, better off if...

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20th March 2012 8:03 AM

LABOR Member for Ipswich West Wayne Wendt admits he is fighting for his political future in this election.

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20th March 2012 5:03 AM

MAYOR Peter Taylor said the next State Government needed to support council in implementing the recommendations of the...

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20th March 2012 4:03 AM

JOYCE Jones looks forward to the day when the vision-impaired community will not have to rely on other people to cast their...

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20th March 2012 4:03 AM

GREENS candidates are asking voters to put a number one next to their names and not preference any other candidates in...

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20th March 2012 4:03 AM

BOB Irwin has used his environmental clout to unite the Sunshine Coast's movement against coal seam gas mining.

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19th March 2012 5:03 AM

RETIRING Rockhampton MP Robert Schwarten held his final press conference at the site of his last construction project, the...

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17th March 2012 5:03 AM

THE role of independents was slammed by Senator Barnaby Joyce when he visited Bundaberg to open the LNP campaign office on...

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

BUNDABERG Regional Council has been ordered to investigate the drainage at Moore Park Beach by the Floods Commission of...

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

BOOKIES have backed MPs Ted Sorensen and Chris Foley to romp it in at next week's election, with both picked as favourites...

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

THE Queensland Flood Commission has handed down its final report, along with recommendations for local council and Qld Govt...

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

ROCKHAMPTON homeowners could save up to $330 a year on power bills, according to the LNP's shadow minister for housing.

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

MACKAY stadium will benefit from almost $1m in additional funding if Labor is re-elected next Saturday.

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

THE absence of the LNP candidates at a union-organised forum on Thursday night has been slammed by ALP candidate for...

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17th March 2012 4:03 AM

A NIGHTMARE was how councillor Mally McMurtrie described the lengthy debate and two failed motions dictating the fate of...

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14th March 2012 5:03 AM

IPSWICH Greens candidate, and former rugby league player, Veronica White has thrown her support behind Ipswich's bid for a...

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14th March 2012 5:03 AM

A COUNCILLOR has voiced his disappointment that a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation into Toowoomba Regional...

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14th March 2012 4:03 AM

A NEW international airport at Amberley Air Force Base would bring prosperity to Ipswich according to Katter's Australian...

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14th March 2012 4:03 AM

JOHN Randall said he's now “used to people's disappointment” when he tells them he will be standing as councillor and not...

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14th March 2012 4:03 AM

MORE than a third of the region's enrolled voters have had a say on who they want to be Toowoomba's next mayor.

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14th March 2012 4:03 AM

KATTER'S Australian Party has announced it will fund the construction of the Toowoomba Bypass if it is elected to...

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14th March 2012 4:03 AM

A SUNSHINE Coast Council consultant has set a Noosa de-amalgamation cost at potentially between $16.6 million and $31.5...

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13th March 2012 7:03 AM

THIS is the response to the Deloitte de-amalgamation costings report from the Noosa Independence Alliance spokesman Noel...

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13th March 2012 7:03 AM

FEDERAL Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has called for North Coast Nationals MPs to put their communities before politics and...

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13th March 2012 5:03 AM

THE former general manager of the Richmond Valley Council has called on residents to engage with the council to help ensure...

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13th March 2012 4:03 AM

JIM PEARCE has put in so many highway miles in the past few months he reckons he has passed himself several times.

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13th March 2012 4:03 AM

ALL BETS are off if you are banking on a Labor miracle in the state election, according to online betting agency...

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13th March 2012 4:03 AM

LNP members turned out in droves for sitting Member for Southern Downs Lawrence Springborg's official campaign launch in...

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12th March 2012 6:03 AM

THE reaction by Peter Slipper's staff to media questions showed how badly politicians and their minders wanted to be in...

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10th March 2012 5:03 AM

THEY are questions that will not go away by ignoring them or by ripping recording devices from journalists legitimately...

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10th March 2012 5:03 AM

WHEN Peter Slipper was appointed to one of the highest posts in the land, he promised to bring more dignity into parliament...

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10th March 2012 5:03 AM

BUSINESS owner Nicholas Hales has become the fifth candidate in the race to become Toowoomba Regional Council's next...

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10th March 2012 5:03 AM

THERE may not have been any babies being kissed at LNP Caloundra candidate Mark McArdle's campaign launch, but there was a...

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10th March 2012 5:03 AM

ILLEGAL signs and election funding are the hot topics this week as the campaign for Division 9 heats up.

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09th March 2012 8:03 AM

COUNCIL permission to remove native trees in a residential Noosa Springs precinct is out of order, according to some...

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09th March 2012 8:03 AM

FIRST came the floods, then the election date and now the politicians.

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08th March 2012 5:03 AM

THIS is the story of ordinary working women.

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08th March 2012 4:03 AM

INTERNATIONAL Women's Day was originally called International Working Women's Day.

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08th March 2012 4:03 AM

Premier Anna Bligh spent the morning in Rockhampton, first announcing the imminent start of the Yeppen Crossing upgrade...

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06th March 2012 10:03 PM

ROBERT Garland wants to make the Fraser Coast more beautiful than it already is.

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06th March 2012 6:03 AM

THE majority of candidates standing for the seats of Bundaberg and Burnett have welcomed the LNP's $1 billion pledge to...

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06th March 2012 6:03 AM

A COALITION government would commit itself to the fair indexing of retirement benefits for people who had served in the...

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06th March 2012 5:03 AM