THE Labor Party has finally announced its candidate to run in the seat of Bundaberg.
27th Jan. 2012 4:01 PM
MAYOR Peter Taylor gave his assurance that he would not allow the decision to delay Queensland's council elections to...
26th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THEY'VE been at loggerheads before but Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said he would have “no problem” working with Campbell...
26th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
IT'S nothing other than a political “circus” that's caused local government elections to be delayed, mayor Ron Bellingham...
26th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
MEMBER for Ipswich Rachel Nolan says she will stand on her record in a bid to be re-elected for another term in office.
26th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THE local government elections will be held on April 28, Local Government Minister Paul Lucas announced this afternoon.
25th Jan. 2012 5:01 PM
ASPIRING mayoral hopeful Michael Bloyce would look into building low-rise multi-deck car parks for Noosa Heads, should he...
24th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THE opportunity and the need exists for a world's best practice hospital to be built in Springfield.
24th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
DOWNLANDS College development co-ordinator Nancy Sommerfield has confirmed that she will contest the upcoming council...
21st Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
ONGOING uncertainty over the state election is causing confusion on the Fraser Coast.
21st Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
MAYORAL candidate Cr Joe Ramia said he had been inundated with a wave of community support after announcing his push for...
20th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THE state election campaign has ramped up in Bundaberg, despite the polling date yet to be announced.
19th Jan. 2012 9:01 AM
A LAIDLEY resident has had enough with what he calls the "Gatton-centric nature" of the Lockyer Valley Regional Council.
18th Jan. 2012 6:01 AM
THE State Government has come under fire for yet another report of asbestos mismanagement inside school gates.
17th Jan. 2012 6:01 PM
IPSWICH Independent candidate Dr Patricia Petersen was fined by Ipswich City Council on Monday for incorrectly displaying...
17th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
KATTER'S Australian Party has announced Will Keys as its candidate for the seat of Ipswich in the next state election.
12th Jan. 2012 6:01 AM
ALL incumbent Gympie Regional Council representatives intend nominating for a second council term at the March 31...
05th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THEY say when it rains it pours – and that has been the case this week for the looming election, with three more potential...
05th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
TONY Abbott visited Grantham and Gatton on Wednesday, but there was no space in his diary for Ipswich.
05th Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
CABINET Minutes from 1981 reveal tension between then Liberal leader and Member for Ipswich Llew Edwards and Premier Joh...
02nd Jan. 2012 2:01 PM
BUNDABERG Mayor Lorraine Pyefinch has backed a recommendation to the Federal Government that local governments be...
31st Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
AS the clock ticks closer to another year, state politician Robert Schwarten is not only reflecting on last year – but the...
30th Dec. 2011 2:12 PM
IT'S been a year of ups and downs in Queensland politics, to use a phrase most popular with elected officials.
30th Dec. 2011 8:12 AM
COOLUM solicitor Ray Barber has called for state members of Parliament to be restricted to two three-year terms.
30th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
WITH the local council election only months away, voters still only have a small pool of candidates to choose from – but...
29th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
PLANS for an extension to the Burstow's Funeral Home in Warwick have been given the final tick of approval by the Southern...
29th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
TWO 10-week-old lion cubs from the Darling Downs Zoo have caused a political stir in NSW after appearing at a party for...
28th Dec. 2011 7:12 AM
THE gloves are already coming off ahead of next year's state election, with Member for Burnett Rob Messenger already...
22nd Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
NEITHER Tony Abbott nor Prime Minister Julia Gillard plans to support a free ride for Peter Slipper at the next...
21st Dec. 2011 11:12 AM
THE union that represents electricity workers says Rachel Nolan is in for the shock of her life if she doesn't start...
20th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
PETER Slipper is hoping for a free ride at the next election.
20th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
THINGS are heating up in the battle for Toowoomba North, with both sides of the political fray ramping up their...
19th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
A WARWICK sporting identity has set a challenge to prospective councillor candidates to support sporting clubs.
17th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
JOURNALIST, writer, and political thinker, Christopher Hitchens, died today aged 62 after losing his battle with cancer.
16th Dec. 2011 4:12 PM
LOREE Rudd has quit the Australian Labor Party following the decision during its national conference earlier this month to...
13th Dec. 2011 10:12 AM
UNWITTINGLY channelling Gough Whitlam, Michael Hooper believes the Fraser Coast is looking for new councillors at the 2012...
12th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
THE prospect of running in the council election next March is suddenly looking less attractive, with councillors set to cop...
10th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
MAYOR Peter Taylor agrees that the State Government should reinstate the $100million a year scheme to subsidise water and...
10th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
BOB Katter admits his party has profited from dissatisfaction with the major parties to date, but he plans to build on his...
09th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
THE unimaginable would become reality if the results from a poll conducted in Ipswich come true at the next state...
05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
ALEX Mitchell proudly states that he “borrowed” the title of his book Come the Revolution: A memoir from legendary Sydney...
05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
AS THE blue and white Eureka flag was hoisted, a committed group of Toowoomba residents remembered those lives lost in the...
05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
I HAVE had a keen interest in politics since I was a 16-year-old high school student at Nambour.
05th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
MAYORAL candidate Michael Bloyce will form a new body to push the Coast's claims for much-needed major infrastructure if he...
04th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
WHILE the newly appointed speaker of the House of Representatives ducks the media, those who knew Peter Slipper from his...
01st Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
MEMBER for Gympie David Gibson was welcoming a Gympie constituent to Parliament House when “all hell broke loose” in the...
30th Nov. 2011 4:11 PM
PETER Slipper has been described by a former LNP colleague as the worst Speaker to be handed the office since Australia's...
25th Nov. 2011 11:11 AM
LOST in the dramatic theatre of betrayal, treachery and trashing of the ethical integrity of our democratic institutions...
25th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM
THE resignation of Speaker Harry Jenkins is a clear sign the Federal Government is moving away from independents, according...
24th Nov. 2011 11:11 AM
IF MAYOR Ron Bellingham could have his time over again, he would have plunged into a political career much earlier in...
24th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM
