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Prawn catches at risk from Brisbane Airport chemical spill
South-east Queensland prawn fishers already financially crushed by white spot disease are reeling for a second time in as many months after learning their catch could be affected by last week’s chemical spill from a Qantas airport facility.
Website of Liberal MP Stuart Robert appears to contradict fundraising claim
Federal Liberal backbencher Stuart Robert’s evidence to Queensland’s corruption watchdog about his fundraising activities appears to be contradicted by his own website.
Premier concerned over 457 visa impact on Queensland hospitals
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hopes regional hospitals will not suffer from the Federal Government’s changes to the 457 visa system, saying local medical students have not received enough support.
'Poor old developers' needed to fund election campaigns, Pisasale tells CCC probe
Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale defends relying on “poor old developers” to help fund his campaigns, as he faces a grilling at the Crime and Corruption Commission hearing into alleged corruption at the 2016 council elections.
Liberal backbencher Stuart Robert paid independents to take on Labor
Federal MP Stuart Robert denies any wrongdoing for donating $60,000 to two independent council candidates, telling the Crime and Corruption Council he would need to “spend a lot more defending our ideas” if Labor had won power.
Lawyers fear courts, hospitals will wear legal service cutbacks
Queensland’s only free legal service for Indigenous women is among community legal services concerned about the flow-on effects from impending funding cuts.
Community puts up $8,000 reward for safe return of stolen koalas
A Sunshine Coast wildlife group says three stolen koala joeys will be “starving to death” if they are not getting the right level of care.
Cyclone Debbie recovery to hit Queensland budget bottom line
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt can no longer guarantee a surplus in the June budget because of the recovery costs from Cyclone Debbie.
What happens after you lose a loved one to domestic violence
When Gold Coast woman Teresa Bradford was murdered by her estranged husband, her family was left to pay the $8,000 funeral cost and pressured to clean up the property where she was killed.