Independent MP Rob Cairns must be able to back up the sensational allegations of misconduct against former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale, government MPs say.
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Nicholls rules out asset sales in LNP budget reply
Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has used his budget reply speech in State Parliament to rule out asset sales, as he made an election pitch to voters.
Two homes burn in massive Westlake fire
A home’s roof has completely collapsed and another has partially fallen in as firefighters battle a raging blaze in Brisbane’s west.
Whitsunday anti-dumping group loses bid to stop Adani expansion
Queensland’s Supreme Court has dismissed a community group’s bid to stop the expansion of Adani’s Abbot Point Terminal.
Lawyer behind corrupt payment to Gordon Nuttall still not struck off roll
A Queensland tribunal’s refusal to strike off a lawyer jailed for making a secret payment to disgraced former MP Gordon Nuttall failed to realise how serious his crime was, it has been argued.
Report following Queensland electoral complaints blasts ECQ management
A panel chaired by former Brisbane mayor Jim Soorley was tasked with reviewing the conduct of the 2016 local government elections, the referendum on fixed four-year terms and the Toowoomba South byelection.
Queensland police to be asked to investigate Pisasale leak allegations
Queensland police will be asked to probe allegations a staffer repeatedly leaked information about raids, arrests and accidents to embattled former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale.
Former Supreme Court Justice Angelo Vasta describes his ousting as a 'blot' on history
Former Supreme Court Justice Angelo Vasta has described his ousting as a “blot on Queensland Parliamentary and judicial history”.
Recent sodomy charges won't be expunged under new reforms
People who were charged with historical gay sex offences will not have their charges expunged if they were aged 16 or 17, despite the age of consent since being lowered to 16.
Quirk blasts bureaucratic 'red tape' stifling Brisbane River tourism
State government bureaucratic red tape is strangling future tourism growth on the Brisbane River, the city’s lord mayor said after handing down his budget on Wednesday.