Tag: queensland

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has initiated a campaign against the Abbott government’s Budget cut of $5.5 billion to the state that will impact on health and education.

Raucous rental properties in tourist hotspots to be targeted by councils under new laws.

The Sunshine State is ready for its close-up as the Campbell Newman government launches a mobile app that lets users register their properties as potential film sets for directors to consider when staging their epics.

Tough, roll-your-own brands like White Ox once used to enable smokers to display their social status inside and outside the law. Now one of the key rituals used to help punctuate the time spent behind bars is being butted out – at least in Queensland.

Calls for innovative bids to keep planes flying to outback towns.

The sunshine state’s Energy Minister has accused the New South Wales Baird government of contributing to energy price hikes.

Anger and accusations fly over why an official investigation took nine months with little detail of what damage was caused.

Catastrophic floods delivered harsh and real lessons for Queenslanders about how to deal with the forces of nature. Now the Newman government is trying to put that knowledge and experience to work by creating a disaster management training course.

The anticipated growth of freight rail use over the next decade has led the Queensland government to look for a new operator to manage heavier and more frequent loads.

The Queensland government is seeking to reduce emergency service response times by trialling new traffic light triggers that can detect the flashing lights and sirens of approaching vehicles and automatically switch signals to green to minimise traffic disruption.