Queensland’s first legal pill testing tent has been hailed as a huge success, as it was revealed the chemists detected a new drug that’s becoming more popular at Australian festivals. As thousands of music lovers flocked to Rabbits Eat Lettuce on the Queensland border over the Easter long weekend, soContinue Reading
Australia’s state health ministers have united to call on the federal government for urgent changes to Medicare for women suffering from endometriosis. Off the back of news.com.au’s ‘About Bloody Time’ campaign launch on Friday, every state and territory in the country has supported calls for longer, Medicare-funded consultations for theContinue Reading
Queenslanders have been warned that they are in for “relentless heat” that could harm people’s health just days after severe storms battered parts of the state. A severe heatwave has begun to set in on Thursday, with the majority of the state to swelter through high temperatures into the weekendContinue Reading
Steven Miles is moments away from becoming the 40th Queensland premier after Annastacia Palaszczuk’s shock resignation. The deputy premier will walk into Labor’s Caucus meeting at 10am on Friday to secure the vote of confidence from his parliamentary colleagues to become the next party leader. Mr Miles managed to secureContinue Reading
The nation’s final Covid-19 era leader has declared he is “energised and ready to go” in 2024 following Annastacia Palaszczuk’s shock resignation on Sunday. Announcing a surprise reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday, ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr said that the past two years have been a difficult time forContinue Reading
Health minister Shannon Fentiman has nominated herself for the role of Queensland Premier, after Annastacia Palaszczuk announced she would be leaving politics. On Saturday, the long-serving Labor Premier announced she would resign as Premier by the end of the week. Ms Fentiman said she informed the Premier via text messageContinue Reading
Barnaby Joyce has blamed “union thugs” for the shock resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk over the weekend. “I think we know why she has gone — the union thugs have got in there,” the Nationals MP told Seven’s Sunrise on Monday morning. The Queensland Premier announced on Sunday that she wasContinue Reading
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s popularity has been in free fall for months, but she remained defiant to continue serving as Queensland premier. She now says that all changed sitting around the national cabinet table last week. In a surprise announcement on Sunday, Ms Palaszczuk said the “time was right” to step downContinue Reading
Just months before Annastacia Palaszczuk made the unexpected call to walk away from politics, she released a video asking Queenslanders to vote for her in 2024. In October, with 369 days to go until Queenslanders voted, the Premier debuted a taxpayer funded video detailing her family life and asking toContinue Reading
Annastacia Palaszczuk has made a striking revelation about her plan for when she officially hangs her hat on her time as Queensland Premier. The outgoing leader, who held the top job for nine years, revealed on Sunday in her resignation announcement that she has “no job” lined up for nextContinue Reading