Extra 24,000 properties subject to Queensland land tax amid climbing land values
The state government is estimated to have made more than $2 billion from land tax last financial year, $300 million more than ...
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$4bn blowout: Major pumped hydro project over time and budget
I think the Queensland Energy and Jobs plan delivered exactly what Queenslanders want, a reduction in emissions, real action ...
Borumba Pumped Hydro project hit with $4.2b cost blow out and three-year delay
The Borumba Pumped Hydro project will now cost $18.4 billion and will not be ready until 2033 at the earliest. The ...
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Credit rating downgrade risk for first time in 15 years
Project cost blowouts and additional government spending could put too much pressure on a state's budget for it to retain its ...
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki warns there's a 'growing risk' of state's AA+ credit rating being downgraded
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki says he has been warned by Treasury there is a "growing risk" the state's AA+ credit ...
Qld Health blowouts spun by $1.2m spin doctors
The embattled infrastructure division of Queensland Health spent $1.2m calling in consultants to write a public relations ...
Opinion
Editorial: David Crisafulli has clear mandate for youth crime crackdown
Mr Crisafulli’s LNP won a clear majority of seats in the October state election and no one can say they didn’t know that one of his first actions as Premier would be to push through this new youth ...
What you said about Labor’s likely credit rating downgrade
Queensland is facing its first credit rating downgrade in 15 years, Treasurer David Janetzki has warned – a financial slap ...
Queensland hydro project three years late and $4bn over budget
A mega pumped hydro station at the centre of Queensland’s planned transition away from coal-fired power could be downsized by ...
‘Reckless spending’: Cash handouts must stop to rescue Qld’s credit rating
Cash handouts like energy rebates will need to end and public service wages contained if Queensland has any hope of avoiding ...
Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want
The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what ...
Doubts over future power bill rebates as LNP leaves room for nuclear
In his first major speech, Treasurer and Energy Minister David Janetzki has painted the clearest picture yet of the new LNP ...