Queenslanders through to Voice finals

FOR $1, you can buy a slice of sunburnt country in outback Queensland. Richmond, population 827, in the state's northwest, has put up four 800sq m town blocks in a "buck for a block" ballot. Each $1 site offers uncluttered views of a sun-drenched ...

ONE of Queensland's oldest schools, Yarranlea State School, could be forced to close as the Newman Government seeks to find budget savings. Old Yarranlea State School dates back to 1883 when it served the farming community at Yarranlea on the ...

Source: The Courier-Mail CAMPBELL Newman's Queensland Plan will cost the state about $4.6 million - or about $1 dollar per person. The premier revealed the figure in Mackay on Friday, as more than 400 delegates began formulating questions to put to ...

THE State Government will rush legislation through Parliament next week to turn Queensland national parks into cow paddocks. Drought-hit graziers will be given access to 4400sq km - five existing parks and a further eight properties bought for the ...

A Queensland parliamentary committee is supporting a controversial plan to allow the state's farmers to clear their land as they see fit. A controversial plan to allow Queensland farmers to clear their own land as they see fit is a rubber stamp from ...

NEW data shows jobs continue to grow in Queensland despite public service sackings, the state government says. ABS jobs data shows Queensland's unemployment rate dropped from 5.9 per cent to 5.6 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms. However, the ...

A TEACHER was sacked over a NAPLAN cheating incident at a Queensland school last year amid 20 breaches on the tests statewide. A Queensland Studies Authority spokesman yesterday said the employment of a teacher at a non-state school was terminated ...

QUEENSLAND's Transport Minister has insisted Cross River Rail could still become a reality despite a much lower than expected funding commitment in the Federal budget. Scott Emerson said the $715 million in funding to kick off construction on the $4 ...

Shadow Treasurer Curtis Pitt said the State Opposition welcomes the decision from the State Government to put their politics aside and sign up for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It's been a long wait, but finally Campbell Newman has ...