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The recent QLD Election only exemplified our broken, violent “democratic” system. Neither women nor children stood to be protected — not by the Liberals and not by Labor, writes Tom Tanuki. THE LNP WON the recent Queensland State Election with a campaign marked by proposals to criminalise abortions and introduce “adult time, adult crime” laws, which would contravene international […]
Despite the Queensland LNP winning government based on a campaign against the ‘youth crime crisis’, statistics from QLD Police reveal a different story. Dr John Jiggens writes. THE RESULTS of the 2024 Queensland Election left both Labor and the LNP with reasons to feel pleased. Labor has governed Queensland for 22 of the past 25 […]
Queensland’s coastal Bruce Highway was revived as an issue ahead of the State Election with the Opposition blaming the road toll fully on the highway itself — and therefore the State Government. Dr Lee Duffield took a long drive North for this report. THE ACCUSATION goes that the highway is neglected and unable to handle […]
Investigations editor Ross Jones and IA founder Dave Donovan spent days on the ground last week interviewing locals and politicians, and following the antics of the infamous James Ashby and his equally notorious boss, Pauline Hanson, ahead of One Nation’s tilt for the Queensland seat of Keppel, while managing editor Michelle Pini grilled him in […]
An increasingly malevolent LNP, clutching desperately for power in Queensland this weekend, take their stereotypical “law and order” campaign a jackbooted step further to now target vulnerable children. Dr Lee Duffield reports. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTION this weekend turns on the Liberal-National proposal to gaol First Nations children. That proposal conjures up core ideas about civilisation: whether to deal with a crisis […]
This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry. Queensland’s choice There’s a choice to be made In the state where I live, Between those who have taken And those who will give. At stake is survival Of the hospitals and schools, That suffered abuse Under LNP rules. And Pete’s nuclear option will […]
There is something inherently wrong with our national priorities if we allow Crisafulli’s LNP to prop up mining and development interests, and decide women’s reproductive choices while denying hungry children, writes managing editor Michelle Pini. IT TAKES a special type of hard heart (or is that heartless monster?) to not only disapprove of an initiative that […]
Right-wing parties in the upcoming Queensland State Election are campaigning on divisive issues, including the gaoling of Indigenous children. Dr Lee Duffield writes. THE UPCOMING Queensland Election turns on the Liberal-National proposal to gaol Indigenous children. That proposal conjures up core ideas about civilisation: whether to deal with a crisis in a considered way or […]