Tag: Campbell Newman

Will Queensland voters be thinking about Tony Abbot as they head to the polls in the election?

Clive Palmer has wasted no time in weighing in on the Queensland election, but can he be believed?

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is expected on Tuesday to announce a state election for 31 January.

Federal MP Clive Palmer says it's not right that Queensland state funds will be used by premier Campbell Newman to defend him against defamation claims.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is in talks with the federal government to get more immigrants and refugees to settle in regional areas.

The Queensland parliament’s ethics chief MP Peter Dowling has apologised for sexting his mistress and has stood aside from his role, pending an investigation.

Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett has been banned from setting foot on the campus of any Queensland school, with the Newman Government claiming that it was taking action to prevent the state’s educational facilities from becoming “the venue for the Gonski media roadshow.”

Queenslanders will each fork out an additional $181 as a result of the Newman Government’s second budget announcement yesterday, which is expected to earn the state an additional $1 billion in revenue over the next fiscal year.

The fledgling political party launched last week by mining magnate Clive Palmer has announced its first parliamentary representatives, with former Queensland LNP members Alex Douglas and Carl Judge telling state parliament today that they had signed on with the United Australia Party.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has declared his intentions to challenge Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott for the position of Australian Prime Minister, with the billionaire launching his campaign for federal parliament earlier today with the launch of the newly formed United Australia Party.

Queensland’s education minister says his state won’t follow the lead of NSW in signing up to Canberra’s schools reform.

The Gillard government will go head-to-head with Queensland law-makers over changes to the royal succession, with the Newman government refusing to surrender their decision-making powers to the federal government at a Council of Australian Governments meeting later this week.

Disgraced Queensland surgeon Dr Jayant Patel has been found not guilty of manslaughter at the Brisbane Supreme Court today as he faced a retrial for the death of an elderly patient during his time at Bundaberg Base Hospital between 2003 and 2005.

Having swept the LNP to power in the last Queensland state election, it seems Campbell Newman is now finding it difficult to keep rank and file in line as he sets about implementing his 'mandate for change'.

Billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer's latest lambasting of the Newman government has exposed the widening gap between it and the Liberal National Party (LNP) executive, after comments that the Treasurer and Deputy Premier were crooks.

Following the death of Robin Gibb, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says he is in favour of building a statue to honour pop icons the Bee Gees, as long as the government doesn't have to pay for it.

Qantas, not Queensland taxpayers, will fund a competition that offers a trip to London to the those who throw the best party for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer wants to take on Treasurer Wayne Swan in his inner Brisbane seat of Lilley as calls for an early election intensify.

The first former member of Australian Liberals Abroad (UK) has been elected to the Queensland Parliament during last weekend’s victory for the Liberal National Party under Campbell Newman.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is deeply disappointed by Labor's election loss in Queensland and the party needs to respect the message sent by the state's voters.

Premier Campbell Newman says he's on a fast ride to deliver Queensland's mandate for change. The Newman-led Liberal National Party (LNP) won government in dramatic fashion on Saturday, leaving Labor with as few as seven seats.

Campbell Newman says Queenslanders want Premier Anna Bligh to put an end to the uncertainty she's creating and call an election now.

A One Nation candidate has courted controversy on his first day on the job, complaining that Indians own most of the local convenience stores.