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Queensland budget
What Cameron Dick didn't tell Queenslanders in his budget speech
We pick through the Treasurer’s budget speech – a clear pitch to voters for the chance to deliver another – and highlight some key (missing) points.
- by Matt Dennien
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Queensland state budget: Cameron Dick hands down 2024 budget with $11.2b in cost-of-living relief
Four months before a state election, Treasurer Cameron Dick has delivered this year’s budget in parliament. Follow our live blog for all the details and reaction.
- by Felicity Caldwell and Sean Parnell
Qld to spend $11b on cost-of-living, inflation help as it looks for savings
As coal prices fall, the Labor government is having to rely more on property and payroll taxes to fund its pre-election commitments.
- by Matt Dennien
A three-minute guide to the Queensland 2024-25 budget
Pressed for time? Here are the key facts from the Queensland government’s cost-of-living election-year budget.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Perspective
Queensland budget
Labor’s 10th budget is built to not be its last
When Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new government handed down its first budget in 2015, it was criticised for lacking sweeteners. This one is almost nothing but.
- by Matt Dennien
Who will be Queensland’s ‘night mayor’ and what will their job entail? This man has an idea
Michael Rodrigues helped bring NSW’s after-dark economy back from the brink. The just-announced role of a Night Life Economy Commissioner could do the same for Queensland.
- by Nick Dent
Updated
Government
Qld to give first home buyers a ‘fairer go’ with changes to stamp duty
Some 10,000 buyers are expected to save up to $17,000 under Labor’s latest pre-election budget sweetener.
- by Matt Dennien
Health Minister, LNP MPs under scrutiny after ‘cross your legs’ call
The actions of four MPs from both parties are now being investigated by Queensland parliament’s powerful ethics committee after last month’s incident.
- by Matt Dennien
Crisafulli cops flak from both flanks over support of Labor budget
The Opposition Leader’s “small-target” approach to October’s election has drawn criticism from both Labor and the last LNP colleague to run the state.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Government
Queensland says it’s doing ‘everything’ it can to help with housing. But is it?
The state’s peak social service body suggests there is more Labor could be doing to ease housing pressures – and turns the spotlight on the LNP.
- by Matt Dennien
Free lunch coming to Queensland schools – with a catch
They say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but that’s what will be served up to some students. And find out which Brisbane schools will get playground upgrades.
- by Felicity Caldwell