January
- Exclusive
- WA Parliament
Zempilas’ shot at WA leadership ‘very doable’: Campbell Newman
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman believes new West Australian Liberal aspirant Basil Zempilas can lead the languishing party to the next state election from outside the parliament.
- Tom Rabe
December 2023
The rise and fade of ‘Labor hero’ Annastacia Palaszczuk
Annastacia Palaszczuk first defined herself in opposition to Campbell Newman, but will be remembered for her strong will during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Gus McCubbing
September 2023
Music promoter Michael Coppel sells office tower for $35m
The sale of 333 Queen Street to well-known investor ‘Jimmy’ Lai Huat Goh is the biggest office deal in Melbourne this year.
- Larry Schlesinger
May 2022
- Exclusive
- Federal election
‘Scott Morrison stands for nothing’: Newman
Former Queensland Liberal National Party premier Campbell Newman says the Morrison government’s economic policies have contributed to inflation.
- Mark Ludlow
Motley crew chasing last two Queensland Senate seats
Assistant Minister for Women Amanda Stoker could be replaced in the Senate by Pauline Hanson, Clive Palmer or Campbell Newman.
- Updated
- Mark Ludlow
January 2022
Clive Palmer takes another tilt at federal Parliament
Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer is not satisfied being ‘retired’ and is having another crack at federal Parliament, this time a Senate seat.
- Mark Ludlow
November 2021
Labor cries foul over new Infrastructure Australia boss
Tamworth Mayor Col Murray will be appointed as the next chairman of Infrastructure Australia, as part of a significant overhaul.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2021
Newman hardly disinterested in sophisticated investor fight
The former Queensland premier now runs Arcana Capital, a commercial property investment business geared at, you guessed it, “wholesale investors”.
- Myriam Robin
August 2021
- Opinion
- Federal politics
Vaccination is now a race to the federal election
Poll ratings are rising and falling based on management of the pandemic. That’s why the Morrison government must throw everything rolling out the vaccine as fast as humanly possible, says Alexander Downer.
- Updated
- Alexander Downer
June 2021
Online art auctions are booming ... except this one
Online art auctions have gone from zero to hero during the past year, but a sale on Sunday has left one vendor less than impressed.
- Gabriella Coslovich
May 2021
Veteran dealers bid a farewell to arms, if not art
Two of Australia’s longest-serving art dealers are winding up their businesses as a Maori weaving peg sells for more than 80 times its low estimate.
- Gabriella Coslovich
October 2020
LNP's big-ticket campaign promises absent from costings
The Queensland Liberal National Party will also turn to debt to help pay for its $5 billion in election commitments.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- ICAC
Federal watchdog cannot be a star chamber
Corruption cannot be rooted out by bodies that are too prone to abuses themselves.
- Amanda Stoker
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Less Sunshine State, more banana republic
Queenslanders face the bleak prospect of four more years of a do-nothing government if Labor is re-elected.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Queensland votes
Queensland isn't just a COVID-19 election
The state's highly regionalised politics include the different attitudes to the pandemic in Brisbane and the bush. So border populism doesn't mean Annastacia Palaszczuk is assured of victory on Saturday.
- Graham Young
Campbell Newman led a 'good government', says Frecklington
Queensland Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington has defended the legacy of the controversial former Newman government.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Border election brings populism in from the fringe
Annastacia Palaszczuk has made the state election a referendum on whether Queenslanders should decide who goes there, and the circumstances in which other Australians are not allowed to come, no matter how high the financial cost.
- The AFR View
Palaszczuk's election pitch goes all in on border policy
When Annastacia Palaszczuk asks Queensland's governor to dissolve state parliament on Tuesday, she'll launch an election campaign in which she's cast herself as the underdog in true Queenslander style.
- Mark Ludlow
July 2020
The surgeon, his CEO son and a costly development spat
A public examination has looked into the failure of a company, linked to an established family and a bold property-funds management play.
- Liam Walsh
- Exclusive
- Saleroom
Questionable Preston still life pulled from sale
Questions from Saleroom sparked Australia's newest auction house – chaired by Campbell Newman – to pull a Margaret Preston still life that was top lot in its upcoming sale.
- Gabriella Coslovich
