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by Peter Gleeson Premium Content   THE architect of the merger between the Liberal and National parties in Queensland has urged warring factions to "look at the bigger picture'' otherwise the conservatives face more years in the political wilderness. Former Opposition leader and Newman Government Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the Labor Party had learned from its mistakes of the past, having been largely in Opposition in Queensland from 1957-1989. "They (Labor) learned about division and the benefit of unity,'' Mr Springborg said. "As is al...

by Peter Gleeson Premium Content   THE architect of the merger between the Liberal and National parties in Queensland has urged warring factions to "look at the bigger picture'' otherwise the conservatives face more years in the political wilderness. Former Opposition leader and Newman Government Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the Labor Party had learned from its mistakes of the past, having been largely in Opposition in Queensland from 1957-1989. "They (Labor) learned about division and the benefit of unity,'' Mr Springborg said. "As is al...

  The LNP has called for Minister Mark Bailey to apologise for his comments around youth crime, with leader David Crisafulli slamming them as "broken" and a "disgrace". Mr Bailey yesterday said, "A number of people have died, who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it's incredible tragedies," in the wake of several deaths across the state. He also said the government accepted the state's youth bail laws needed overhauling. But Mr Crisafulli slammed the Transport Minister, claiming the comments needed to be called out by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the LNP and the community...

Former councillor Kate Richards uses LNP’s own rules in defamation claim Save Normal text size Advertisement Former Brisbane councillor Kate Richards has justified suing a dozen of the LNP’s top brass, including the lord mayor she served alongside, citing the party’s own rules to argue they are all culpable in her alleged defamation. It comes after the party released a media statement in December 2019 announcing the disendorsement of the sitting LNP councillor ahead of last year’s council election and referring her to the Crime and Corruption Commission over unspecified â...

He's the bogeyman - the malevolent leprechaun giggling like a troll under Queensland's political bridges every time we march toward an election. And the Queensland Labor Party adores him, knowing full well how we all love a pantomime villain. The ALP walks ahead of us on the political pathways with growing confidence, occasionally turning back in a theatrical display of horror to warn a fearful electorate, in a voice filled with foreboding: "Don't risk a return to Campbell Newman!'' And the voters cheer wildly, returning Labor governments with increasing vigour. Yet here today, in his ma...