Paramount in understanding the farmers' vs. miners' debate is determining just which legal act actually covers CSG extraction. Crikey inter Clare O'Meara examines the confusing and at times contradictory legislation.
No one had higher stakes in the findings of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry than Grantham father Matthew Keep, who lost three family members at Grantham that terrible January day, writes Amanda Gearing.
The government has flashed the wrappings but not the contents of the package of its high speed rail study for a Brisbane-Melbourne link. But the study will be revealed today, writes Ben Sandilands.
The finding that the Lockyer Valley Regional Council is not responsible for the deaths in the devastating Queensland floods of January has left some residents distraught, writes Amanda Gearing.
Crikey media wrap: After 31 different meetings of public consultation across the state, the interim report of the inquiry into the 2011 Queensland floods was handed down yesterday to Premier Anna Bligh.
Crikey media wrap: Agriculture minister Joe Ludwig last night lifted month-long ban on live export of cattle to Indonesia, announcing a "progressive" examination of the industry.
For the Queensland government to now express outrage about kickboxing is a joke, writes former Crikey staffer Ruth Brown.
Bob Katter stood up on Friday and spoke for those sidelined, excluded and marginalised from politics, the real Australians who work hard and pay their taxes, and don't ask for more than a fair shake. Good luck to him.
The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities' decision to cancel safe sex advertisements featuring two gay men is deeply offensive, writes Benjamin Law in this letter of complaint to QAHC management.
Queensland publicans are being urged to aggressively counter Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie's poker machine reforms through a series of media "talking points" circulated by industry lobbyist the Queensland Hotels Association.
