For too long, the Queensland Parliament has relied on the exercise of discretion by police to not prosecute abortion crimes, write EMILY's Listers Tanja Kovac and Hutch Hussein.
Queensland's first abortion trial in almost a quarter of a century begins this week. The state's out-dated Criminal Code lumps abortion together with other "repugnant" acts such as bestiality - a pertinent reminder that the time for reform has well and truly arrived, writes George Williams.
The Queensland Government is set to receive something between about $3.6 billion and $5 billion in proceeds from the QR float, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz.
The Queensland Nurses Union will disaffiliate from the Australian Labor Party's Queensland branch, stripping 12 votes from Anna Bligh's Left power base on the state conference floor and increasing pressure on Australian Workers Union kingpin Bill Ludwig to knife her as premier.
Bob Katter's decision about which party to back could ultimately favor Labor due to the construction of the Einasleigh River bridge, which after many years of lobbying was funded by the Rudd government.
One of the big questions post-election is whether ALP state party parliamentary performance impacted ALP results in the federal election. Possum Comitatus examines the data.
Readers of media reports on the Queensland government's go-ahead late last week for the Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland could be forgiven for thinking that the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) project will be carbon free, writes Bob Burton, a Hobart-based freelance journalist.
Labor candidate for Melbourne Cath Bowtell is scrambling for trade union cash in a bid to blunt renegade support for Greens candidate Adam Bandt, as the battle for control of the electorate enters its final days.
Independent Queensland MP Bob Katter could possible control the balance-of-power, if this election is as close as pundits are calling it. He's a great country character, writes Michael Madigan.
Daily Media Wrap: It's all sunshine in politics at the moment, even if that's just the weather. Yes, the focus today is the quest for Queensland and, of course, its famous resident Kevin Rudd helped to spice things up.
