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2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

‘Newman-era attack on workers’ should have gone to 2024 poll: Miles

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2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Queensland parliament updates: Labor warns of ‘Newman-era attack on workers’

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2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Deputy premier to get strike-breaking powers under overhaul of Qld labour laws

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2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

Notorious childcare paedophile to face trial in NSW

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2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Failures of police and contractors in focus over infamous worksite brawl

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2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Major rail project manager accused of lying about infamous CFMEU brawl

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2026-08-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 We were initially knocked back entirely by legal services manager Peter Cardiff because the 46 pages and one video found were deemed “not in the public interest” and would reveal personal information about candidates. assertive

2026-09-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 By everyone, of course, we mean those with thoughts about their public sector employment they would maybe only dare lay out in the free-text general feedback box of the anonymised questionnaire. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Queensland’s human rights watchdog has taken its first major swing at the Crisafulli government, offering a scathing assessment of a proposed bail crackdown that is feared will ultimately lift crime in the state. mixed

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The latter, according to the Legal Profession Act which sets up the process, are only eligible if they have never been a lawyer and have “high level experience and knowledge” in fields including consumer protection, business, and public administration. And wouldn’t you know, two of the five tapped for that gig – revealed only with an update to a sprawling government appointment register – just happen to be former federal LNP MPs! assertive

2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The inquiry released images of 15 of the men – some of them masked – back in April, seeking to speak with them to ensure “all relevant perspectives are heard” about the “confrontational protest” of May 1, 2024, which culminated in a police escort. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The public probe has returned for a second day of evidence this week surrounding the May 2023 incident, which resulted in what Commissioner Stuart Wood described as a “riot” at the Dutton Park Cross River Rail station site. assertive

2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A Victorian CFMEU insider and former industrial lawyer has made a rare public intervention to question whether Queensland’s powerful probe into the union and construction sector, and its looming Victorian counterpart, will deliver on their promised actions. mixed

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 On Monday’s agenda was a bill floated by the Crisafulli government last sitting week, which would make prisoners on life sentences jump through extra hoops to get parole. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “[This is] something that I have been working as attorney with the New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley on for several months, and the reason why I was so determined to support that application was because victims deserve … their time in court, and that’s what they will now get in New South Wales for that person. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Disaster Recovery Minister Ann Leahy said she had sent an open letter to the Albanese government last week signed by every mayor in the state, and other stakeholders. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The next state election will be held in late October 2028. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 But given the significance of the bill and the powers it will extend to the government and relevant departments, Labor MPs on the committee questioned why the departments’ directors-general were not the ones giving the briefing. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “That’s what we are doing every day, and will continue to do every day … across every front, things are getting worse.” assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie would be handed powers to terminate protected industrial action under the Queensland government’s long-awaited overhaul of workplace laws. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 But despite its heightened share of the primary voting intention in the state steadying at above 20 per cent, only 13 per cent of voters believe One Nation would be the best party to handle the state’s budget, rising slightly to 15 per cent in marginal seats. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Bleijie flagged the bill earlier in the day while tabling a government-commissioned review into the state’s workers’ compensation scheme and industrial relations laws, announcing the LNP would move to act on its recommendations immediately. After coming to power with a limited industrial relations agenda, the government has put forward legislation which proposes to, among other things, hand Bleijie powers to terminate protected industrial action. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie introduced a bill acting on calls from a government-commissioned review on Wednesday night, claiming key provisions would align with federal powers. But the new ability for Bleijie to terminate protected industrial action by workers negotiating deals with government is far broader than the federal law it is said to be based on. assertive

2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Queensland’s Labor Opposition will wave through the government’s controversial bail crackdown, despite significant concerns about the proposed laws and their impact on the justice system. assertive