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Former QBCC licensing manager Graham Easterby giving evidence on Wednesday.

Ex-building regulator boss might have committed misconduct: inquiry

Queensland’s CFMEU inquiry has heard evidence of potentially unlawful behaviour by the regulator, along with pressure and interference from Labor and union figures.

  • Matt Dennien

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Former Queensland state secretary Michael Ravbar speaks to protesters outside state parliament in February 2024.

Public servant feared CFMEU boss would punch her in ‘frightening’ meeting

After the 2018 incident with then CFMEU state secretary Michael Ravbar, the senior public servant warned her female colleagues not to meet with him alone.

  • Matt Dennien
The unfinished building in Burwood.

‘Disgusting conditions’: Workers allegedly living on luxury Burwood high-rise site

“No one brings their underpants on site and washes them at work,” a CFMEU official said in a video walk-through of the Victoria Place development.

  • Max Maddison
Opposition leader Steven Miles addressed hundreds gathered in Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens on Tuesday to support abortion rights and protest a Katter’s Australian Party attempt to force abortion debate in parliament.

What two inquiries and forced debate reveal about LNP and Labor’s lull

More than 18-months into government, the LNP is yet to fully shed its opposition-era attack footing. But Labor is also still struggling to find its feet as one.

  • Matt Dennien
Box Hill North resident Carolyn Hall and Doncaster resident Nick Johnson are among locals calling to protect the Tram Road Reserve after a proposal to extend the boundary of the North East Link and Eastern Freeway upgrades project boundary.

North East Link boundary extension plan for eight sites to impact homes, parkland

Councils and residents along the Eastern Freeway corridor are fighting back over a push to extend a major construction boundary up to suburban back fences.

  • Rachael Ward
James Sinclair Thomsonfrom Perth House Relocators. I

Perth house relocator leaves trail of clients, contractors claiming he owes millions

A group of aggrieved clients claim James Thomson owes them money. He claims he is the victim of an online smear campaign.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Premier Jacinta Allan announcing changes to IBAC on Monday.

It would be nice to say better late than never, but premier deserves no prizes for belated action

Jacinta Allan has finally moved to grant the state’s corruption watchdog badly needed powers, but they will not be in place until late next year.

  • Nick McKenzie
Why is it so hard to build affordable housing in Brisbane?

Why builders can’t stack up affordable housing despite being needed more than ever

The average entry-level price was more than $2 million for off-the-plan developments in Brisbane on sale during May.

  • William Davis
Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has no active prosecutions involving violence on Big Build worksites.

Workplace watchdog missing in action on Big Build violence claims

While WorkSafe has a team dedicated to Victorian infrastructure projects, the watchdog has confirmed it is not currently pursuing any cases through the courts.

  • Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
Brothers Hussein Saad and Abboud Saad (pictured) bought a Brunswick fixer-upper at auction just over a year ago for $1.01 million. They have renovated the home and relisted it for sale for $1,950,000 - $2,100,000. 22nd May 2026. Photo by Jason South

‘An iconic home’: Brothers transform Edwardian home for next generation

How brothers who bought a dilapidated home held by the same family for 115 years turned it into a light-filled haven, while keeping the heritage intact.

  • Abbir Dib