Michael Berkman
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- Brisbane Airtrain
Airtrain valuation revealed, prompting push for compulsory buyback
Financial files value the Brisbane Airtrain concession at $45m, fuelling demands for a state takeover to bring airport trips into Translink’s 50¢ fare network.
- Cameron Atfield
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Stadium opponents fear Victoria Park land sell-off to developers
Legislation passed on Thursday night has made Victoria Park “freehold” land, sparking fears of a sell-off. But the Queensland government insists it will remain in public hands.
- Cameron Atfield
‘Like a sore thumb’: Cost of demountables in Queensland state schools revealed
The booming south-east has received the bulk of the spending, but concerns remain about the effect of demountables on student wellbeing.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Seats still in doubt, but Greens blame Labor for party’s poor showing
The most senior Queensland Greens MP, Michael Berkman, says by fighting his party for city seats, Labor enabled the conservatives to grow stronger.
- Sean Parnell
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- Queensland government
Qld has almost hit its 2030 emissions goal. But hot air is rising
While both major party leaders suggest they want a contest of ideas, a recent report highlights a gap in debate again descending into point-scoring and scaremongering.
- Matt Dennien
‘Lack of ambition’: Qld public transport trips forecast to plummet
The government has been accused of “admitting defeat” as it downgrades its public transport usage forecast to just 9 per cent of motorised journeys by 2050.
- Cameron Atfield
Qld to bypass human rights laws in youth crime crackdown
The state has cited only “some evidence” of an increase in the number of serious repeat offenders to justify the changes, prompting swift criticism from the rights watchdog.
- Matt Dennien
Jails are filling up with drug offenders but the government could reap $1 billion
A state politician says the war on drugs has failed and “we shouldn’t be locking anyone up for drug use or addiction”.
- Felicity Caldwell
Labor’s end-of-year shot across Greens bow after MP sides with protesters
A powerful parliamentary body has been asked to probe the actions of the minor party’s two Queensland state MPs amid a vague warning from the Premier.
- Matt Dennien
‘I don’t know anyone who catches Airtrain’: MP joins calls for end to monopoly
Queensland’s Labor government is coming under increased pressure to tear up its exclusivity deal with Airtrain to run public transport services to Brisbane Airport.
- Cameron Atfield