Minor parties are once again set to be in a powerful position if, as polls suggest, Labor and the LNP fail to win a majority in the Queensland election.
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Queensland election: 'Secret plans' and 'tin-foil hats' as one campaign fails to take off
Queensland’s leaders accuse each other of having “secret plans’ one to clip a campaign’s wings, the other to sell assets.
Commonwealth Games: Knee injury puts South African athletics star Wayde van Niekerk out of Gold Coast event
A celebrity game of touch rugby leaves men’s 400m world and Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk out of the Commonwealth Games with a knee injury.
Queensland election: Greens pledge flat $1 fare on public transport
Adults should pay only a flat $1 fare on public transport in Queensland and people aged under 18 should travel free, the Greens say, under their state election transport policy.
Adani protests 'could influence undecided voters' in lead-up to Queensland election
A former Liberal insider says a strong and sustained anti-Adani protest could have a strong influence on the growing number of Brisbane residents who don’t yet know which way they will vote.
Queensland election: Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston to run as independent
Child protection advocate Hetty Johnston is running as an independent in the election, saying she is committed to making Queensland the safest state to raise a child.
Tyrell Cobb: Mother Heidi Strbak pleads guilty to manslaughter of four-year-old son
The mother of Tyrell Cobb left court visibly shaken and remains on bail after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the death of her four-year-old son on the Gold Coast in 2009.
Queensland bikies convicted of breaching anti-gang laws after they walked to a car
Three bikies are convicted for walking to a car on the side of a Brisbane road, under Queensland’s VLAD laws that ban gang members congregating in public. The trio made sure to leave the court separately after sentencing.
Queensland election: Adani coal mine tops priority issue list in Facebook poll
Environmental issues, particularly the Adani mine project in central Queensland, top an ABC Facebook poll on what people rate as their most important issues for the state election.
Kokoda veterans reflect on 75 years since battle against Japanese they were lucky to survive
Australia’s surviving Kokoda veterans meet in Canberra to remember the campaign to recapture Port Moresby, 75 years on.

