PM's southeast cash splash | Welfare card protests | Workers try new union

PM hits Queensland with $250m to spend

Scott Morrison will announce a major project for southeast Queensland every day until Friday as Federal Cabinet meets in Brisbane, and the city will become the Government’s campaign HQ.

Blowback as town gets cashless welfare card

Protests are expected in a Queensland community as the controversial cashless welfare card is rolled out in the region.

Rare $250,000 houses hit market

In a rare move, two houses — one inner west and the other south — have hit the market for less than the lowest median house price of any suburb in Brisbane.

First day for Queensland’s newest school

It will be first-day nerves all round this week, as Queensland’s newest state-of-the-art school opens its doors for the first time.

Workers flocking to alternative union

There’s a new kid on the industrial relations block in Queensland that’s putting traditional unions on notice: represent your members or risk losing them.

Top cop returns fire over predator fears

Queensland’s top cop has fired back at concerns officers are too overstretched and understaffed to monitor thousands of registered child sex offenders.

Southern influx to Sunshine State is back on

The once-traditional northern migration is once again driving a population surge in Queensland — and there’s one major factor behind the trend.

MAFS virgin bullied into coming out

No one wants their family to know about their sex life. But one guy has had it all exposed in an embarrassing MAFS revelation.

Wealthy regular saves Surfers RSL

A GOLD Coast entrepreneur who is a regular at the struggling Surfers Paradise RSL has put his hand in his pocket to stop it having to close its doors.

Media mouths so often missing the point

The Australian Open and Big Bash commentators excelled at talking a lot but saying very little. Thanks goodness for Andrew Symonds’s honesty, writes MIKE COLMAN.