Joan Solaga has trained hard to overcome some obstacles to compete in this year’s World Masters Games, but not the kind athletes usually face.
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Prawn catches at risk from Brisbane Airport chemical spill
South-east Queensland prawn fishers already financially crushed by white spot disease are reeling for a second time in as many months after learning their catch could be affected by last week’s chemical spill from a Qantas airport facility.
Website of Liberal MP Stuart Robert appears to contradict fundraising claim
Federal Liberal backbencher Stuart Robert’s evidence to Queensland’s corruption watchdog about his fundraising activities appears to be contradicted by his own website.
Premier concerned over 457 visa impact on Queensland hospitals
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hopes regional hospitals will not suffer from the Federal Government’s changes to the 457 visa system, saying local medical students have not received enough support.
'Poor old developers' needed to fund election campaigns, Pisasale tells CCC probe
Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale defends relying on “poor old developers” to help fund his campaigns, as he faces a grilling at the Crime and Corruption Commission hearing into alleged corruption at the 2016 council elections.
Is working in a group really that important?
Group work. You either love it or you hate it. But how important are those team-building courses that are often part of the modern workplace?
Goodbye Clive: Palmer to disband PUP
Clive Palmer says he will cancel the registration of his Palmer United Party, which at its height boasted four members of Federal Parliament with the mining magnate himself representing a seat on the Sunshine Coast.
Mega solar farm planned for Gympie
A company proposing to build Australia’s largest solar farm near Gympie says the $2 billion facility will eventually supply about 15 per cent of south-east Queensland’s power needs.
Liberal backbencher Stuart Robert paid independents to take on Labor
Federal MP Stuart Robert denies any wrongdoing for donating $60,000 to two independent council candidates, telling the Crime and Corruption Council he would need to “spend a lot more defending our ideas” if Labor had won power.
Lawyers fear courts, hospitals will wear legal service cutbacks
Queensland’s only free legal service for Indigenous women is among community legal services concerned about the flow-on effects from impending funding cuts.