Queensland
Rotten Robodebt legacy lingers as Liberals attempt re-election in Fadden

The Federal seat of Fadden is currently up for grabs after the exit of former MP Stuart Robert ...  
PODCAST: Belinda ‘Bee’ Jones joins SpinProof

IA columnist Belinda Jones sat down with Denise Shrivell on her SpinProof podcast for a discussion ...  
Seeing the light

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
Far-Right grifter found guilty of running fake charity

Active during last year's devastating Northern Rivers floods, conspiracist influencer David ...  
More public housing would help those in Australia doing it tough

The 'housing crisis' could use a dose of democratic big government, with state initiatives and ...  
Twitter conspiracy and Belinda Jones for Fadden: 'Real-life' according to Nine's kids

It’s telling that the right-wing mainstream media can manage to turn everything that doesn’t ...  
Corruption-proofing the Sunshine State: There is a better way

According to journalist Phil Dickie, who played a key role in the 1980s in exposing the crimina ...  
Stuart Robert gone but questions over 'shady deals' remain

Recent testimony by John Margerison, former business partner of Stuart Robert, lends weight to ...  
Stuart Robert's fall from grace

History may struggle to define the most significant factor in the demise of Stuart Robert’s ...  
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Nothing 'Honourable' about scandal-ridden Stuart Robert's tipped retirement

L-NP politician Stuart Robert announced his intention to retire – for 'family reasons' – ...  
Drug trade secrets buried with corrupt cop

Former disgraced Queensland Police Commissioner Terry Lewis has died — along with him, the truth ...  
Another blow for iconic Twin Falls World Heritage site

A judge has ruled in favour of a controversial water drilling project on the Gold Coast that will ...  
The Qld end to the beginning for the failed War on Drugs?

IA applauds the Palaszcuk Queensland Labor Government's new stance on drug law enforcement ...  
Ringleaders, riots and ruin: The story of Charters Towers

The year 2022 marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of North Queensland goldfield  ...  
#8 TOP IA STORY OF 2022:  9 things Scott Morrison could have done for the flood emergency — but didn’t

The misrule of Scott Morrison ended in 2022, yet the widespread public disgust with his profound ...  
Planned 'Brisbane Metro' is misleading the public

Brisbane City Council's planned 'Metro' system doesn't live up to its name and is nothing more ...  
Landry Labor ‘bullying’ claim a lame media grab

The recent Labor "bullying" claims are just another publicity stunt to add to the great Liberal g ...  
'Wonder reef II' to be built by V8 Supercars engineers on Surfers Paradise

Construction has begun on Wonder Reef II, on the primary sand dunes at Narrowneck.  

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