Alex Brewster is the state political reporter for ABC News in Brisbane. He files across television, digital, social, and radio news platforms. Alex joined the ABC in 2021 and has worked as a video journalist in Ipswich, and covered court, crime, housing, and outer suburban issues.
Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles faces a popular premier, frustration from Labor's right faction, and an insurgent One Nation in his path back to the top job, writes Alex Brewster.
The Youth Advocacy Centre's chief executive says they're being punished for criticising the state government's approach to youth justice.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Queensland's LNP government has been in power for two years. How far has it come, and how much further does it have to go?
Topic: State and Territory Government
The ABC understands Ms Camm's resignation will trigger a mini reshuffle in the Queensland cabinet, the first movement in the frontbench since David Crisafulli came to power in 2024.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls says the 51-year-old's family learnt of delays to his care through the media on Thursday.
A long-running pay dispute between Queensland Rail and seven unions has ended with an agreement, following months of delays for commuters.
The LNP administration's latest measure to curb crime, breach bail, go to jail, is being examined by a parliamentary committee.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Offenders will be based at the regional facilities for up to six months and will be required to wear an electronic monitoring ankle tag.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Queensland police will be given expanded powers and penalties for domestic violence offenders, increased under legislative changes expected to be introduced to parliament this week.
A $32 billion data centre proposed for a site west of Brisbane will be used by AI giant Anthropic.
Former Olympic coach Patrick Gemzik said he's been left with permanent eye and brain damage after waiting more than 36 hours to undergo an emergency surgery.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Dangerous prisoners like Gerard Baden-Clay could remain locked up for life under legislation introduced to state parliament on Tuesday.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
In more than 250 submissions to Queensland parliament on the proposed bail laws overhaul, experts from policing, legal professions, and advocacy services have widely criticised the legislation.
The ABC understands a downgrade is imminent, sparking a blame game between Canberra and the LNP state government.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
The Crisafulli government says the drop of more than 12,000 recorded victims of crime are "green shoots" in their crime crackdown.
Around three-quarters of patients stuck in Queensland hospital beds are elderly, but just 26 residential aged care beds were added to the system last financial year.
The Queensland Police Service cannot discipline an officer convicted of a crime if no conviction is recorded due to its interpretation of a recent court decision.
BMD came under scrutiny in the CFMEU commission of inquiry this week, amid allegations it hired a security company linked to the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang in 2024.
Topic: State and Territory Government
The premier denied there have been threats to cut investment in vital services, including for homelessness and child safety.
Topic: State and Territory Government
The latest figures for July showed 44,294 people on the waitlist, a drop from the 48,539 recorded in October 2024 when the LNP came to office.
Queensland corruption watchdog says it is of "enormous concern" police officers who are found guilty of a crime but do not have a conviction recorded cannot be disciplined.
Queensland's peak medical body has taken matters into its own hands to try and address the ballooning "waiting list to get on the waiting list".
The latest bungle involved statements the lab provided to police for prosecution, which had typographical errors like the wrong date or case number. The mistake was sensationally first discovered as a scientist was in the witness box giving evidence in June.
The Queensland government will spend almost $300 million on upgrades to Brisbane's RNA showgrounds.
More than 460,000 debts were written off by the state government last financial year, almost double the amount written off two years ago.
Topic: State and Territory Government
