The construction union is facing a further 11 lawsuits in Queensland including for coercion, after receiving a $300,000 fine for unlawful strikes.
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Sunshine Coast University Hospital fails criteria to train orthopaedic surgeons
Australia’s newest hospital has failed to meet the criteria to train specialised surgeons, a letter obtained by the ABC shows, and will be stripped of accreditation from next year.
Commuters to travel free as Brisbane bus driver dispute continues
Some Brisbane bus drivers will refuse to collect fares this morning as industrial action enters its fifth day and council refuses to budge on their pay offer.
Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale facing more charges
Former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice while on bail on three separate offences, including extortion.
Palmer dismisses push to freeze assets as 'witch-hunt'
Former federal MP Clive Palmer says an attempt to freeze his assets could entice him to re-enter the political fray, as liquidators seek to stop him from selling or spending hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.
'Biggest mistake of his life' led to fatal road rage, court hears
Lawyers for the man accused of punching a driver who fell into the path of a garbage truck say a Brisbane motorway was like the film The Fast and Furious.
Liquidators apply to freeze Clive Palmer's assets
Liquidators move to freeze Clive Palmer’s assets as they seek to recover millions of dollars from the 2016 collapse of Queensland Nickel with an application to the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Australian mum's body stranded in Ugandan morgue, family reveals poison fears
The body of Australian woman Bronwyn Fielding has been lying in a Ugandan mortuary for five weeks. Her family wants to bring her home — and they want to know why the mother-of-three feared she was being poisoned in the run-up to her death.
'No light on the property horizon' for young regional Queenslanders
Home ownership rates among Queenslanders under 40 years old who live outside Brisbane are plummeting, with unemployment a large contributor.
Barrister fined for telling magistrate 'you don't do things according to the law'
Brisbane lawyer Sam Di Carlo is fined $4,000 over a heated exchange with a magistrate after the Attorney-General applied for him to be punished.