Jack McKay

The Greens pledge to push for trams to come back to Brisbane if they gain power at next month's council election, as the LNP prepares to announce more details about its Metro expansion plan.

The state government purchases a large parcel of land that will be added to the Daisy Hill Conservation Park, which features mountain bike tracks, walking paths, picnic areas, horse riding trails, and a koala centre.

An expansion to Queensland's list of detectable drugs during random roadside intercepts identified 322 drug driving offences involving cocaine in its first six months between July and December last year.

With more than 43,000 people waiting on Queensland's social housing register, a former top bureaucrat is tasked to review the state's response to homelessness with new funding for specialist support groups as a housing plan takes shape.

Member for Nudgee and Environment Minister Leanne Linard says demolition works at the flood-damaged shopping centre in Brisbane's north will begin next week, although its owner is yet to commit to an exact date.

Data from the state government reveals the number of buyers qualifying for the first home concession has fallen as property prices have risen.

Queensland's governing tennis body says the state needs hundreds more courts to reach its desired ratio of one court for every 2,000 people.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has released new figures indicating there are tens of thousands of fewer bus services compared to a decade ago, but the state government says it's an admission of financial mismanagement by the council.

The Queensland government acknowledges it has work to do to hit its waste targets, including a goal to divert 55 per cent of household waste from landfill by 2025.

Ahead of Brisbane voters heading to the polls on March 16, both Labor and the Greens have announced new transport proposals as they vie for votes in Australia's largest local government.

Queenslanders will find out in October, when voters head to the ballot box, if Steven Miles has done enough to convince Queenslanders his Games gambit is a gold medal winner.

Queensland's peak real estate body wants the the longstanding land tax threshold to increase with inflation, but the government warns the move would cost the budget $200 million per year.

Queensland's premier concedes he'd prefer the Gabba stadium isn't demolished and rebuilt for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as former lord mayor Graham Quirk is tasked with reviewing the Games master plan.

Translink confirms smart ticketing will now be trialled on buses this year, despite the state government previously suggesting it would be up and running by 2023.

Premier Steven Miles has again cast doubt over the future of the Gabba rebuild in Queensland, and says a promised 60-day review of Olympic and Paralympic Games infrastructure hasn't started yet.

The year was 1993, and the Goss government was navigating the fallout of the Mabo decision, putting even stricter protections on cabinet documents, and curtailing first class flights for MPs.

The state's transport department is looking into ways to further address drink riding, in an effort to protect road and footpath users.

Elected local government officials in Queensland are granted pay rises of mostly between 3 and 5 per cent that will come into effect from the start of next financial year.

After being elected unopposed by the Labor caucus on Friday morning, Steven Miles gives his maiden speech and vows to boost emission reduction targets and to address youth crime and the housing crisis.

Queensland's incoming premier vows to review the $2.7 billion Gabba rebuild and promises "fresh faces" in a new-look cabinet once he is confirmed.

Steven Miles will be the next premier of Queensland after Health Minister Shannon Fentiman withdrew her candidacy for the job.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed Annastacia Palaszczuk as Queensland premier – but he is facing a challenge in his bid to take up the state's top job.

The exact date the scheme will commence is yet to be announced, but the government has hinted that it will be rolled out next year.

The Queensland premier is set to receive a salary increase of nearly $50,000 by 2025, while the opposition leader's salary will rise by more than $30,000 in that time.

Former Gold Coast Suns chairman Tony Cochrane criticises the Palaszczuk government's move to make sporting codes pay for a temporary stadium while the Gabba is rebuilt for the 2032 Olympics.