Coffs Coast Advocate

One Nation's Steve Dickson tries to force early election

How One Nation plans to ensure Queensland goes to an election in six weeks and why the LNP is now in the firing line.

budget cross river rail election jackie trad katter australia party lnp north coast rail one nation water security

08th Aug. 2017 1:08 PM

STEVE Dickson has called on the LNP to reject the Budget at the Third Reading and help One Nation send Queensland to an early election.

Readers offer pollies ideas on how to end our traffic pain

QUEENSLAND'S politicians seem stumped when it comes to finding a solution to the semi-permanent traffic jam that is the...

bruce highway congestion lnp m1 motoring north coast rail palaszczuk queensland rail steve minnikin sunshine coast

18th March 2018 1:03 PM

BRUCE Highway traffic banks up near Yandina earlier this year.

State Government's big plans for the Sunshine Coast

Hits and misses as Palaszczuk Government releases four-year plan for Sunshine Coast infrastructure.

bruce highway infrastructure light rail maroochydore principal development area mooloolah river interchange north coast rail palaszczuk government regional library sunshine coast

20th July 2017 6:07 AM

The Palaszczuk Government has announced a multi-billion dollar, four-year infrastructure strategy for the Sunshine Coast.

End of line nowhere in sight in $230m rail dispute

More than two years of back and forth between the state and federal governments has failed to fix a $230 million shortfall...

beerburrum to nambour rail upgrade funding mark bailey north coast rail ted o'brien

20th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

More than two years of arguing over costs has failed to plug a $230 million funding gap in the Beerburrum to Nambour rail duplication project. Picture: Patrick Woods

Rail duplication goes nowhere while pollies squabble

The $10 billion honey pot that may hold solution to North Coast Rail funding has politicians squabbling about who needs to...

andrew wallace darren chester federal budget mark jamieson north coast rail rail back on track sunshine coast council

12th May 2017 10:05 AM

FEDERAL Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester at Landsborough Rail Station(second from right) with LNP members Andrew Wallace, Ted O'Brien (left) and Andrew Powell (far right).

One Nation's Qld power play

One Nation details the shopping list it expects filled for the Sunshine Coast to secure its support for either Labor or the...

balance of power cross river rail labor lnp north coast rail one nation state election steve dickson water security

29th July 2017 11:07 AM

Steve Dickson has drawn the line in the sand over the price of One Nation support in the event of a hung parliament at the next state election.

ONE SHOT: This is how to build a bridge in 3 days

THE entire North Coast rail line will shut down, giving workers one chance to install a new rail bridge.

clarence development grafton bridge grafton bridge project north coast rail roads and maritime services

07th June 2019 6:06 AM

Senior project manager for the Grafton Bridge Greg Nash looks at the new rail bridge that will be installed over the long weekend.

MP derailed by forgotten LNP rail funding promise

The Coalition has been caught short by an infrastructure promise it made in 2014 that covered 80 per cent of the cost of...

coalition funding jackie trad mark bailey north coast rail palaszczuk promise ted o'brien warren truss

12th June 2018 5:06 AM

DEPUTY Premier Jackie Trad and Minister for Transport and Main Roads Mark Bailey were in Nambour on Saturday to announce a $160 million State Government commitment to rail duplication between Nambour and Beerburrum. It may not have been as short of the mark as Coalition MPs have claimed.

'Taking us for mugs': War of words over rail funding

FEDERAL MPs claim the Coast has been abandoned by the State Government over a refusal to match a $390m commitment for the...

andrew wallace department of transport federal government mark bailey north coast rail state government ted o'brien

04th June 2018 5:06 AM

Federal MPs are calling on the State Government to match its funding for the North Coast rail duplication.

Coast rail services to be cut during Commonwealth Games

QUEENSLAND Rail has cut services to the Sunshine Coast at a time they would be expected to be in most demand.

commonwealth games easter gold coast north coast rail queensland rail schedule school holidays sunshine coast

07th Feb. 2018 5:02 AM

Search Results