Trucking the Bruce Highway

I am currently in a truck heading south on the Bruce Highway from Cairns to Brisbane to hear and see first-hand what is needed for this vital 1700km lifeline for Queensland. I’ve been grabbing a ride with different trucking companies as they go about their normal business of moving freight the length and breadth of…

Unions win, Ratepayers lose

The union bosses are the winners and ratepayers are the losers under Labor's new industrial relation laws passed by Parliament. Councils are warning the new heavily union-dominated laws could cost up to 1500 jobs throughout the state due to banning of contracting out and removing the flexibility of local councils to manage their workforce in…