HOGSBACK

Qld bill to allow spying on miners

QUEENSLAND’S slide into a totalitarian and autocratic state continues with a bill before parliament that seeks to grant environmental officers the ability to spy on mining operations with secret drones and greater power for fringe environmental groups to stymie mining projects.

 Palaszczuk is prepared to throw the rest of Queensland under the bus to win over swinging voters.

Palaszczuk is prepared to throw the rest of Queensland under the bus to win over swinging voters.

This - and an ambitious plan to phase out coal-fired power by 2035 - is part of Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's southeastern Queensland's vote-winning strategy, which Hogsback has alluded to...

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