Cameron Atfield

Journalist at Brisbane Times

Time's 2006 Person of the Year. Used to be active here, but Elon happened. Now mostly lurk. See you at 🦋 Bluesky.

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Brisbane news live: Queensland demands GST reform as state faces years in the red

3 days ago | theage.com.au | Cameron Atfield |Felicity Caldwell

Key posts1 of 1Pinned post from 7.33amQueensland demands GST reform as state faces years in the redBy Cameron AtfieldQueensland’s LNP government has demanded a bigger slice of the GST pie, as its first budget forecast deficits until at least the next state election.
Brisbane news live: Budget day arrives with blanket of fog

4 days ago | theage.com.au | Cameron Atfield |Felicity Caldwell |Courtney Kruk

1 of 1Pinned post from 7.23amState budget day dawns, with promises of no austerityBy Cameron AtfieldHappy Queensland State Budget Day to all who celebrate. Treasurer David Janetzki is due to hand down the LNP’s first budget in 11 years at 2pm today, and the Crisafulli government has been at pains to allay public service fears of cut-and-burn austerity.
Brisbane news live: Budget day arrives with blanket of fog

4 days ago | smh.com.au | Cameron Atfield |Felicity Caldwell |Courtney Kruk

Pinned post from By Cameron AtfieldHappy Queensland State Budget Day to all who celebrate. Treasurer David Janetzki is due to hand down the LNP’s first budget in 11 years at 2pm today, and the Crisafulli government has been at pains to allay public service fears of cut-and-burn austerity. The public service could perhaps be forgiven for feeling a little wary this morning – the last time an LNP government came into power, 14,000 of them found themselves without a job.
Brisbane news live: Budget day arrives with blanket of fog

4 days ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Cameron Atfield |Courtney Kruk

Latest postsPinned post from By Cameron AtfieldHappy Queensland State Budget Day to all who celebrate. Treasurer David Janetzki is due to hand down the LNP’s first budget in 11 years at 2pm today, and the Crisafulli government has been at pains to allay public service fears of cut-and-burn austerity. The public service could perhaps be forgiven for feeling a little wary this morning – the last time an LNP government came into power, 14,000 of them found themselves without a job.
Brisbane news live: Budget day arrives with blanket of fog

4 days ago | theage.com.au | Cameron Atfield |Courtney Kruk

Here’s what’s making news further afield this morning:Iran has launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar in retaliation for an American strike on its nuclear facilities. The US President posted on Truth Social, describing it as a “very weak response”. Follow our live updates here. Global airlines felt the effect of the escalating conflict in the Middle East, with carriers forced to navigate around a wide swath of territory and tear up flight schedules.
LNP, Labor unite in condemning CFMEU protest

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Cameron Atfield

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Workers who participated in union protests in Brisbane this week will be docked pay, Premier David Crisafulli said as the actions of some in the crowd drew condemnation from both sides of politics.
Queensland lab boss has ‘less than a week’ to save her job

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Cameron Atfield

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The embattled head of Queensland’s state-run forensic testing lab has less than a week to explain why she should not be removed from the job. Attorney-General Deb Frecklington suspended Forensic Science Queensland director Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde late on Friday, pending a show cause notice for her removal.
Brisbane’s abandoned 2032 Olympic Games

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Cameron Atfield

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Grandstands along Lake Wyaralong, a light-filled inner-city arena and a suburban stadium nobody really wanted. Stunning visions of abandoned Brisbane 2032 Olympic venue projects can now be revealed, after this masthead obtained concept images of the Games that will never be realised.
Qantas plane damaged after air bridge strike at Brisbane Airport

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Felicity Caldwell |Cameron Atfield

A Qantas plane was damaged in a collision with an airbridge at Brisbane International Airport on Wednesday night. Images show the windscreen was shattered. No one was injured and passengers left the Qantas Boeing 737-800 via the stairsA Qantas spokesman said the airline was investigating “how an aerobridge made contact with the front of one of our aircraft at Brisbane Airport”. “The aircraft will be inspected by engineers in Brisbane and repaired before returning to service,” he said.
Brisbane train driver ran red light during sneezing fit

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Cameron Atfield

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Brisbane train driver with COVID ran a red light when they suffered a sneezing fit in the inner-city a little more than two years ago, according to a new Australian Transport Safety Bureau report. The incident, in which the driver had to apply emergency brakes to avoid another train on the track, prompted the ATSB to urge Queensland Rail to conduct a review of risks on the network.