Matt Dennien

State Political Reporter at Brisbane Times

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The LNP’s new year agenda set to reveal more about new government

Jan 4, 2025 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

The new year set to reveal more about the new state governmentWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. By Matt Dennien January 5, 2025 — 7.01pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Much has been written and said about the platform the LNP took to the recent state election which swept them to government in Queensland for the first time in a decade.
Garbage driver deal delivers empty bins and pay rises for Christmas

Dec 20, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 21, 2024 — 3.08pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Council garbage truck drivers and field staff at a major south-east council have inked a new pay deal after three days of strike action that left tens of thousands of residents’ bins uncollected – some for two weeks running.
Moreton Motorway route heads back to drawing board after community backlash

Dec 20, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 21, 2024 — 10.46am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queensland’s transport department will go back to the drawing board on a proposed route for part of a key south-east road connection dubbed the Moreton Motorway. Consultation on stage four of the Bruce Highway Western Alternative fielded hundreds of community concerns, many over its proposed path.
Ipswich council garbage truck driver strike hits third bin day as splits emerge

Dec 19, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 20, 2024 — 3.55pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Three councillors have thrown their support behind calls for a resumption of pay talks with workers including garbage truck drivers west of Brisbane amid a third day of strike action set to leave some residents without bin collections for at least three weeks.
Labor accuses LNP of inflating project ‘blowouts’ to claim future wins

Dec 18, 2024 | smh.com.au | Matt Dennien
Qld real estate lobby calls for probe into ‘onslaught’ of tenancy law changes

Dec 16, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien
Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie slams Bronco player’s ‘slap on the wrist’

Dec 16, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 17, 2024 — 3.10pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has criticised the sentence handed to Brisbane Broncos star Ezra Mam for his role in a drug-driving crash in which three people were injured.
No more blowouts: Clock ticking to confirm 2032 budget, audit office warns

Dec 12, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 13, 2024 — 4.12pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A total budget for the Brisbane 2032 Games is yet to consolidated and confirmed, with the state audit office warning a failure to do so would heighten the risk of unforseen and unmanaged cost blowouts.
LNP’s ‘adult time’ youth crime laws pass parliament with Labor backing

Dec 11, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 12, 2024 — 7.36pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queensland has passed controversial changes to the state’s youth justice system, which will see kids sentenced as adults for some crimes despite broad warnings from experts and government concessions it will lead to detention capacity “challenges”.
LNP blocks Labor move for more scrutiny of youth crime laws

Dec 10, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Matt Dennien

By Matt Dennien December 11, 2024 — 12.04pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Debate has kicked off in Queensland parliament over the government’s controversial youth justice bill, with Labor trying – and failing – to see key parts delayed until early next year.