William Davis

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal |William Davis

By Paul Sakkal and William Davis April 16, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Senior Greens have backed Adam Bandt’s leadership of the party even if it fails to retain its trio of seats in Brisbane in the face of a $7 million right-wing assault and a cash and brain drain to the teal movement.

2 weeks ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Colin Kruger |Supratim Adhikari |William Davis

By Colin Kruger and Supratim AdhikariThe board of Star Entertainment is backing a deal that will keep the casino operator’s doors open, but it will hand the keys to US suitor Bally’s in return for a $300 million cash injection that might also include pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson. Under the terms, Bally’s will inject up to $300 million as proposed last month, but this will be reduced if Star’s majority shareholder, Mathieson, agrees to tip in $100 million, Star said in an ASX announcement.

Jan 17, 2025 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Courtney Kruk |William Davis

By Courtney Kruk and William Davis January 18, 2025 — 2.15pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Police are treating a fire at a Beenleigh tobacconist in the early hours of Saturday morning as suspicious, following a string of arson attacks across Brisbane and fears of growing a growing tobacco turf war. Emergency crews were called to Uncle Billy’s Tobacconist on City Road in Beenleigh, near Logan, around 4.30am.

Jan 17, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Courtney Kruk |William Davis

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Jan 8, 2025 | brisbanetimes.com.au | William Davis

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shadow treasurer Shannon Fentiman has accused the Crisafulli government of not being upfront about how it plans to pay for increasingly expensive projects, and suggested it may cut public services. It comes as the LNP government flags a $24 billion budget “black hole” it says it was unaware of and largely caused by the former Labor government.