William Davis

4 days ago | watoday.com.au | Cloe Read |Courtney Kruk |William Davis |Rosanna Ryan

Key postsHide key postsGo to latestFormer IR minister hits back at Bleijie’s claimsLabor’s former industrial relations minister Grace Grace has responded to calls to condemn CFMEU protesters, saying “there is no place” for abusive behaviour in the union movement.

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Felicity Caldwell |Anthony Segaert |William Davis |Michael Koziol

Key posts1 of 2Pinned post from 7.52amBrisbane inner-city streets shut due to protestsBy Felicity CaldwellSeveral streets are shut in Fortitude Valley and Brisbane city as a result of protest activity. Campbell Street, O’Connell Terrace and Hamilton Place in Bowen Hills are currently closed, police reported at 7.49am. The protest involves “hundreds” of CFMEU members, police said, and the action is affecting traffic in the area, including St Paul’s Terrace through Fortitude Valley.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Felicity Caldwell |William Davis |Michael Koziol

Key postsHide key postsLatest postsBrisbane inner-city streets shut due to protestsBy Felicity CaldwellSeveral streets are shut in Fortitude Valley and Brisbane city as a result of protest activity. Campbell Street, O’Connell Terrace and Hamilton Place in Bowen Hills are currently closed, police reported at 7.49am. We are chasing up more details.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Felicity Caldwell |Anthony Segaert |Catherine Strohfeldt |William Davis

Pinned post from By William DavisOne person is dead and delays of more than an hour have been reported after an early-morning multi-car crash in Brisbane. The collision occurred on the Gateway Motorway near the Old Cleveland Road ramp in Belmont about 5am. Only one lane is open and QldTraffic is reporting significant delays along the entire motorway. “This incident is ongoing,” Queensland Ambulance said in a statement. Nine News reports one of the vehicle occupants has died.

1 week ago | theage.com.au | William Davis |Catherine Strohfeldt |Rebecca Masters

It’s estimated more than 40,000 people are enslaved across the nation, subject to violence, threats, punishing hours, low pay, poor housing and restricted movements. Workers employed through the federal government’s the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme – which employs people from nine Pacific islands and Timor-Leste – were found to be sleeping on benches and lining up at soup kitchens in Bundaberg, in Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region.