Editorial Editorial: Respecting ratepayers Councillors may have never come up against the current iteration of the planning scheme as a civilian but they should be aware of the imposition it can be on the economics of small business. Editorial 31 Jul 2024
State Politics Editorial - ‘A bumptious pretender of a Star Chamber’ THE Guardian & Tribune’s David and Goliath victory over a bullying State bureaucracy has exposed an alarming trend in Queensland towards silent, dictatorial government. Editorial 18 Aug 2021
Editorial Council gag rules make mockery of ‘transparency claims’ Why on earth would a majority of Scenic Rim councillors decide on Monday to gag themselves from that day forth? Not permanently, but significantly enough to make a complete nonsense of Mayor Greg Christensen’s professed ambitions for a ‘transparent’ local authority ‘loved’ by its ‘customers’. Editorial 12 Nov 2020
Opinion Court punishment for dumping a feather duster Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding has described a $300,000 fine for illegal dumping by a waste company as a ‘slap on the wrist’. But it was less than half-a-percent of the $7.4 million dollars profit t and as such it could more properly be described as an admonishment with a feather duster. Editorial 01 Oct 2020
Opinion Dithering state government departments The Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Resources (DNRME) has emerged as another candidate for the dithering bureaucracy label. Editorial 30 Sep 2020
Opinion Scenic Quarry or Tipswich? Queensland’s quarry pit or Australia’s super dump? Those are two of the unwanted nicknames that have been applied to the Scenic Rim and Ipswich. Editorial 16 Sep 2020
