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Qld Police Minister Dan Purdie pledges no redundancies from the $400m shortfall in police finances. No accountability as yet with the government saying "most of those people have already moved on". The matter has been referred to the Qld CCC for investigation. #qldpol

Like them or not, the Crisafulli government e-mobility laws have passed the Queensland parliament & are set for implementation 31 August. Interstate & overseas visitors will need to be aware. It's likely David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie will have police deployed. #qldpol

Mary the Tasmanian devil has flummoxed Queenslanders for a fourth day. AI has been circulating in good humour. However, some images have misled searchers & there have been prank calls. In all seriousness she does need to be recovered from the Gold Coast area. #qldpol

The 13yo boy who developed an "attack plan" on the Maryborough school had finished primary school but never enrolled at a state school. No questions for Premier David Crisafulli on his youth crime deterrence laws. #qldpol

"To protect Queenslanders." Sometimes a judge will decide on a longer sentence than the prosecution asks for. #qldpol

David Crisafulli had the entire Queensland government change its branding colour from maroon to LNP-blue. Today he appeared in a maroon Queensland government shirt. #qldpol

Like Brisbane residents, Logan experiences the same challenges with flooding of the Logan & Albert Rivers. Mapping & restrictions have been a contentious debate recently. Latest proposed council decisions have been sent to the Queensland government for approval. #qldpol

More questions than answers today as to how the Queensland Police Service got itself into such a financial mess. The report suggests it has been defying the Qld government by directing funding away from the intended purpose. Report now referred to the Qld CCC. #qldpol

Concern raised today with one Qld child safety inquiry recommendation that it risks creating another stolen generation. This is Qld's 3rd such report since 2004 & parliament must focus on it. Otherwise we'll get to 2036 & a future premier will be calling another inquiry. #qldpol

Tasmania, we might need a bit of help up here in Queensland. They have her on camera but Mary the devil has been giving everyone the run-around for the last 3 days. Probably having the time of her life but it's the Gold Coast & she can't stay out there long-term.

Ch9 Qld tonight runs back-to-back segments on a dual car theft in Wakerley followed by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli taking credit for a supposed drop in the state's car theft rate. #qldpol

Amanda Camm stated yesterday that under 5yo will be moved out of residential care. Today she says it's happening but she doesn't sound too sure as to what system they are being moved into. #qldpol

Amanda Camm in full blame-Labor mode, demanding former ministers face the media. Herself & Deb Frecklington received the child safety report two weeks ago. They released it yesterday just before attending a media conference. It's Qld's 3rd such report since 2004. #qldpol

Qld Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm out early this morning on the inquiry with rehearsed talking points as she goes into blame-Labor mode & lashes the media. This is Qld's 3rd report since 2004 & blame hasn't solved the problem. Parliament working together just might. #qldpol

They've had it for 2 weeks & unfortunately the Crisafulli govt has decided to weaponise the child safety report with a blame Labor campaign. This is the 3rd report since 2004 Qld has had; bouncing blame across the chamber hasn't worked. How about we fix this together, MPs? #qldpol

On a shocking day in which another terrible report into Queensland's child safety system was released, Premier David Crisafulli went for a pie. #qldpol

Deb Frecklington & Amanda Camm received the final 10-month child safety commission of inquiry report 2 weeks ago. They released it minutes before facing the media. It'll now be another 2 months before they respond. It's the third such review Queensland has had since 2004. #qldpol

Tim Mander stand-in Andrew Powell showed he hadn't done his homework since taking on the Olympics role by having to take interjections in order to bumble through questions in parliament. A leaked document suggests new Exhibition train station will need an overhaul. #qldpol

David Crisafulli is back on the pies ahead of Queensland Day. I've lost count of the number of pie & food based media stunts so far. #qldpol

Here come the Olympic-sized Crisafulli government leaks. The new Exhibition train station may need rework to enable people to get safely to the new stadium location. Government has responded by threatening the opposition with ethics committee referral. #qldpol

The Crisafulli government has spent months on a commission of inquiry to tell Queenslanders what they already know about the dire situation of the child safety system. Amanda Camm & Deb Frecklington dropped the final report minutes before fronting the media. Another 2 months to respond. #qldpol

#qldpol ...government. Now, had something like this occurred pre-2024 Qld election it would have been reported completely differently. Before we knew anything, the LNP would be in full Labor-blame mode & the media would be broadcasting "youth crime crisis" right across Qld.

#qldpol 13yo charged over plotting to attack the Maryborough school had been bullied & not attended school for years. Initially cautioned & released, police raided his home 2 days later, arrested him & charged. As of last night, school had not had contact from the Crisafulli...

A tough day for Qld Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg. Doctors are not happy with the amendments to the e-mobility legislation. Bicycle Qld is not happy with car licensing requirements. Tourism Qld is not happy with international driver licensing requirements. #qldpol

Tim Mander has been released from LNP protection to face the media. He won't comment on the AFP or CCC investigations. Questions remain as to why he didn't immediately inform Premier David Crisafulli who found out about the AFP referral through the media. #qldpol

David Crisafulli is using the Australia-US critical minerals agreement signed last year to give Jarrod Bleijie more powers. With the Joh-finger up he pledges not to mine national parks. After Barrambin, can they be trusted? #qldpol

Qld Health Minister Tim Nicholls in parliament states no abortion criminalisation. David Crisafulli should march his MPs into a room & tell them no change to legislation & he's not taking it to the 2028 election. Remove gag. Tell KAP no. If Qld women want any changes they can let MPs know. #qldpol

LNP Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner is having another crack at illegal dumping. He's got hundreds of cameras all over the council; up trees & on posts. It costs $550m on clean-up. What cost the surveillance & where is all the footage being stored? #qldpol

The amendments to the Queensland Crisafulli government e-mobility legislation. Among the changes are 12-17yo need parental supervision. Without supervision 16yo & above need a licence. #qldpol

Inside Queensland parliament Rob Katter was trying to circumvent David Crisafulli's gag on abortion criminalisation with a MS-2 Step medication disallowance motion. Outside the pair & Jarrod Bleijie were copping it. #qldpol

He was protected by an LNP anti-media scrum yesterday but Tim Mander fronted reporters today to give a no comment response on his referral to the AFP. #qldpol

"Go the mighty Maroons!" Lord Pocketsquare exclaimed, attempting to endear himself to the common people by pushing the petition to ban referee Ashley Klein from State of Origin 2. However, he'd badly misfired with his tie & pocketsquare colour choice for this performance. #qldpol

Goori Camp Embassy forcibly removed in darkness. Come daylight & just like that, the sign bearing the name "Victoria Park Barrambin" was ripped down & thrown unceremoniously into the back of a ute. Like colonials, David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie claimed their new territory. #qldpol

"GIICA is now the owner of this land," came the voice out of the darkness from behind the police & spotlights toward the Goori Camp Embassy. Jarrod Bleijie dismissed the protest as a fuss. Camp has been re-established & intends to remain through to the 2032 Games. #qldpol

4 teens, 3 stolen cars & David Crisafulli's youth justice laws. No questions asked of the Queensland Premier, though. #qldpol

"Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go," Jarrod Bleijie sung cheerfully with an LNP-blue coloured spade over his shoulder after seeing off the Goori Camp Embassy a few hours earlier. Sod turning? An excavator scraped dirt & the government flicked sand onto grass. #qldpol

You've heard of a media scrum. This is a Queensland LNP anti-media scrum. Tim Mander obviously doesn't want to comment on AFP or CCC investigations so instead of giving reporters a polite "no comment", the chuckleheads rugby maul him up the corridor of parliament. #qldpol

13yo accused of Maryborough school stabbing plot. Worth some questions to Queensland Premier David Crisafulli on the crime deterrence side of his youth justice laws tomorrow? #qldpol

An operation in the dead of night. Just hours after the Goori Camp Embassy was cleared, David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie arrived at Barrambin with fake smiles to throw some sand onto the grass with their LNP-blue coloured spades. #qldpol

As James Glenday notes, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli doesn't like talking about Pauline Hanson. Tony Abbott has great values, though. (On topics he isn't comfortable with, he will frantically divert into a whole set of talking points.) #qldpol

On the homeless & housing situation in Queensland, Premier David Crisafulli's focus is on first home buyers. He claims his social housing delivery is 3 times the rate of the past 10yrs. Then it's back to the old "supply" talking points for the buyers. #qldpol

"People used to say to me, I just don't want to be embarrassed on the world stage." Premier David Crisafulli is convinced Queenslanders have overwhelmingly accepted his broken Barrambin pledge. There's now a long list of promises; that he's being up-front with people. #qldpol

Making sure Indigenous people don't get in the way. Just a few hours after the Goori Camp Embassy was removed in darkness by police, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli falsely claims Barrambin was a golf course for most of its life. #qldpol

Back during the nuclear power debate, Prof Anne Twomey described how the Commonwealth can compulsorily acquire land. Not for nuclear, but what what if it acquired Barrambin? That moves the land from Constitution section 51 to 52? The Commonwealth then has exclusive power. Just a thought. #qldpol

Under heavy police presence, Premier David Crisafulli was in early this morning to claim his new territory of Barrambin Victoria Park. #qldpol

They came in the night. David Crisafulli's constabulary removed the Goori Camp Embassy from Barrambin Victoria Park some time after midnight this morning. He has reneged on his pre-election agreement not to build a new Olympics stadium. #qldpol

From pledge to protest. Prior to the 2024 state election David Crisafulli agreed with the government that there was no need for a new Olympics stadium but as premier he reneged. Jarrod Bleijie's bulldozers are now set to destroy Barrambin Victoria Park from midnight. #qldpol

Jarrod Bleijie has accused Barrambin Victoria Park protesters of abuse against police & council workers on Friday during attempts to remove the Goori Camp Embassy. Crisafulli government will take control of the site from midnight. #qldpol

As the community rallied to save Barrambin Victoria Park, David Crisafulli was handing the sod-turning shovel to a boy to perform the ceremony. #qldpol

The Crisafulli government's bulldozers & police are set to move against the Goori Camp Embassy from midnight when Barrambin Victoria Park officially passes to the state government. #qldpol

Community joins Goori Camp Embassy in a final show of people power against the development of Barrambin Victoria Park but Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie refused to listen; even to his former boss Campbell Newman. Bleijie receives the keys from midnight. #qldpol

Goori Camp Embassy survives initial attack by the Crisafulli government with the Aboriginal flag flying again. Many people of different language groups & different tribes are set to join. The community will rally at midday tomorrow (Sunday) at Barrambin Victoria Park. #qldpol

To the barricades. Crisafulli government responds to the Goori Camp Embassy with fencing sparking concern Indigenous may be herded from Barrambin like cattle. The community will rally with Indigenous people from midday tomorrow (Sunday); an unlikely ally in attendance. #qldpol

David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie have failed to crush the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park with the Aboriginal flag re-raised & traditional fire kept alight. Hundreds from the community are expected to join them tomorrow (Sunday) to protest the development. #qldpol

The Queensland CCC has told the Qld Parliament that it is frustrated with the lack of progress in the creation of a Qld police integrity unit. This body would handle complaints, sit within the CCC & end police self-investigation. It was recommended 3yrs ago. #qldpol

Return to the Joh era. Jarrod Bleijie's bulldozers are set to roll into Barrambin Victoria Park, Queensland to begin the Olympics stadium. Despite the damage to the Goori Camp Embassy by authorities, Indigenous people & supporters are remaining defiant. #qldpol

Police were sent with intent to take down the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park, Queensland. Indigenous people & supporters have vowed to keep the traditional fire burning. Bulldozers due Monday. #qldpol

Defiance & protest in Queensland. Premier David Crisafulli & Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie send authorities to destroy the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park, Queensland. Indigenous leaders say Qld cannot continue to bypass cultural laws for developers. #qldpol

Here we Joh again. Violent clashes as the Crisafulli government sends police in to destroy the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park, Queensland. Indigenous people & supporters vow to fight on, returning to camp at dusk. Bulldozers scheduled for Monday. #qldpol

The Games stadium no one voted on. In scenes reminiscent of the Joh era of Queensland, Premier David Crisafulli & Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie have sent police in to forcibly arrest protestors & destroy the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park. #qldpol

The Games stadium no one voted on. In scenes reminiscent of the Joh era of Queensland, Premier David Crisafulli & Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie have sent police in to forcibly arrest protestors & destroy the Goori Camp Embassy at Barrambin Victoria Park. #qldpol

All South-East Queensland Mums & bubs inside now please. Hopefully this goes out to sea.

The Blues had been taunting Maroon Daly Cherry-Evans in the lead up to the 2023 State of Origin series. He's too old, he's no good now. The Blues get the ball. This is a certain try. Hang on, who's that? Wham. We Queenslanders are absolutely stunned. Did that just happen?

2016 State of Origin. Dane Gagai is away. It's 1, 2 & 3.

The declaration of Queensland independence dated 1859 is a very precious document to us Queenslanders. It is held by the Queensland Governor. State of Origin is the time to remind the NSW government that they must not cross our borders & attempt to rule over us.

This is the full ABC News Qld broadcast 18/05/2026. Before you castigate us Queenslanders, do you know how fucking hard we fight? Are you hearing us? We have to fight every fucking single day against our own media. Then, THEN, we might get a chance to say something. #qldpol

This one may be on me. It's not the first time I have posted something which upset Lord Pocketsquare, sorry I shouldn't use nicknames, it's Jarrod Bleijie. I apologise to the Qld Labor opposition who were targeted here by Lord Pocketsquare, sorry again, Jarrod Bleijie. #qldpol

The Iranian government has cautiously allowed ABC News Australia into their country.

In February 2026 at the NPC, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli boasted that he was off to Washington DC to meet with US President Donald Trump. It's late May now. So what happened? No questions for the premier? #qldpol

2 teens in Queensland charged with armed robbery in MacGregor. In 2024 this would have been the lead story on Ch9's nightly news under the banner of "youth crime crisis". 2026, brief mention. No questions for Premier David Crisafulli on his policy? I wonder what changed? #qldpol

David Crisafulli invokes Joh's crane index. The truth is Crisafulli doesn't have Joh's rat-cunning subterfuge but there is another. You are watching Qld regress in real-time. This is history unmaking. This is the high watermark of progress steadily rolling back. #qldpol

Qld Health Minister Tim Nicholls has done it! He's set an example for all Queenslanders by getting the flu vaccine. No, no don't make that joke, Tim. Dammit. Ok, we can recover here. No, no, no, Tim don't do it. Don't blame patient Colin's hip surgery wait on Labor... #qldpol

Also on this one. It sounds like Queensland Premier David Crisafulli opened the greatest thing in Queensland Health for over a decade. He cut the opening ribbon on a private hospital. #qldpol

"I look at the cranes on the sky now compared to a couple of years ago & I am optimistic," declares Queensland Premier David Crisafulli. Oh dear, this is the reiteration of Joh Bjelke-Petersen's crane index. We are now within a whisker of the famous, "don't you worry about that". #qldpol

"I'll run up the flag & the ideas & send it over to Eric (Trump)". Former Arundel Hills golf course was scheduled for housing under the Miles government. In 2024 Jarrod Bleijie boasted how he'd stopped the development. Now look who is off to Mar-a-Lago again; Tom Tate. #qldpol

5 years before he murdered Daniel Morcombe, Brett Peter Cowan attacked 15yo Melissa Sharman. She reported him to church leaders. They knew his NT prison history but had denied knowledge. Now there's a Qld Opposition bill to correct a loophole on vicarious liability. #qldpol

A 16yo laughed as he left court after pleading guilty to an Ascot, Queensland home invasion. He'll return to court in July for sentencing. Premier David Crisafulli said his youth justice laws would deter crime. #qldpol

Premier David Crisafulli's youth justice changes were supposed to deter crime but there's been an escalation in e-bike swarming in places like Brisbane, Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast. (I know what you're going to ask; where's the parents?) #qldpol

Queensland's return to the Joh-era. 2 months after the Crisafulli govt removed the CCC recommended ban on property developer donations the money is pouring into the LNP. The ban is still in place for councils. Minister for everything, Jarrod Bleijie, says it's just "electoral fairness". #qldpol

David Crisafulli has created a potential conflict of interest by placing the Games portfolio with Andrew Powell who is existing environment minister. Any decisions/directions involving crocodiles in the Fitzroy River in relation to the rowing event need full disclosure. #qldpol

Was there really a sausage in that bun? #qldpol

"Yesterday I was sharing a sausage with you & a horse in the morning." Tim Mander had been referred to the AFP but Premier David Crisafulli carried on with his media appearances. It wasn't until lunchtime a staffer gave him the news. (Was it a vegan sausage?) #qldpol

Crisafulli stands by his Mander. Premier David Crisafulli is keeping Tim Mander's job open despite the minister not informing him on Wednesday night of the AFP referral. A staffer handed the premier a note while he was in a meeting at lunchtime on Thursday. #qldpol

Premier David Crisafulli acting like Tim Mander was sent to the South Pole. Mander in New Zealand when he was informed of AFP referral, arranges flight return to Qld but doesn't tell the premier. Somewhere over the Tasman on Thursday the news breaks. Premier told by staffer. #qldpol

Minister Tim Mander was in New Zealand on Wednesday night when his lawyers informed him he'd been referred to the AFP. Should not the next call he made have been to Premier David Crisafulli? The premier was informed through the media at lunchtime Thursday. #qldpol

AEC couldn't find compelling evidence Tim Mander resided at his electoral address so referred the matter to the AFP. Premier David Crisafulli says he found out through the media at lunchtime on Thursday. This morning he fronted the cameras & hopes the investigation is dealt with "swiftly". #qldpol

Tim Mander maintained there was no problem with his enrollment on the electoral roll but the AEC has now referred the matter to the AFP. In a separate referral, the Qld CCC has been asked to examine his conflict of interest declarations. #qldpol

Qld Minister Tim Mander was overseas when he was informed last night that the question over where he resides for electoral purposes was referred to the AFP. Premier David Crisafulli wasn't informed until this afternoon & that he was standing down as minister. #qldpol

Believing it all a Labor smear campaign, Tim Mander stands down as Qld Games minister. He previously referred himself to the AEC after it was revealed his Arundel Hills registered address matched that of an electorate officer. The AEC referred the matter to the AFP today. #qldpol

The Queensland media wouldn't know if their own arses were on fire. This is from 2024. #qldpol

The Queensland media doesn't seem to know what to do in 2026. You get in the face of the Qld Premier & the Deputy Premier. This is raw Qld politics. You don't hold back. This is blood & guts, this is life & death for Qld people. Otherwise it's a return to corruption. #qldpol