Union to defy order to remove Campbell Newman footage from ad

Commission says PUP submitted well over the minimum of 500 members but the party faces deregistration if it cannot produce enough legitimate members

Scientists warn the government’s strategy is likely to prove ineffectual as ‘unless Australia cuts back on carbon dioxide emissions we won’t have much of a Great Barrier Reef left’

Palmer United party leader says electoral commission’s demand for list of members is a ‘stunt’ by the Queensland premier

Queensland state MP disendorsed but former minister Ros Bates preselected for Mudgeeraba

Queensland businessman John Chardon received praise in federal parliament for his assistance to the Liberal National party before a dramatic fall from grace

Police investigating after video shows man swearing at and racially abusing a security guard, and challenging him to a fight