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Suspended Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson has resigned, a week after the Queensland government issued him a show-cause notice. Townsville residents will head to a by-election, where Mr Thompson has indicated he will re-contest. @9NewsQueensland @ACurrentAffair9

DICKSON: @alifrance5 isn’t saying it yet, but her volunteers have tomorrow’s headline on their shirts already. #auspol @9NewsAUS

BREAKING: Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson has officially been suspended from office. QLD’s new Local Government Minister Ann Leahy announcing Mr Thompson has agreed to be suspended from his position for 12 months on full pay. @ACurrentAffair9

Following our @ACurrentAffair9 story, Troy Thompson has now lost the confidence of his Councillors. All ten of them have called for him to step down. 📸 - Daniel Shirkie/@tsv_bulletin

Gotta start ‘em young. #qldvotes

Time check: It’s been 21 says since the US Presidential debate; 5 days since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump; And more than 100 days until the election.

@ccroucher9 Sing away my friend!

@R_DAlessandro9 🎣… if history’s a guide, we have to sing when we’re winning (because it might be a while before we get to do it again)

Queensland just don’t get origin

@EmilyPrain9 @CliveFPalmer @9NewsQueensland Beautiful weather for boating… 😳🌧️

Birthday boy @CliveFPalmer giving us the thumbs up as he boards his super yacht to celebrate his 70th birthday on the Brown Snake 🥳🛳️ ☔️@9NewsQueensland

The nation’s last COVID-era Premier steps down. @9NewsAUS

The PM offers his condolences to Peta’s family. “We will always carry her glow in our hearts.” She had been battling breast cancer for some time. @9NewsAUS #auspol

#BREAKING: The Prime Minister has announced Dunkley MP Peta Murphy has passed away at home. @9NewsAUS #auspol

For all the pearl clutching over ticks and crosses before referendum - the informal vote is currently only 1.07%

Peter Dutton and Jacinta Price are addressing the media in Brisbane. Mr Dutton says the Prime Minister “held the pen of this divisive chapter in our history…” @9NewsAUS #auspol

Hundreds have been killed in a surprise and unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants. @Brett_McLeod @R_DAlessandro9 #9News

PM @AlboMP pays tribute to outgoing Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. “Daniel’s career has been quite extraordinary.” @9NewsAUS #auspol

It was the decisions of STATE governments that impacted Australians the most… but the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Response Inquiry will not examine them. How can we hope to be better next time, if key decision-makers are excluded? #auspol @9NewsAUS

It's worth noting... the COVID-19 Response Inquiry's final report is due by 30 September 2024, likely a matter of weeks before QLD's next state election. @9NewsAUS #auspol

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy announces a $1.5 billion boost to the ADF’s maritime patrol aircraft fleet. Includes a fourth MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft, and upgrades to the RAAF’s fleet of P-8A Poseidons. @9NewsAUS #auspol

“I am not a racist, and I don’t believe that the majority of Australians are racist. I do believe that the No campaigners are using racist tactics.” That’s Marcia Langton on the false claim in that she called voters racist and stupid. smh.com.au/politics/feder…