A Right to Information request uncovered a text message revealing hints of why the state’s richest man sought to meet with David Crisafulli.

MPs are back at George Street for a week marking the halfway point of the election cycle, with bail laws set to pass and a new minister to face question time.

A vocal critic of the Queensland government has its funding cut. Also in this week’s public sector column: who’s working on a union “competition” push, and the hunt for police union leakers.