In the event, the federal election turned out to be more about the economy than the environment. But there are steps the Coalition government can take to help conservation and boost the economy too.
The polls have likely been off for some time- one reason the result on election day was widely unexpected.
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Jim Chalmers, from the right of the Labor party, has been receiving support from those who believe the party needs generational change.
The finch management plan and the groundwater management plan have already been approved by the federal government – but not by the state government.
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The Queensland Labor government still must approve two outstanding environmental management plans for the Adani mine to go ahead.
Progressive voices have lit up social media with memes blaming Queensland for Labor’s loss in the federal election. But characterising the state as regressive and redneck is misplaced.
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Queensland has a proud place in Labor history. But the 2019 election shows the federal Labor Party no longer understands the issues that matter to Queensland voters.
APRA’s move will make the Reserve Bank rate cuts more potent.
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Under cover of a speech from the Reserve Bank governor, the Prudential Regulation Authority has moved to make it 10% easier to borrow.
Assessing the national mood has become much more difficult, but the media have continued reporting them as though nothing has changed.
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This election showed that Australia is stuck with an increasingly polarised media, a highly concentrated media ownership landscape and no apparent way to do anything about it.
Three simple lessons from behavioural economics would have helped the Labor Party sell its economic credentials.
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The Australian Labor Party’s economic agenda seems to have overlooked three fundamental principles of behavioural economics.
Better opinions polls are more expensive because pollsters need to spend more effort getting a representative and honest sample of voters.
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You could compare election opinion polls to penalty shoot-outs at a World Cup final: there’s huge pressure to get it right and we remember the big misses most of all.
Clive Palmer didn’t win any seats for his party in the election, but he says his massive advertising spend was “worth it” to prevent Bill Shorten from becoming prime minister.
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Monday’s share market surge was a pure as any a test of what the market thought.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he’ll act on the Commission’s findings. But he has already backslided on mortgage brokers and the rest of the recommendations don’t go far enough.
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Labor’s finance spokesman Jim Chalmers confirmed he is considering standing for leader, which would put him up against leftwinger Anthony Albanese, who is already campaigning hard for the position.
If Labor had won on Saturday, Bill Shorten would have been the least popular party leader ever elected prime minister, according to election data.
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Election data suggests the Coalition’s victory wasn’t so surprising after all – long-term trends pointed toward a Labor loss, given the various factors in play in this election.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a campaign rally. They’ll have to shore up a weakening economy.
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Observers will lament that Saturday’s result shows it is impossible for an opposition to win with a robust change agenda. It might, however, be the case that just too much was piled into it.
Clive Palmer spent about $60million on advertising – despite not winning a seat, the UAP vote had a significant impact on some seat outcomes.
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Especially in Queensland, right-wing populist parties like One Nation and United Australia Party had a significant impact on how seats played out, and especially taking votes from Labor.
Bill Shorten with wife Chloe the day after his party’s electoral defeat.
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Labor’s defeat revives a familiar problem in Australian political history: the left’s inability to show how its policies can improve people’s material conditions.
Senior Lecturer in Political Science: Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute; Research Associate for Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, James Cook University