Looking a year ahead, Labor will be struggling against the electoral tide in Queensland, where (on present polling) the Palaszczuk government could lose office
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For this podcast we caught up with Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, and canvassed issues like the cultural heritage law backdown, and the Voice.
The Labor government maintains a healthy lead in the polls, but support for the Voice to parliament appears to be slipping.
The man who rose to prominence leading Western Australia through the COVID pandemic alongside Mark McGowan becomes its 31st premier after a factional deal.
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the PwC scandal, Mark McGowans resignation, the PMs Singapore trip, and the inflation figures from the ABS
After the departure of their popular and wildly electorally successful leader, Labor’s Roger Cook and Amber-Jade Sanderson are among those touted as possible successors.
Labor holds the majority of Western Australia’s lower house seats for the first time since 1990.
Move over Mark McGowan and make some space for South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas on Scott Morrison’s recently-installed couch of Labor “besties”.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
As many people have died with COVID in Australia – more than 1,000 – as die from a bad year from influenza. Attention on them doesn’t seem to have spiked proportionately.
WA Premier Mark McGowan’s strong stance on borders has reminded many of the long streak of separateness that has defined Western Australia throughout history.
Australia’s road out of the pandemic has descended into political acrimony and confusion, as Scott Morrison pushes back against the attempt by some states to stay largely COVID-free.
With Mark McGowan’s government set to control both house houses of parliament, there will be questions of accountability. For the Liberals, there will be questions of relevance.
The WA Liberals’ near wipe-out includes the seat of Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup.
Ahead of the state election on March 13, WA’s premier is enjoying a huge poll lead. He is so popular, a voter even got a tattoo of McGowan’s face.
One analyst describes Labor’s lead in WA as “scarcely possible”, while new focus on sexual assault at Parliament House has not had an impact on the latest federal Newspoll.
If Clive Palmer pursues his claim against the Western Australian government in the High Court, and wins, he’s still got a big legal hurdle to overcome.
New research shows WA Premier Mark McGowan has been rated highest in terms of leadership for the greater good, while Victorian leader Dan Andrews has surprisingly held steady through the second wave.
The national cabinet, created to impose maximum unity on Australia’s response to COVID, has formally fractured.
The legislation designed to stop Palmer claiming huge damages against WA raises a host of questions.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Project Manager, Murdoch University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Bankwest Research Chair in Economic Policy, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
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Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor specialising in public law and less-adversarial justice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney
