Queenslanders head to the polls tomorrow. The Palaszczuk Labor government has vocally backed the resources industry – but our research suggests the issue will not decide the election result.
Neither Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk, nor the Liberal National Party’s Deb Frecklington appear to be interested in highlighting the needs and perspectives of women ahead of October 31.
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.
As Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk and the LNP’s Deb Frecklington vie for Queenslanders’ votes, leadership, COVID and economic recovery are set to dominate debate.
In the policy of the pandemic, experts have emerged to fill the gaps in the decision-making of politicians, with the responsibility for outcomes landing somewhere in the middle.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has benefited from leading Queensland – and doing it well – during the coronavirus pandemic, placing her in a strong position ahead of the October state election.
The blowback from closing borders will be considerable the Queensland premier, but will be a lot less politically dangerous than if she were seen to fail to do everything possible to protect Queenslanders’ health.
In political terms, Palaszczuk is on risky ground whatever she does; depriving the economy through continued border closure, or risking a serious outbreak.
US President Donald Trump is in an unenviable position as the race towards the 2020 presidential election heats up. Meanwhile, the UK’s attempts to Brexit continue to be untidy.
The deep politics of racial division is at play when governments position mining as in the public interest, with Indigenous land owners obstructive of that interest.