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April 11, 2022

Populism and the federal election: what can we expect from Hanson, Palmer, Lambie and Katter?

Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University

Clive Palmer is back trying to win a Senate seat, while Jacqui Lambie is aiming to get a second senator elected.

March 13, 2022

Research shows voters favour financial relief after disasters, but we need climate action too

Hannah Melville-Rea, New York University

The findings indicates natural disasters such as the current floods in southeastern Australia can influence election results.

October 15, 2020

Meet North Queensland First, the party that wants to kill crocs and form a new state

Claire Brennan, James Cook University

Some north Queenslanders feel every inch of their distance from the state government in Brisbane. A new party is hoping to tap into that sentiment.

October 4, 2020

Queensland’s unpredictable election begins. Expect a close campaign focused on 3 questions

Paul Williams, Griffith University

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.

By Wednesday morning condemnation was raining down on Anning from almost everywhere. Mick Tsikas/AAP

August 15, 2018

View from The Hill: A ray of bipartisan good comes out of obscure senator’s hate speech

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

In our frequently depressing and often toxic political climate, Wednesday’s bipartisanship was a small but significant and encouraging moment of unity on what we stand for as a nation.

Queensland voters have punished the major parties, but Annastacia Palaszczuk is most likely to be returned as premier. AAP/Glenn Hunt

November 26, 2017

With result still in the balance, Labor likely to win Queensland and One Nation likely to take just one seat

Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne

Labor is still shy of the 47 seats it needs to form government in Queensland, but it is best placed to do so in the coming days.

Man in the middle: former Labor MP turned independent Billy Gordon (centre) is now one of three crucial cross-bench MPs in the Queensland parliament. Dan Peled/AAP

May 4, 2015

North Queensland’s powerful trio will shake up the state

Allan Dale, James Cook University

Three north Queensland MPs representing just 3% of the state’s population will wield huge power in Queensland’s parliament when it resumes on Tuesday.

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson says landholders’ constitutional water rights have been undermined by government changes – but is that true? AAP Image/Tertius Pickard

January 22, 2015

Could the Constitution protect farm water from coal seam gas?

Adam Webster, University of Adelaide

The Australian Constitution says residents have the right to water from the rivers for irrigation and conservation purposes but governments have brought in laws that are restricting this – One Nation’s…

Palmer United Party founder Clive Palmer had to miss the Queensland election launch, leaving it to state leader John Bjelke-Petersen – backed by senators Glenn Lazarus and Dio Wang – to make the pitch to voters. AAP/Jamie McKinnell

January 18, 2015

Palmer misses the party as PUPs struggle to be heard in Queensland

Donna Weeks, University of the Sunshine Coast

It’s been a surprisingly muted campaign from the Palmer United Party (PUP) ahead of Queensland’s January 31 poll – and on Sunday, the man who started it all couldn’t even make it to his own party. At the…

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