The failed attempt to reinstate land clearing regulations in Queensland has prompted ‘panic clearing’, pushing Australia into the global top-ten deforesters.
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Queensland Labor claimed it has ‘created 122,500 jobs – more than four times the number of jobs created under the Newman-Nicholls government’. Is that right? We asked the experts.
Major voter concerns for North Queensland reflect the expectations that minor party preferences will determine the election outcome.
One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson said ‘up to 21 fathers’ are taking their lives in Australia every week. Is that accurate?
Twitter activity over the first two weeks of the Queensland election campaign shows good support for Labor and a slowdown of the Adani debate.
The real reason for Labor’s return to full preferential voting was to assist them in garnering preferences from the Greens - but it may end up strengthening the LNP.
The big ticket resources projects of the past decade have not delivered as hoped for regional Queensland. New approaches are needed.
Newspoll has delivered a sweeping new setback to Malcolm Turnbull, with a big cut in his ‘better prime minister’ rating and Labor increasing its two-party lead to a massive 55-45%.
Undecided voters are dismayed by the quality of Queensland’s political leadership.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Politics podcast: swinging into the Sunshine State’s election
The pundits are reluctant to place bets on who will win Queensland's November 25 election.
The Palaszczuk government has achieved better outcomes than the last two Queensland governments.
Despite Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s veto of a loan to Adani, the company could still receive funds from a new government or via previous arrangements.
Politics Podcast: Kevin Rudd on avoiding Donald Trump
Kevin Rudd now spends much of his time in the US, where he keeps a close eye on the unfolding Trump presidency.
People distinguish between levels of government when casting their votes. Nevertheless, a state result can reverberate federally, whether it is sending a protest or for other reasons. We only have to remember…
Whichever major party ‘wins’ the Queensland election will likely be forced into tricky negotiations with minor parties to form government.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today called the state election for 25 November, about two months before the three-year anniversary of Labor’s shock win in January 2015. There will be 93 single-member…
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement), University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Political Science: Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute; Research Associate for Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, James Cook University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and HRM, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
