Labor’s donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.
Nationals
Port Paper company collapses after Oakeshott cries foul
A purportedly “independent newspaper” set up by National Party staffers to secretly attack Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott under the cover of journalistic impartiality has collapsed.
The peculiar provenance of The Port Paper and its polling
Rob Oakeshott is being targeted by a new media outlet in his electorate, one with some interesting links to his opponents.
Labor risks forgetting who the enemy is
If Labor were to de-escalate its war on the Greens it would be in a much better position to fight off the opposition challenge where it matters.
Regional development: here we go again
Governments have to be forced by the electorate to take regional development issues seriously. So far we haven’t even mastered the basics.
Is the LNP sleepwalking to defeat in Queensland?
There’s alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports Bernard Keane.
Nationals behaving badly
There are a number of Liberals, from Queensland and elsewhere, who have been astonished at the behaviour of the Nationals in recent weeks, writes Bernard Keane.
How close did WA Nats come to falling in with Labor?
How close did the WA Nationals really come to an historic deal to keep Labor in government? asks Poll bludger William Bowe.
Merger I: Libs and Nats descend into complete chaos
The Queensland Liberals are self-destructing before our eyes following last night’s remarkable State Council meeting, with pro-merger forces set to leave the party and join the Nationals’ new venture, writes Bernard Keane.
Chaotic Nationals look set to lose Vaile’s seat
The National Party has a spectacular record of losing the seats once held by its federal leaders, writes Alex Mitchell.
Nationals gaze into the abyss
The last of the post-election leadership issues was settled yesterday, with Warren Truss elected unopposed as leader of the Nationals, and Senator Nigel Scullion as his deputy, writes Charles Richardson.
Queensland’s local problems threaten to go federal
By far the biggest political stoush in Queensland this year has been local government reform. The policy has created angst all over the state, from the rural West to Brisbane’s northerly neighbour Redcliffe, writes Mark Bahnisch.
