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In the aftermath of Queensland — a place that, like Vietnam or Dresden or Hell, has become an event — it’s worth revisiting a debate that’s been going on round Leftish traps, regarding the ALP in power.

Before high-profile figures such as Peter Beattie hit the public stage pushing prostate cancer screening, they could do worse than read up on the subject.

What happened to the women that Queenslanders voted in? asks Madonna King. Premier Anna Bligh sold off all the state’s assets and now is trying to escape scrutiny by talking about trivial issues.

It was politically irrational and not economically explainable why Anna Bligh would privatise major public assets like Queensland Rail. So why do it? What purpose does a state government have? asks Mark Bahnisch.

Tony Abbott’s new foreign affairs adviser is an international man of mystery, Anthony Chisholm could be facing a factional bloodbath, non-profits cashing in on the insulation scheme and more hot tips from Crikey readers.

Labor pollies are lining up to done the hair-shirt, from Kevin Rudd to John Brumby. But Peter Beattie’s ‘apologise constantly and hope they vote for you anyway’ method doesn’t always work. Stick to your policy guns, says The Oz.

Just eight months after Anna Bligh was elected QLD premier, voter satisfaction has dropped to just 30%, thanks to privatisation of state assets, broken election promises and scrapping petrol subsides. Is her decline terminal? asks Cosima Marriner.

Crikey readers weigh in on the political media cycle that pollies are sucked in to, Rupert Murdoch’s views on the cost of journalism and the years of the Beattie government.

Eventually, the culture of bullying and cronyism that marked the Beattie Government in Queensland must surely be exposed. There are too many unanswered questions, too many ruined lives and wrecked careers, to stay in denial about it forever.

The conviction of Gordon Nuttall, a senior member of Peter Beattie’s Government, reinforces the sense that Queensland Labor under Beattie was ready to tolerate appalling standards in ministers.

Elections are no preparation for many of the tasks required of MPs, writes Bernard Keane.

Australian Story as another media trawling of the Rose Beattie saga comes up with little more than water haul, writes Chris Johnson.

Australian Story continued its finest whitewashing tradition by providing half an hour for former Minister Merri Rose to explain how she was a victim, writes Bernard Keane

If we want to use native forests as a means to avoid doing something about climate change, we first have to slow the pace at which we’re destroying them – legally and illegally, writes Bernard Keane.

Hypocrisy is a key ingredient in public life, writes Bernard Keane.

It now seems that the discovery of a Federal Police operative working out of the office of the CFMEU Furnishing divisions is about to explode in the faces of those who employed him and why! Fireworks expected. Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie blew his stack at the weekend over the resurfacing of allegations that he […]

The Queensland Opposition has referred serious allegations to the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, writes Bernard Keane.

Defending the indefensible … McCain winning from Democrat fighting … The Daily Reality Check … The Pick of the Easter Weekend Political Coverage …

Same, same but different … An agent of influence … A record number of working families … The Daily Reality Check … The Pick of this Morning’s Political Coverage …

Lawrence Springborg’s dream of a “United Conservative Party” was buried the day after he returned to the leadership when four Liberal Senators, led by frontbencher George Brandis SC, gave it the public kiss of death, writes Mark Bahnisch.

So much for suggestions of summer slackness. We now know how hitting the ground running really works, writes Christian Kerr.

Queensland opposition leader Jeff Seeney is so confident of his “new party with one plan, one leader” that he’s selling it as a template to be adopted nationally down the track. Not so fast, writes Mark Bahnisch.

Talk about a phoney campaign! The meeja are almost giving the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition equal time, the Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20 for the week of 18-24 September shows.