Two weeks on, and results from the Queensland election are now final. Charles Richardson reflects.
Queensland election
Queensland gives hope to the hopeless
The ALP has won a lot of elections in the last decade, but few of them have confounded expectations as much as Saturday’s victory in Queensland, writes Charles Richardson.
Brent vs Possum: on accumulating accuracy
The world needs statisticians and economists, particularly in these troubled times. But on occasion they get so carried away with their graphs and formulae, we find them lodged up their own orifices, writes Peter Brent.
Mungo: have a nice trip Kevin, see you next fall
The Prime Minister might feel that even if the economic cycle is still clearly running against him, the political climate at least has changed for the better, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Pineapple Party Time QLD election wrap
What we had expected would be a long night was over in a flash, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Gold Coast Bully gives Queensland ALP the time of day
The overall coverage from the Gold Coast Bulletin has been discernibly negative regarding Lawrence Springborg and his policies, writes Ross Stapleton.
What would a Springborg victory mean?
It seems reasonably clear that the opposition is gaining ground in spite of the Nationals’ takeover, not because of it, writes Charles Richardson.
Borg can’t be sold to Brisbane, nor Bligh to Howard’s battlers
Few seem to have asked — until the swing became obvious — whether Anna Bligh could hold onto Beattie’s vote on the urban fringes and in the regions, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Queensland ALP in dire straits
Internal Labor tracking polls show the LNP on course for a win, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Bligh campaign implodes days before poll
Two days out, ALP insiders in Queensland are pointing fingers, describing one of the worst-run grassroots campaigns in the history of Australian politics, writes Andrew Crook.
Gold Coast political football — see the gloves come off
You could be mistaken for thinking Saturday’s Queensland election is about the whole of the state voting on whether it wants an AFL team on the Gold Coast, writes Ross Stapleton.
Special report: how oil spill spin put the skids under Anna Bligh
With only two-and-a-bit days of campaigning left before Queensland rushes to the polls, media attention remains stubbornly focused on premier Anna Bligh’s handling of last week’s disastrous 240 tonne oil spill off Moreton Bay, writes Andrew Crook.
Why calling an election early would be suicide for Rudd
Going prematurely to the polls suggests politicians are more interested in obtaining an electoral advantage than in doing the job they are elected to do, Bernard Keane explains.
LNP’s Queensland stories are not true
An alert reader has drawn our attention to a discrepancy in one of the “stories” presented to Queenslanders by LNP advertisements, writes Bernard Keane.
Gold Coast campaign power play
Broken promises and deception distinguish the recent Queensland history of state electricity provision, writes Ross Stapleton.
Anna Bligh’s ship of state threatened by a flood tide
Resigned apathy might be the phrase best suited to the election vibe in Queensland, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Can Bligh take a fifth? Take away the number you first thought of …
Is a government more vulnerable after four terms than at any other time? Asks Charles Richardson.
Wankley Awards: This week’s Wankley goes to… the monster raving loony media
Joke election candidates are such a lark, aren’t they? Neil Walker reports.
Media Monitors’ Top 20
Does all this attention for Pauline help the incumbent? Asks Patrick Baume.
Bligh singing from Kirner’s debt sheet
The parallels between the tanking Queensland economy and Victoria’s in the dark days of the early 1990s are striking, says Stephen Mayne.
How do you spell Beaudesert — “yeah that’s hard”!
Beaudesert can be forgiven for thinking “why us” as it faces not just the prospect of a resurrected Pauline show, but the late entry of another non-Mensa endorsed aspirant, writes Ross Stapleton.
How we might lend an ear — again — to Pauline Hanson
There’s something of Mike Tyson in Pauline Hanson’s return: battered and past her prime, she’s drawn inevitably back to what she knows best, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Bligh’s calculated gamble should bear fruit
For a brief moment last year, it seemed that early elections were about to go out of fashion, writes William Bowe.
Disputes Committee? What Disputes Committee?
The fact that a Disputes Committee has not even been established until after preselections are over indicates a remarkable faith in the amity of LNP candidates, writes Bernard Keane.
