The parallels between the tanking Queensland economy and Victoria’s in the dark days of the early 1990s are striking, says Stephen Mayne.
Queensland election
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.
Did the PM get a bum steer from the backblocks?
Today’s Galaxy polling suggests that the public hasn’t responded to the government latest intervention in indigenous Australia the way it was supposed to. And — politics being politics — there’s already some finger pointing going on.
An early election. Or not.
Watchers on the grassy knoll have been keeping an eye out for the next Tampa for the last six years or so. Have they spotted one in the PM’s Indigenous affairs intervention? The Man of Steel is back, some say. Will he rush to an 4 August election?
