Under normal circumstances, the only point at issue in the upcoming Queensland election would be the precise scale of the impending conservative landslide.
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Rundle: crazy Katter’s cut-price, fried policy chain
Bob Katter stood up on Friday and spoke for those sidelined, excluded and marginalised from politics, the real Australians who work hard and pay their taxes, and don’t ask for more than a fair shake. Good luck to him.
Benjamin Law: the Passion of the Campbell
Campbell Newman has become the phantom menace of Queensland parliament, says Benjamin Law, the unseen Sith Lord pulling the strings from behind the curtain. He’s already riding high in the polls, but the policy cupboard is bare.
Pineapple Party Time QLD election wrap
What we had expected would be a long night was over in a flash, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Labor Party losing plenty as Allco teeters
The dark clouds hanging over the indefinitely suspended Allco Finance Group are concerning plenty of financial players, but the beancounters inside the Queensland Labor Party must also be disappointed, writes Stephen Mayne.
Bahnisch: ALP not out of the hunt in Dawson
Queensland is Australia’s most decentralised state in population terms, and unsurprisingly, local and regional factors feature strongly outside the capital. So it would be quite wrong to read off polls taken in Brisbane and assume any sort of uniform swing, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Queensland preference negotiations reveal the state of play
There are important implications of the number and range of seats in play in the House of Representatives contest for decisions about the allocation of preferences in the Senate, writes Mark Bahnisch.
