Queensland labor


Pineapple Party Time QLD election wrap

What we had expected would be a long night was over in a flash, writes Mark Bahnisch.

A Queensland election is imminent

Crikey can now confirm that the “imminent election” in Queensland may in fact be imminent, 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.