State election


A Queensland election is imminent

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

WA election 2: Crunching the one-vote one-value seat by seat

On paper Labor has a handy buffer, but a lot of its seats are tougher than the notional margins make them appear, writes Poll Bludger.

Carpenter, Ripper, bras, booze and honesty

The issue is not now how distasteful it is that the Premier allegedly behaved in such an appalling fashion but rather his response to the allegations, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.

More factional warfare looms for NSW Liberal Party

Stand by for a fresh eruption of factional warfare in the NSW Liberal Party at its State Council meeting on December 8, writes Alex Mitchell.

Canberra vs The States, Part XVI

There’s nothing new about John Howard’s centralism. Like most
federal politicians, fighting the states comes naturally to him. But the most recent twist - trying to sell the idea that the states are to blame for upward pressure on interest rates - still comes as something of a
surprise, writes Charles Richardson.