This category has rather long title in order to be able to include some articles on political culture that do not fit elsewhere. Primarily, however, the articles are about political parties and takes a broad definition of elections to include issues such as election commitments, polling, preselections and advertising.
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Australia Day: The contention is inescapable Historian Henry Reynolds comments once more in John Menadue's 'Pearls and Irritations' blog (23.1.23) on the resurfacing of debate and contention o... More » |
1992 Queensland Cabinet Minutes released On January 1st, Queensland State Archives (QSA) released the 1992 Cabinet Minutes of the Queensland government after expiry of the 30-year embargo ... More » |
Scott Morrison being secretly sworn in as a minister reveals just how central his command was Brett Worthington comments for ABC News (15.8.22) on the startling revelations surrounding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison and h... More » |
Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the 2021 census reveals Peter Martin writes in The Conversation (28.6.22) about the release of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, highlig... More » |
Election 2022: Morrison was routed by combination of quiet Australians and noisy ones Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (22.5.22) about the 2022 federal election result, delivering a change of government and a reso... More » |
An election fought on the political low ground Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (10.4.22) about the 2022 federal election, called by PM Scott Morrison for Saturday 21 May, wi... More » |
Religious discrimination bill contorts equality principle Edward Santow writes in the Sydney Morning Herald (8.2.22) about the Morrison government's religious discrimination bill being debate... More » |
1991 Queensland Cabinet Minutes released On January 1st, Queensland State Archives (QSA) released the 1991 Cabinet Minutes of the Queensland government after expiry of the 30-year embargo ... More » |
Is the COVID vaccine rollout the greatest public policy failure in recent Australian history? Carolyn Holbrook and colleagues write in The Conversation (21.7.21) about the flawed national COVID-19 vaccine rollout program, suggesting... More » |
Tanya Plibersek's speech to QUT Women in Leadership Dialogue On Thursday, 10 June 2021, Labor's Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Women, delivered a speech as part of t... More » |
1990 Queensland Cabinet Minutes released On January 1st, Queensland State Archives (QSA) released the 1990 Cabinet Minutes of the Queensland government after expiry of the 30-year embargo ... More » |
Post-election analysis – Queensland 2020 Under ordinary circumstances, the TJ Ryan Foundation would have convened a face-to-face post-state election event with a panel of guest speakers. H... More » |
Robodebt was a policy fiasco with a human cost we have yet to fully appreciate Peter Whiteford writes in The Conversation (16.11.20) about the federal Coalition's bungled automated welfare debt recovery system, sugges... More » |
‘Three-peat Palaszczuk’: why Queenslanders swung behind Labor in historic election TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Chris Salisbury, writes in The Conversation (2.11.20) about Labor's win in the Queensland state ele... More » |
Event: McKell Institute's Queensland election panel discussion On Thursday 22 October, the McKell Institute is hosting (via Zoom) a panel discussion on the upcoming Queensland election. Featured on the panel is... More » |
Remember Quexit? 5 reasons you should not take your eyes off the Queensland election Susan Harris Rimmer and Elise Stephenson write in The Conversation (9.10.20) about the start of Queensland's state election campaign, high... More » |
The status quo state - Queensland in the 2019 federal election TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Chris Salisbury, offers an assessment (17.4.20) of the results of the 2019 federal election as they played o... More » |
How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics - especially for women In a new series in The Conversation highlighting key figures in Australian political history and how they changed political debate in... More » |
As Trad exits stage Left, Queensland's economic prospects take a Right turn Sean Parnell comments in InQueensland (11.5.20) about the resignation of former Deputy Premier Jackie Trad from her ministerial roles, as ... More » |
Queensland's local government elections going ahead despite coronavirus concerns As the state and federal governments announce more measures and restrictions to deal with the COVID-19 public health crisis, Queensland's electoral... More » |
Queensland’s election year shadowed by federal in-fighting, scandals and voter fatigue TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Chris Salisbury, writes in The Conversation (17.2.20) about the Queensland election due in October ... More » |
Event: Launch of The Brisbane Dialogues On Monday, 9 March 2020, an event will be held to launch a new public discourse organisation in Brisbane. The Brisbane Dialogues... More » |
Proposed Queensland laws silencing charities risk breaching the Constitution Anne Twomey writes in The Conversation (31.1.20) that proposed laws in Queensland would stymie the work of charities. But if they're ... More » |
So the government gave sports grants to marginal seats. What happens now? Maria O'Sullivan writes in The Conversation (17.1.20) about the 'sports rorts' scandal rocking the federal government, with calls for Nati... More » |
What secret cabinet papers reveal about 'most pivotal year' in state's history Lydia Lynch reports in the Brisbane Times (1.1.20) about the release of Queensland cabinet minutes from 1989, a year in which three premie... More » |