Publications

Madonna King comments in the Brisbane Times (22.6.16) on the prominence in federal election campaign rhetoric of ‘fear’ and ‘division’, rather than ‘vision’ espoused by aspiring

Peter Mares writes in Inside Story (22.6.16) about the policy positions of the major parties regarding refugees and asylum seekers. The author argues that, while the

The seat of Ryan – not as safe as it appears? The electorate The Ryan electorate is named after Thomas Joseph Ryan, Queensland Labor Premier from

Rob Nicholls writes in The Conversation (23.6.16) about the policy positions of each of the major parties regarding regulation of the business and finance sectors. ‘Controversy

Charles Livingstone writes in The Conversation (24.6.16) about the positions of the major parties regarding the gambling industry, and whether the make-up of the next federal

On the dinosaur trail in Fairfax The ABC’s Paul Donoughue and Tim Leslie have compiled a pictorial essay (23.6.16) exploring voter sentiment among residents of the Sunshine

John Menadue suggests (22.6.16) a compromise solution on asylum seekers based on a number of assumptions: ‘The first is that most Australians believe that the cruelty

Moving towards the ‘tapeworm in the US health system’? John Menadue writes on his website (19.6.16): ‘Malcolm Turnbull says that the Coalition will ‘never, ever, privatise

From the IPA website – rapid reform before the goodwill runs out Queensland’s former Premier, Campbell Newman, lost office after one term in which he held

Coalition would push us into a less fair society Eva Cox writes on her blog: ‘I have been compiling a social-policy-on-offer tally with three categories. Firstly,

Really, really, really small targets Sean Kelly in The Monthly Today (22.6.16) writes that even Peta Credlin is criticising the small target strategy of the LNP: ‘A

Nichole Gurran and Peter Phibbs write in The Conversation (17.6.16) about how the Property Council has lobbied the Federal Government over preserving negative gearing. ‘The financial