Publications

Bill Shorten discussed Queensland after the mining boom in his address to the electorate in Mackay, promising an increasing emphasis on tourism and renewable energy. Queensland

Bill Shorten and Malcolmn Turnbull took part in their first election debate on Friday 14 May 2016.  Instant feedback judged Shorten the clear winner.  Read commentaries

‘Vote Compass is an educational tool developed by a non-profit group of political scientists and hosted by the ABC. ‘Based on your responses to a brief

The ABC’s Andrew Kos reports (8.5.16) on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s move to call a double dissolution election for 2 July 2016. He highlights the most

Chris Salisbury writes in The Conversation (6.5.16) about the dramatic change of leadership in the LNP, where Tim Nicholls deposed Lawrence Springborg in a party room

We don’t know for certain why people vote the way they do. But, as Paul Rodan writes in Inside Story (4.5.16), three theories give us glimpses. ‘With

Chantal Mouffe writes in The Conversation (30.4.16) about the challenges and crises facing representative democracies from populist reaction against neoliberal ‘consensus politics’. She argues that, in

Madonna King comments in the Brisbane Times (27.4.16) on the gamble that Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took in reintroducing compulsory preferential voting at Queensland elections, arguing that

John Harrison comments in the Brisbane Times (24.4.16) on the likelihood of voters deserting the Palmer United Party at the coming federal election. He asks where

Liz Minchin and others comment in The Conversation (22.4.16) about the changes to Queensland’s voting and electoral systems, brought about through unexpected and ‘opportunistic’ legislative amendments

Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (21.4.16) on unexpected changes to Queensland’s electoral system, after the government tacked on amendments reintroducing compulsory preferential voting to

Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (19.4.16) on the Opposition’s moves to reintroduce a bill that would increase the number of seats in the state’s