Publications

Kate Stephens reports in ABC News (27.1.15): In the heart of Katter country, the major parties are facing an uphill battle as they try to wrest the

‘If Queensland’s Liberal National Party reclaims government at this Saturday’s election, you can be sure the politicians will be quick to take the credit. But behind

‘The Queensland Premier has rejected suggestions he is pork-barrelling to retain his Ashgrove seat ahead this Saturday’s election. Campbell Newman has promised more than $18 million in

At the start of the final week of the 2015 election campaign the media were dominated by comment about Campbell Newman’s attempts to control discussion, and

The Sunshine Coast Daily (26.1.15) reports that ‘Speaking at a Great Barrier Reef protest in Mooloolaba yesterday, the Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters, slammed Premier Campbell

Liz Minchin, Queensland editor of The Conversation, interviewed threee legal experts on the Premier’s decision to sue Alan Jones (26.1.15). The move was seen as not unusual,

Roger Scott compares cargo cults with the approach to election promises to be delivered only to electorates which return an LNP candidate to government in the

‘The Queensland premier has accused the Labor party of accepting donations from bikies but when asked for evidence has told journalists to ‘Google it. Campbell Newman

Campbell Newman says he cannot guarantee the Liberal National Party’s big spending promises, even those with bipartisan support, if the party wins government but not the

Roger Scott discusses Fukuyama’s theory that there are three institutions that co-produce political order and that, when in some proper balance, tend to result in prosperous, well-governed

‘I don’t really care who is supporting what I’m saying, whether they’re Greens, I don’t care who’s marching out there, but this has got to stop.

Campbell Newman’s campaign trail is a weird place to be a journalist – video ‘Most political campaign trails come with a press pack of journalists. Campbell