Queensland votes
Qld will hand out $2b in power bill rebates but the cash splash has raised questions
While broadly welcomed by social service groups, there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
- by Matt Dennien
Latest
Crisafulli seeks to regain underdog status after promising poll
Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has rejected claims he is a shoo-in to be sworn in as premier in October, following polls that pointed to a convincing LNP victory.
- by Cameron Atfield
Premier David Crisafulli the ‘most likely outcome’ of state election: Miles
Premier Steven Miles has conceded the “most likely” result of October’s state election was an LNP victory, as both he and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli campaigned in central Queensland on Friday.
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Government
We all lose under Queensland’s winner-takes-all political games
Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes. And there are few less-practised areas in Queensland politics than collaboration, as the youth justice blow-up shows.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Perspective
Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes: Qld election season begins
April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt, but in a state election year, it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).
- by Matt Dennien
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t gulp: The GLP – a combined Greens-Labor party – is inevitable
It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see the 124-year-old Labor Party is in terminal decline in Queensland and eventually in wider Australia.
- by David Hinchliffe
Weekend elections show Labor losing votes left and right
There was not a lot of good news for Labor after Saturday’s polls, with major swings to the LNP in two byelections and to the Greens in several Brisbane council wards.
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Road to Brisbane 2032
The 48 hours that will see a political reset and an Olympic restart
By Monday night, Premier Steven Miles will have lost a seat in parliament, seen another become vulnerable, and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.
- by Sean Parnell
Huge swings further dent Qld Labor’s chances in state election
Voters in the once-safe Labor seats of Inala and Ipswich West have sent the government a strong message ahead of October’s state poll – and it wasn’t positive.
- by Luke Costin and Laine Clark
Byelections to help Miles gauge Labor’s chances in state poll
Premier Steven Miles will be watching Saturday’s byelections in Inala and Ipswich West particularly closely after a new opinion poll indicated Labor faced defeat in October.
- by Laine Clark
Perspective
Perspective
Four things to know about the weekend elections most won’t vote in
As all Queenslanders elect councillors and mayors on Saturday, two contests for empty seats in parliament will draw focus for reasons beyond their borders.
- by Matt Dennien