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Graham Young

March 2023

Labor leader Chris Minns and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet: Similar age, conservative Catholics, political careerists, married with kids who were first elected in their mid- to late-twenties.

NSW election a bleak choice between flat white and a latte

In the Tweedledum/Tweedledumber proscenium arch of Australian politics we have two politicians facing each other, with nothing of substance to separate them.

November 2022

There is plenty of incentive for voters to send Andrews a message that he is “power mad” and a “bully”.

How much paint will Dan Andrews lose?

The takeout from focus group polling is that the Victorian premier is expected to win – which leaves plenty of scope for voters to send a message.

May 2022

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese meets with children and early childhood educators during a visit to the Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Kalamunda, WA.

Why Albo wins, and ScoMo loses, with women voters

The prime minister’s problem is not that he is a misogynist – it’s that the alpha male persona has gone out of fashion.

July 2021

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (right) bumps elbows with AOC president John Coates and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Go for Olympic host city gold - and go for broke too

The Olympic business model means that host cities invariably lose out. Brisbane will need a heroic effort to avoid that fate.

June 2021

Ironically, to combat housing affordability the Victorian government has a number of schemes to lower costs for developers.

Victorian ‘windfall tax’ kicks entrepreneurs and home buyers

Other state governments should not copy this misguided tax, which will stymie development and push up house prices.

November 2020

Annastacia Palaszczuk's emphatic victory on Saturday was first and foremost a flight to safety by the voters of Queensland.

Queenslanders vote for safe pair of hands

Presented with two parties offering no clear vision of the future, voters opted for certainty by voting for incumbents and voting for border closures.

October 2020

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and opposition leader Deb Frecklington.

Queensland isn't just a COVID-19 election

The state's highly regionalised politics include the different attitudes to the pandemic in Brisbane and the bush. So border populism doesn't mean Annastacia Palaszczuk is assured of victory on Saturday.

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