‘Rabid and divisive’: how Greens lost their heartland
Brisbane voters took a baseball bat to the Greens at the state election. They would be wise to heed the lesson.
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Adult crime, adult time easier said than done
The LNP’s marquee campaign promise to tackle youth crime is riddled with holes for premier-elect David Crisafulli.
Labor feared Crisafulli was a threat years ago
At a celebratory 2019 dinner in Switzerland after her pitch to the IOC, Annastacia Palaszczuk took a senior journalist aside. While Brisbane had essentially secured the 2032 Games, all she wanted to discuss was David Crisafulli.
Scare over: Crisafulli has to take Queenslanders into his confidence
David Crisafulli won’t want to dwell on the messy way this particular democracy sausage was made. He should, because he needs to to learn from the missteps that went horribly close to blowing the election for the LNP.
How Crisafulli has a chance to reshape state
David Crisafulli says he learned from the mistakes the Newman government made when he was a rookie minister – mistakes that cost him his seat in the Queensland parliament and nearly his political career.
Miles slammed for refusing to concede defeat or congratulate LNP leader on narrow win
Steven Miles’s failure to concede defeat to the LNP has been criticised by Labor grandees with Graham Richardson saying the the speech was ‘a load of crap’.
Leaders go all out to get in
Tick, tick, tick. Suddenly there weren’t enough hours in the last day of a dramatically altered Queensland election as Steven Miles and David Crisafulli both pitched for late votes that could make all the difference.
‘No target’ leader has taken the voters for mugs
The manner in which David Crisafulli conducted himself gives rise to valid concern about how he would govern. The detail-light small-target approach might have been tactically adept, but it was an insult to the electorate and a new low in political sophistry.
Crisafulli pulls in front as he reveals pro-choice stance
After a nervous start to the state election debates in Queensland, David Crisafulli has hit his stride when it matters most, in the clinching phase of the campaign.
Campaign or was it a coronation? Start in Ipswich said it all
David Crisafulli’s audacious move to launch the LNP campaign in Labor heartland is a measure of his confidence heading into the Queensland election.
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