Why is Queensland politician Amanda Stoker pulling the plug on her pro-nuclear stance, just as she’s about to make the transition from federal to state politics? And why is Tasmanian Jacqui Lambie in town?
Queensland farmers’ anger with LNP direction is fuelling a proposed rival to David Crisafulli’s party, as Labor forms its union-heavy campaign team.
Lobbyist Eamonn Fitzpatrick – dubbed the Agent of Infection – is back in Queensland to teach Labor headquarters a thing or two about negative campaigning.
The federal Liberal National Party leader tried to intervene after Gerard Rennick was dumped from the Queensland Senate ticket. So why didn’t it work?
Labor can’t find anyone to take on ex-senator Amanda Stoker in Oodgeroo despite Steven Miles labelling her an ‘extreme right-wing, crazy, woman-hating lunatic’.
As LNP supporters stock their fridge with champagne for a widely expected state election win on October 26, it seems there is still a little fizz left in Labor’s hopes of holding onto power.
Former Labor Minister Kate Jones has a rival in the race to be Queensland’s newest ALP Senator, and the LNP’s Gerard Rennick has his day in court – suing his own party.
Jen Howard opted to harness gender quota rules and challenge veteran federal Labor MP Shayne Neumann at preselection for the Queensland seat of Blair. But can she count?
Labor kingmaker Gary Bullock is plotting a return to politics for former Queensland Labor minister Kate Jones, just months after she helped knife Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The brawling – including a biff between two heavyweights at a Labour Day dinner – has a whiff of the days leading up to the fall of Rome.
One-time Howard government minister, lobbyist and Queensland LNP powerbroker Santo Santoro is plotting his political return. But is it legal?
Federal LNP MPs are blowing up over their Queensland counterpart David Crisafulli’s decision to back Labor Premier Steven Miles’s emission reduction targets.
Which mining billionaire’s executives are lining the LNP’s pockets? And are Queensland Labor’s true believers losing faith Steven Miles can win the October election?
Peter Dutton and some of his federal parliamentary colleagues are at loggerheads with Queensland’s Liberal National Party headquarters ahead of the next federal election.
Steven Miles’ old union drops $500,000 on a new political campaign just a few weeks before strict spending caps for Queensland’s state election kick-in.
The party is rolling out its members to help a rival party in a bid to secure preference flows in one of two critical weekend by-elections, as Newspoll shows the Miles government is facing defeat at the October general election.
Why is Queensland Labor so nervous about losing the first by-election since Steven Miles became Premier, and guess who has arrived on the campaign trail?
Queensland’s Premier Steven Miles is bracing for a hung-parliament after the October election and has offered a key crossbencher a lucrative sweetener.
LNP HQ is desperately trying to placate member anger after it endorsed a teardrop-tattooed council candidate who turned out to be an online troll with a lengthy criminal record.
Is Anthony Albanese going to swoop in and save his Queensland fellas? And why is David Crisafulli jetting to Melbourne with cap in hand?
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