Renewables revolt seeds push for new country party
Queensland farmers’ anger with LNP direction is fuelling a proposed rival to David Crisafulli’s party, as Labor forms its union-heavy campaign team.
Feeding The Chooks
Lobbyist schools Queensland Labor on negative campaigning
Lobbyist Eamonn Fitzpatrick – dubbed the Agent of Infection – is back in Queensland to teach Labor headquarters a thing or two about negative campaigning.
Dutton’s failed Rennick intervention
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?
Unchallenged Stoker to sail into Crisafulli’s inner sanctum
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’.
New polling gives Miles something to giggle about
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.
Casino lobbyist to take on Jones for Labor Senate spot
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.
Is this ambitious state Labor MP’s challenge over before it begins?
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?
Kate Jones backed for Senate spot by Labor kingmaker
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.
Brawl erupts within Queensland union movement
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.
Santoro plots LNP return, but is it legal?
One-time Howard government minister, lobbyist and Queensland LNP powerbroker Santo Santoro is plotting his political return. But is it legal?
‘Totally insane’: LNP civil war over climate change
Federal LNP MPs are blowing up over their Queensland counterpart David Crisafulli’s decision to back Labor Premier Steven Miles’s emission reduction targets.
Gina Rinehart’s top execs line LNP pockets
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?
Party HQ ignores Peter Dutton’s pleas
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.
Union’s $500k guerrilla campaign for Labor mate Miles
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.
Labor’s by-election strategy in the weeds
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.
Palaszczuk’s back as Labor fears by-election loss
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?
Election Plan B: Steven Miles sweetens deal for Katter boys
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 left red-faced over teardrop tattoo candidate
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.
Will Albo save Qld blokes from ALP gender rules?
Is Anthony Albanese going to swoop in and save his Queensland fellas? And why is David Crisafulli jetting to Melbourne with cap in hand?
Palaszczuk assassin rules out big Olympics gig
Former Labor minister Kate Jones has denied she has been leaning on Steven Miles to appoint her to head of the 2032 Olympics infrastructure agency.
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