In the theatre of politics, we—the audience—have a tendency to fixate on the lead. In Queensland, that’s the Premier. The one in the spotlight. The man in the hot seat. After all, heavy is the head, and Premier David Crisafulli has become known for sharing the crown around—particularly with his Terry Mackenroth–style counterpart, Deputy Premier Jarrod […]

The 48th Parliament opens on July 22, 2025 into a fundamentally altered political environment. There are signs the Albanese Government is embracing ‘supply-side progressivism’—a concept from Ezra Klein’s influential work Abundance—and integrating it into its ‘patriotic progressivism’ vision. This approach represents a significant departure from traditional left-wing approaches, focusing not just on redistributing wealth but […]

In politics, the sweet spot between good policy and good politics is elusive. Too often, governments must choose between doing what works and doing what wins. In Queensland’s 2025–26 State Budget—the Liberal National Party’s (LNP) first in more than a decade—Treasurer David Janetzki sought to strike that rare balance. It’s a budget that is political […]

Home truth: political parties exist to win elections. It’s their sole purpose. They don’t exist to govern; elected representatives and their departments bear that responsibility. They don’t exist to drive the economy; the private sector, particularly small business, largely does this. They don’t exist to cure souls; that’s the work of the church. Political parties exist to […]

The final results are in for the 3 May federal election, and Labor can’t stop smiling. Meanwhile the Liberal-National Coalition is decidedly dour, and the Greens are, well, green.  In the House of Representatives, Labor has been returned with a thumping majority. It holds 94 out of 150 seats, the largest majority in five decades. Conversely, […]

When the Federal Parliament resumes on 22 July, it will come with a glaring visual reminder of the size of Anthony Albanese’s election victory. Labor returns to Parliament with 94 House of Representatives Members, but the seating configuration in the chamber will only accommodate 87 MPs on the government benches. So significant was Albanese’s victory […]

Although the final count is yet to be determined, this is the biggest win for federal Labor since 1943. They have cleaned up in Tasmania, won at least seven additional seats in Queensland, secured a substantial swing to Labor in NSW, and have even picked up some Liberal seats in Victoria – largely unthinkable just […]

The key to clickbait is shock and awe … but even those who trumpet the most farcical of ‘facts’ could not have eclipsed the astonishing certitude of the 2025 election result. This was not a Labor Landslide. It was an Albanese Avalanche. But let’s not succumb to amnesia. The flabbergasting outcome of May 3, and […]

The red wave that washed through the House of Representatives on Saturday also trickled into the Senate.  Bear with me a moment, as I’m a dork for the Senate and have been since I was a child (my mother must have dropped me on my head as a baby). As the House of Review, the Senate […]