Glenn Connley

April 17, 2025

Classy, Dai Le

Fresh from being attacked by Jason Clare, Independent MP Dai Le has paid tribute to her Labor rival for the seat of…

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$9.50 for hot cross buns – what the actual?

Morning everyone, thanks Amy. My first big gripe for the day is the price of hot cross buns. In preparation for the…

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April 16, 2025

Election entrée: Things that are only milestones in the post-war era

Joshua Black Postdoctoral Research Fellow For many journalists, the past – specifically the past before 1945 – is a foreign country. Election coverage…

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April 15, 2025

Tight as a fish’s ar$e

Peter Dutton has begrudgingly answered the question he wouldn’t touch with a barge pole yesterday. Yes, the multi-millionaire property developer Opposition Leader…

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Get around this cracking poddy!

Golfing while Rome burns However well the 47th president hit ‘em in Florida, he cannot find a green with his tariffs. On…

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Dutton’s Canberra fuel snub

Peter Dutton has now bought fuel at ten petrol stations in every state and one territory. Today’s visit to a BP in…

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Election entrée: Parliaments changing the government

Frank Yuan It is not just elections that decide who forms government. In Australia’s Westminster system, governments depend on MPs for support…

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April 14, 2025

Election entrée: Surprising preference flows

Skye Predavec In the 2022 election, the count in the seat of Brisbane was on a knife edge. The LNP came first…

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April 11, 2025

Primary position. Expanding on that YouGov poll

Glenn Connley Just to dig a little deeper into that YouGov polling, which Amy mentioned in her opening post this morning. Apart…

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Election entrée: Australia is a world leader in electing Independent MPs

Joshua Black Independent MPs are not new to Australian politics. There were two in the first federal parliament, and between 1980 and…

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