Glenn Connley

May 1, 2025

Why don’t the major parties understand that climate change and cost-of-living are intertwined?

Stephen Long Climate change seems to have barely featured in the media’s election coverage and in the contest between the major parties…

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“Punching down on those who can’t fight back”. Gutless Dutton shuns his dud ACT Senate candidate.

Glenn Connley Imagine being on top of the Liberal Senate ticket in the ACT. It’s fair to say Jacob Vadakkedathu has been…

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Election entrée: Dark money and your money pay for most of the political ads you’re seeing

Bill Browne, Joshua Black At this stage of the election, you have no doubt seen plenty of political ads. They’ll be on…

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April 30, 2025

Election entrée: Longest wait for results

Skye Predavec Anne Kantor Fellow After the 2010 election, independent crossbenchers negotiated for 17 days with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition…

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April 29, 2025

Election entrée: Feel the election campaign has dragged on? It could have been longer

Joshua Black Postdoctoral Research Fellow Election campaigns come and go, but some go faster than others. If the current election campaign feels…

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April 28, 2025

The Great Wall of Hamer. Dirty tricks in Kooyong.

How’s Amelia Hamer going? First, she goes from battling renter to slumlord (ok, international property investor), in one headline. Then there was…

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Chalmers’ cheeky plea to Dickson voters:

Labor probably doesn’t really think it can win Peter Dutton’s marginal seat of Dickson, but forcing the Opposition Leader to spend some…

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Jim Chalmers expands on that claim a Dutton government would endanger the nation’s triple A credit rating: The biggest risk to our…

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Chalmers: Coalition would threaten Australia’s triple A credit rating

Treasurer, Jim Chalmers: Labor is the only party going to this election on Saturday with a costed, coherent, and credible plan for…

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I’ve shown you mine, now you show me yours.

Jim Chalmers challenges Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor to release their costings “immediately”. We’ve made it very clear what our costs are…

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