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The Queensland state election will be held in October 2024. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted from May to August with a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 38% of the primary vote (up five since January to April), Labor 32% (down three), the Greens 11%…

Jonathan Sriranganathan confirms he will be minor party’s candidate to Australia’s largest local government

A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted August 9–13 from a sample of 1,603, gave Labor 37% of the primary vote (down two since the July Resolve poll), the Coalition 33% (up three), the Greens 11% (steady), One Nation 5% (down one), the UAP 2% (up one), independents 10%…

The Member for Calare, who quit the Nationals over referendum, also told Garma festival Coalition had ‘rocks in its head’ and would be seen as ‘reconciliation wreckers’

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A Victorian Morgan SMS poll, conducted July 19–20 – the two days after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the 2026 Commonwealth Games would be cancelled – gave Labor a 53–47% lead over the Coalition, a huge 8.5-point gain for the Coalition since a May Morgan poll. The sample size was…

Labor has forgotten its promises to Australians, say Crikey readers, leaving its supporters bewildered and deeply disappointed.

Amid low turnout, the LNP retained Fadden in a run-of-the-mill byelection result that confirmed Labor will continue to struggle in Queensland.

Between voters who hadn’t been aware they had to vote to those annoyed they had to vote again, there weren’t a lot of happy faces on Saturday.

A federal Newspoll, conducted July 12–15 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 55–45 lead after preferences, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.

A federal by-election with no major surprises gave the major parties latitude to make meaning of the result ahead of next year's Queensland state election.