Queensland votes
Perspective
Government
Major parties lay out their election-year plans. How will they get your vote?
The next state election is now a year away, with Labor and the LNP honing their campaigns. We’re keen to know what you want them to focus on.
- by Matt Dennien
Latest
Perspective
LNP
After the Voice, the LNP’s lean, mean division machine finds a new gear
David Crisafulli has sought to differentiate his party’s state team from the brutal politics of their federal counterparts. Then, he embraced it.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Voice to parliament
On the ground: What it’s like campaigning for the Voice in Queensland
Allira Davis and Nathan Appo say misinformation has been the hardest thing about campaigning for the Voice to parliament in Queensland.
- by Courtney Kruk
Exclusive
Political leadership
LNP ahead in the polls as voters consider Crisafulli over Palaszczuk
Queensland’s third-term Labor government is losing support and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has become a lightning rod for criticism, according to a new poll.
- by Matt Dennien
Analysis
Analysis
The high-profile figures who most often appear in Palaszczuk’s diary
Search our lists to see the billionaires, diplomats and Olympic bosses in Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s official diary - and some lesser known figures.
- by Matt Dennien
Updated
Political leadership
Fourth housing meeting called as Palaszczuk discredits negative polls
Polling shows housing and cost-of-living remain among the key issues for Queenslanders, and the Premier insists she is still Labor’s best hope in response.
- by Matt Dennien
More public servants to fix bad government, budget papers reveal
Eight years after Labor took power, and with an election due in 2024, millions of dollars will now be spent improving policies, integrity and accountability.
- by Sean Parnell
LNP names candidates 18 months out from Queensland poll
LNP leader David Crisafulli says after seven years in opposition, his party is getting candidates in the field earlier than Queenslanders have ever seen.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Failed mayoral candidate claimed his COVID message cost him election
Donald Innes lost the 2020 Sunshine Coast mayoral race by more than 65,000 votes, and after mounting a legal challenge, he’s now lost his court case too.
- by Toby Crockford
Brisbane LNP candidate still being investigated for electoral fraud
A month after the federal election, the LNP’s candidate in Lilley continues face scrutiny from the Australian Federal Police.
- by Tony Moore
Queensland’s youngest MP elected after LNP claims Callide byelection
The byelection was triggered by former Callide MP Colin Boyce resigning in March, so he could run in the Federal Election.
- by Toby Crockford