Inside Story

Current affairs & culture from Australia and beyond

Menu

70 words

Podcasts

Queensland: how it happened and what it means

Peter Clarke

1 February 2015

As the count continues on the day after the election, Inside Story’s election analyst Brian Costar talks to Peter Clarke about a remarkable result and its national repercussions

Right:

Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk with her family, including father Henry (left) and grandmother Beryle Erskine (seated), at Lions Richlands Club last night. John Pryke/AAP Image

Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk with her family, including father Henry (left) and grandmother Beryle Erskine (seated), at Lions Richlands Club last night. John Pryke/AAP Image

To the surprise of most commentators, Labor looks set to form government in Queensland. Not so surprised was Brian Costar, professor of politics at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research. He talks to Peter Clarke about what went wrong for the Liberal National Party.

• Inside Story published before August 2016 are now archived in iTunes – just click here and scroll down the list of titles in reverse chronological order.

Peter Clarke is a Melbourne-based webcaster, writer and educator who teaches at RMIT and Melbourne universities. He pioneered national talkback on Australian radio as the inaugural presenter of Offspring (now Life Matters) on ABC Radio National.

Podcast theme created by Must Volkoff, Pang Productions

Topics: elections | Greens | Katter Australia Party | Labor Party | Liberal National Party | Palmer United Party | Peter Clarke | politics | Queensland

Related Articles

Correspondents David Hayes 21 August 2019 Boris Johnson’s team, clutching European exit visa and election plan, flies towards the sun National Affairs Peter Brent | Mumble 20 August 2019 Attempts to change the Constitution often fail, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying Books & Arts Ryan Cropp 19 August 2019 Books | Is there more to the story of the great reforming premier, Don Dunstan? Correspondents Thomas Kean 14 August 2019 Donald Trump’s highly charged rhetoric can’t change the fact that Congress is more diverse than ever

Read next

2717 words

Books & Arts

Strategic omissions

Rodney Tiffen

8 January 2015

Books | John Howard’s view of the Menzies years is partial in important respects, but he offers a valuable perspective on an important period

Right:

Wrong side of history: Robert Menzies (left) at the Pentagon with US defense secretary Robert McNamara in 1964, as the United States began escalating its involvement in the Vietnam war. Ralph Seghers/Wikimedia

Wrong side of history: Robert Menzies (left) at the Pentagon with US defense secretary Robert McNamara in 1964, as the United States began escalating its involvement in the Vietnam war. Ralph Seghers/Wikimedia