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By Kim on August 16, 2008
The Poll Bludger has a comprehensive post on what’s happening in the WA state election. The polls are showing it might be a close run race, with a 51-49 result from Newspoll and basically a dead heat in Westpoll (albeit [...]
Posted in Polls, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, Colin Barnett, Labor, latest polls, Liberal Party, Newspoll, polling, The Poll Bludger, WA election 2008, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 13, 2008
Discussion of the Northern Territory election results continues to be framed in terms of its possible implications for WA, where Alan Carpenter also went early. There are at least two problems with this narrative – first that there’s no evidence [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Bob Quinn, Bruce Flegg, CCC, CMC, Colin Barnett, Jim Elder, Labor, Labor factions, Lawrence Springborg, Liberal Party, Mike Kaiser, ministerial resignations, Nationals, Northern Territory election 2008, political scandal, Queensland, Queensland election 2001, Queensland election 2006, Sheperdson Inquiry, Troy Buswell, WA election 2008, Western Australia |
By Anna Winter on August 11, 2008
There are some interesting power games and shifts happening in WA politics at the moment, which make this state election slightly more interesting than it would otherwise be. I’m sure they will have very little effect on the outcome of [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brian Burke, CCC, factional politics, independent Labor, Julian Grill, Labor, Labor factions, labor party, ministerial resignations, political scandal, WA election 2008 |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 11, 2008
There’s a fair bit of analysis of and commentary on the Northern Territory election results around the blogosphere. The Poll Bludger is progressively updating late counting, while Tim Dunlop discusses the low turnout. Antony Green also looks at the impact [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, blogosphere, Chris Bowen, Clare Martin, Coalition, Country Liberal Party, Julie Bishop, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labor party, Northern Territory election 2008, Paul Henderson, Peter Beattie, political journalism, Rudd government, Stephen Smith, Terry Mills, WA election 2008 |
By crankynick on August 7, 2008
In a fit of predictability, incumbent Labor Premier Alan “I used to be a credible journalist, don’t you know” Carpenter is promising “vision, leadership, and stability” – the last one of the three, at least, might play to Labor’s strengths. [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, Colin Barnett, labor party, Liberal Party, Troy Buswell, WA election 2008, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 7, 2008
…so the Poll Bludger reports. Looks like Alan Carpenter is taking a leaf out of the Peter Beattie book and dashing to the polls while the opposition is still mired in leadership confusion and disunity.
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, Colin Barnett, labor party, Liberal Party, state government, Troy Buswell, WA election 2008 |
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