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March 2024

February 2024

Dutton and the Opposition: playing the long game for policy and political success
Recently, some commentators have labelled Liberal leader Peter Dutton and the Opposition he leads as being weak and lacking spine in not opposing the…
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Scott Prasser
Public school underspending - why blame the Commonwealth?
Recently Green Senators failed to pass their Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill to increase the Commonwealth’s share of the…
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Scott Prasser
Appearance at the Senate inquiry into possible terms of reference for a royal commission into the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Scott Prasser appears at the Senate Committee inquiry into possible terms of reference for a royal commission into the COVID-19 pandemic on 1…
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Scott Prasser

January 2024

November 2023

October 2023

Queensland Election 2024 - LNP's path to victory not a foregone conclusion
It is clear the ALP Palaszczuk government can’t govern, but is the Crisafulli-led Liberal National Party fit for government?
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Scott Prasser
The 1983 Queensland Coalition split - A tale of opportunism, hubris and miscalculation
40 years on, the impacts of the October 22 1983 Queensland State election that destroyed the coalition, wounded Howard and helped keep the Hawke…
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Scott Prasser
Lessons from the failed ‘Yes’ referendum campaign
After months of campaigning the failed Voice referendum will soon be behind us along with all its exhortations, claims and counter-claims…
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Scott Prasser
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August 2023

The sudden removal of children’s human rights proves – yet again – why Queensland needs an upper house
A second chamber makes governments more careful about what they propose – without one they can exercise control unchallenged
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Scott Prasser
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