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Pokies, housing, hospitals and gun laws might have been the specific issues that dominated the campaign, but the decisive factor was Tasmanians’ enduring apprehension about minority government.
The Liberals went from a losing position in Tasmanian polls months ago to a comfortable victory on election day.
Hobart is a smaller city with big city problems that have become an election issue. Recent growth is creating traffic congestion that affects productivity, residents’ health and liveability.
In Hobart supporting the Tasmanian Greens ahead of the state election, Greens leader Richard Di Natale said ‘in one of our states, women are not getting access to safe terminations’. Is that correct?
The Liberals should win a majority at Saturday’s Tasmanian state election.
Both major parties have declared they will not form minority government in Tasmania – talk that should be taken seriously, but not literally.
Nick Xenophon says the proposals encapsulated in his party’s gambling policy for the South Australian election are just the start of a wider push for reform.
The Tasmanian Liberal party is promoting gaming industry estimates that ‘around 5,000 jobs’ would be at risk if poker machines were removed from pubs and clubs in Tasmania. Are the estimates correct?
There’s no evidence Airbnb is worsening housing affordability. Rather it empowers female hosts and promotes small businesses in remote communities.
The Jacqui Lambie Network plan is short on detail and unlikely to improve the health system or outcomes for Tasmanians over the longer term.
Population growth for growth’s sake (as a proxy for economic growth), without consideration for the demands this creates might actually compromise Tasmania’s economy.
The polls are leaning towards the Liberals holding power in Tasmania, but the unpopularity of the federal Coalition government could help Labor get over the line.
Malcolm Turnbull says people won’t be casting a national vote until the due time of 2019 – although Labor is working on contingency plans for this year in case he changes his mind or is foxing.
The strong US economy has improved Donald Trump’s ratings in the last month.
Disadvantage predicts the extent of poker machine losses far more in Tasmania than in other Australian states and territories.
In both Australian and overseas elections held in 2017, the left generally performed better than expected.
With 45 seats held by parties other than Labor, Labor has won a three-seat majority in Queensland.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, ARC Training Centre for Innovative Horticultural Products, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Business Services, Edith Cowan University
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Political Science; Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney