Glen Connley

May 3, 2025

Tassie update

The former state leader of the Labor Party, Rebecca White, is well ahead in Lyons. She is seeking to hold this tight…

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A few early Teal seat numbers

Monique Ryan has an early lead over Amelia Hamer in Kooyong 42% of the primary (328 votes!) to 34% With some conservative…

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Littleproud redder than Barnaby

David Littleproud has just done a live cross which has turned into a slanging match with Murray Watt. By the end of…

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Liberal campaign spokesman James Paterson is already sounding a bit glum. He says there’ll be a “proper post election review process” when…

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Richard Marles is getting his live crosses out of the way early. I suspect he’ll have his first Pinot before me. He’s…

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May 1, 2025

Podcast: Could the polls be wrong?

On this week’s Follow the Money @markgkenny.bsky.social and @glennconnley.bsky.social talk through the campaign so far – and why everything we think we…

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Could it be? Does one of Clive Palmer’s policies actually have merit?

Glenn Connley I’ve just been spammed by Clive Palmer for the umpteenth time this week. I hate to admit it, but the…

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Three struggling Tories walk into a bar …

How’s this for a photo which screams “caption competition”? Sydney Morning Herald snapper James Brickwood captured this ripper of Peter Dutton with…

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What can we learn from Trump’s Ukraine deal?

Frank Yuan Foreign affairs haven’t featured prominently in this election, but events are moving fast in the wider world with real implications…

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Why don’t the major parties understand that climate change and cost-of-living are intertwined?

Stephen Long Climate change seems to have barely featured in the media’s election coverage and in the contest between the major parties…

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