Election to UQ Senate by Graduates
Monday, September 20, 2021, 1:13 pm
Candidate Lee Duffield:
Put balance onto the UQ Senate and some ‘about-time’ moderation.
Rash policies have proved a disaster in the present crisis.
Queensland poll rejected "dog whistles" in media
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 10:25 pm
One feature of the October Queensland elections was the show of civility put on for the cameras as the outcome became known – washing away some of the dirt thrown earlier.
Labor wins in Queensland, voters playing it safe on virus
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 9:36 pm
Labor’s win in the Queensland State election on Saturday confirmed its “safety-first” policy managing the pandemic and set it up for another four years of government with an increased majority.
Not long after 10 pm on election night the Premier, Anastacia Palasczcuk, was able to claim victory with at least 47 seats in the 93 member parliament – and six seats in doubt.
COVID or not, Victorians’ cracker weekend
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:50 pm
Just in case anybody in the world thought they were down and declining, the Melbourne mob have had a cracker of a weekend.
Crikey that was fun
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:11 pm
Lee Duffield wrote this “small tribute to all creatures” on the death of Crikey the Dog, his long-term writing companion, reasoning that something should now be written about him.
It was circulated among family and friends, several suggesting it might be given wider circulation – so now a posting on Subtropic.
Queensland Elections: Do media make any difference to the vote?
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:06 pm
Reviewing the Queensland election campaign, Lee Duffield describes most media coverage as well behaved, except for newspaper journalists campaigning against Labor, and a few others who would fancy joining them.
He asks if news media matter that much to election outcomes in 2020.
The Battle for Queensland and the Pandemic – play safe or “let ‘er rip”?
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 12:06 pm
The battle for Queensland, coming to a head at the elections set for 31 October, is a national event due to the State’s ‘promotion’ in terms of size and political importance.
It is also a test for how to handle the pandemic.
Queensland elections: Youth crime and race get politicised in Townsville
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 11:39 am
There seem to be some screws loose in Townsville, with combined efforts on different fronts to make an election issue out of juvenile crime involving young Aborigines.
'Non' in New Caledonia - what now?
Monday, October 5, 2020, 11:03 pm
Two expectations marked the lead-up to the independence referendum in New Caledonia on Sunday (4.10.20): that it was likely to be another ‘no’, and bad feeling was set to follow.
In the event the ‘no’ vote against independence won with 53.26%, down on the result in 2018, when it was 56.7%.
Insurrection in America: Open letter to Trump
Thursday, January 7, 2021, 8:44 am
Reported by Lee Duffield
Lee Duffield closely watching the elections in the United States, had no illusions about how Donald Trump would react to getting beaten. But watching rioters break into the Capitol Building in Washington, not too surprised, he decided to place some blame and penned this message to the man behind it all.