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- Title
Leadership or Policy? Explaining the 2015 Queensland Election Result.
- Authors
Williams, Paul D.
- Abstract
Australian electoral politics historically have been described as stable, with hung parliaments rare and changes of government infrequent. However, the 2015 Queensland election, where a government with the largest parliamentary majority in Australian history was defeated after a single term in office, seriously challenges assumptions of Australian electoral stability, and determining the causes behind this result is therefore of significant scholarly interest. While many journalistic analyses of the 2015 Queensland election argue that the distinctive leadership style of Liberal‐National Party leader Campbell Newman was wholly or principally responsible for the government's defeat, this article argues the result emerged from a confluence of factors, with two — a contentious LNP policy to lease major government‐owned assets, and Campbell Newman's “combative” leadership style — of relatively equal significance as principal determinants.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ELECTIONS; ELECTION policy; LEADERSHIP; NEWMAN, Campbell; AUSTRALIAN politics &; government
- Publication
Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2018, Vol 64, Issue 2, p260
- ISSN
0004-9522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ajph.12462