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Brian Costar
Brian Costar is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Swinburne University of Technology.
National Affairs
Should Queensland go back to the future?
Brian Costar
23 February 2015
Campbell Newman’s premiership was an object lesson in the dangers of untrammelled power, writes
Brian Costar
. Queensland needs an upper house to keep governments…
National Affairs
Campbell Newman and the ghost of Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Brian Costar
30 January 2015
The Liberal National Party forgot it was governing in the twenty-first century, writes
Brian Costar
. The results have been disastrous
Podcasts
Independent in Indi: what happens now? (And why the Electoral Commission is suddenly under attack)
Brian Costar & Peter Clarke
27 September 2013
Peter Clarke
talks to
Brian Costar
about why Cathy McGowan is likely to serve more than one term, why the Electoral Commission is under attack, and who should lead the Labor Party
National Affairs
Who’ll win, and by how much
Brian Costar
19 August 2010
Brian Costar
does the maths – and it’s not a repeat of 1931
National Affairs
Election funding transparency: Australia has a lot to learn
Brian Costar
10 August 2010
Australia votes in a fortnight but we won’t find out who made large election donations to the parties until early 2012. In this respect, we can learn something from the…
Essays & Reportage
Re-entering chartered waters?
Brian Costar & Jennifer Curtin
22 March 2010
In Tasmania, Greens leader Nick McKim is pushing for Labor or the Liberals to strike a written agreement with his party in return for its support.
Brian Costar
and…
National Affairs
Missing voters
Brian Costar
22 January 2010
With four elections in twelve months it’s likely that allegations about electoral fraud will surge in 2010.
Brian Costar
looks at two court cases that exposed a…
National Affairs
Could Labor win Kooyong?
Brian Costar
25 August 2009
On the back of an envelope, the figures look very interesting. But what’s in it for Labor, asks
Brian Costar
National Affairs
Karl Marx and the branch stackers
Brian Costar
14 May 2009
The Brimbank Council scandal illustrates all that’s wrong with party factions, writes
Brian Costar
National Affairs
St Patrick’s day massacre
Brian Costar
3 April 2009
Australia’s new electoral commissioner has puts the facts back into the electoral reform debate, writes
Brian Costar
National Affairs
Close, but not close enough
Brian Costar
18 March 2009
Lawrence Springborg has a glimpse of the summit, but the polls suggest he won’t get there this time, writes
Brian Costar
National Affairs
New name, old animosities?
Brian Costar
24 February 2009
The Queensland election is the first test for the new Liberal National Party, writes
Brian Costar
, and it has quite a fight on its hands
Correspondents
The raid on Westminster
Brian Costar
9 December 2008
What possessed senior police officers to raid the offices of a member of parliament without a warrant, asks
Brian Costar
in London