Political event log
Most recent first. Weekly routine: add dated entries here only — do not bulk-update dossiers weekly.
Entry format
### YYYY-MM-DD — Short title
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal | NSW | …
- **Type:** Election | Leadership Challenge | Cabinet Reshuffle | Pre-selection | Policy Shift | Scandal | Crossbench Deal
- **Impact:** High | Medium | Low
- **People:** [links]
- **Note:** One paragraph
2026-05-30 — Meat exports deep-dive published
- Jurisdiction: Federal, QLD, WA, SA, NSW
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: High
- People: Collins, Farrell, Watt, Littleproud, Cook, Perrett — roster
- Note: Federal policy entry: record FY25 red meat exports, China abattoir restoration Dec 2024, live sheep 2028 ban, state tension matrix. New meat trade glossary.
2026-05-30 — Crustacean exports five-year retrospective published
- Jurisdiction: Federal, WA, SA
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Medium
- People: Albanese, Farrell, Collins, Malinauskas, Cook, Punch — full roster
- Note: Policy entry now chronicles May 2021–May 2026 (lead-in from Nov 2020); 5 new dossiers (Morrison, McGowan, Punch, Scriven, Marshall).
2025-01 — SA rock lobster exports to China rebound
- Jurisdiction: SA
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Medium
- People: Malinauskas, Szakacs
- Note: Government cites ~400 t, $33.5m in one month post-resumption. Policy
2024-12-20 — Live rock lobster exports to China resume
- Jurisdiction: Federal
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: High
- People: Albanese, Wong, Farrell, Collins
- Note: MAA 2024–20; last major commodity from 2020–21 trade impediments round. Policy
2024-10-11 — PM agrees China lobster timetable
- Jurisdiction: Federal
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: High
- People: Albanese
- Note: Albanese–Li agreement at ASEAN summit; resume by end 2024.
2026-05-30 — Phase 4 full coverage completed
- Jurisdiction: Meta
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Low
- Note: 150 HoR + 76 Senate dossier shells; federal pendulum member links; NSW/QLD/TAS/NT pendulums; Joondalup + Unley councils; SA/TAS/ACT/NT history baselines. ~376 markdown files in
docs/.
2026-05-30 — Phase 3 deep dive completed
- Jurisdiction: Meta
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Low
- Note: AEC-verified federal pendulum (Bullwinkel +0.51% most marginal); ECSA SA CSV pendulum; 39 new Senate/crossbench/backbench dossiers; build scripts for pendulum regeneration.
2026-05-30 — Phase 2 build completed
- Jurisdiction: Meta
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Low
- Note: State party shells (24), state politician dossiers (28), federal policies completed, 2025 pendulum, history/networks/media/archive layers. Dutton archived; Taylor set as opposition leader per Feb 2026 spill.
2026-05-30 — System initialised
- Jurisdiction: Meta
- Type: Policy Shift
- Impact: Low
- Note: Phase 1 federal dossiers and gap-layer shells in place.
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