Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe …
Anna Bligh
Mackerras: and the winner in Queensland will be …
This is a tale of two Australian states, each holding two recent general elections, writes Malcolm Mackerras.
For Sale: one vote in the QLD election
Author John Birmingham is offering up his vote in the upcoming Queensland election for $500, since, as Birmingham says, it’d be cheaper than any other policy Cap’n Bligh and Campbell’s Soup Can will come up with.
Galaxy: LNP maintain whopping lead in Queensland
The latest Galaxy poll shows the margin between the two major parties slightly narrowing, but the LNP are retaining a huge lead of 59-41 on two-party preferred. Anna Bligh now has almost respectable personal ratings, writes William Bowe.
Flood or famine, Queensland will go to the polls on March 24
Anna Bligh announced this morning the state election, originally intended to be held on March 3, will now be held on March 24. Local council elections will be delayed until April or May.
Political snippets: Oz inflation safely in the range
The Reserve Bank has been reading things right when it comes to inflation.
Queensland election a tale of two campaigns
The LNP should be worried — now — that there’s talk around of Campbell Newman having a fallback strategy of forcing a byelection somewhere if his party wins, but he loses, writes Mark Bahnisch of Larvatus Prodeo.
Poll Bludger: double whammy for major parties in Qld
Under normal circumstances, the only point at issue in the upcoming Queensland election would be the precise scale of the impending conservative landslide.
Qld poll: Greens, Katter, indies the shape of things to come
Anna Bligh is expected to take Queensland back to the polls within weeks. In the third of a series of reports from Larvatus Prodeo, Mark Bahnisch looks at the impact of the independents and third parties.
It’s a tall order for Labor to stand tall in Queensland poll
Queensland will be at the polls within weeks, with Labor facing a resurgent LNP under Campbell Newman. In the second of a series of reports from Mark Bahnisch, what are Anna Bligh’s chances?
Polls-bound Bligh and Newman on bushfire alert
Queensland could be at the polls within weeks, with Anna Bligh clinging to power in the face of a resurgent LNP. Mark Bahnisch of Larvatus Prodeo looks at Campbell Newman’s chances.
Gold Coast Games a boon for Bligh
There’s nothing a Press Gallery hates more than relative political stability.
Media briefs: CMail’s Bligh blight … balancing 9/11 … papers v World Cup …
In today’s Media Briefs: The Courier’s Bligh blight, Front Page of the Day, media strive to cover 9/11, Fairfax to dodge Rubgy World Cup bans and more …
More answers needed in the Lockyer Valley
The finding that the Lockyer Valley Regional Council is not responsible for the deaths in the devastating Queensland floods of January has left some residents distraught, writes Amanda Gearing.
Tide of blame over QLD floods
Crikey media wrap: After 31 different meetings of public consultation across the state, the interim report of the inquiry into the 2011 Queensland floods was handed down yesterday to Premier Anna Bligh.
Get out of our lives: when newspaper campaigns become sinister
When does a good old newspaper campaign become something a bit more sinister? Something like “guided democracy”?
Rundle: crazy Katter’s cut-price, fried policy chain
Bob Katter stood up on Friday and spoke for those sidelined, excluded and marginalised from politics, the real Australians who work hard and pay their taxes, and don’t ask for more than a fair shake. Good luck to him.
Galaxy: 61-39 to LNP in Queensland
The Galaxy poll from Queensland published on Saturday shows results very similar to those of last week’s Newspoll: primary votes of 30 percent for Labor and 52 percent for the Liberal National Party, reports William Bowe.
Benjamin Law: the Passion of the Campbell
Campbell Newman has become the phantom menace of Queensland parliament, says Benjamin Law, the unseen Sith Lord pulling the strings from behind the curtain. He’s already riding high in the polls, but the policy cupboard is bare.
An early state election for Queensland on May 7?
If Labor does decide to fire the starting gun, May 7 might be the date, writes Kim, at the Larvatus Prodeo blog site.
Political snippets: An early Queensland election is Bligh’s to lose
If there is an election in Queensland this year I’ll be backing Anna Bligh to win.
Newspoll: 52-48 to Labor in Queensland
The latest Newspoll reveals Anna Bligh is enjoying a record 49 point reversal on her net approval rating. Labor is currently ahead in Queensland 52-48 on two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Only in Qld… Campbell’s the new man in the hot seat
Events these past couple of days concerning state politics of the non-Labor kind, again give credence to the view that Queensland is different, writes professor Scott Prasser, executive director of the Public Policy Institute at Australian Catholic University.
Crikey Says: Can Do and the desperate Libs
Nobody much liked Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, until her stoic performance handling the state’s natural disasters. Yet still, through hell and high water, they liked Liberal-National Party leader John-Paul Langbroek even less.
