Fears are growing among senior ALP figures that mooted Karl Bitar successor Anthony Chisholm would serve as a part-time National Secretary to allow him to helm Anna Bligh’s bid for a second elected term in office.
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Galaxy: Anna Bligh approval up 35%
The latest Galaxy poll heralds a record shattering turnaround for the fortunes of Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, whose approval rating has surged from 25% to 60%, writes William Bowe.
Political snippets: Gillard, “a substance not style person”, should not change
The very worst thing Julia Gillard could do would be to try and change into something she is not.
Phones are down, but ‘all is well on Palm’, says Premier Bligh
“All is well on Palm,” said Premier Anna Bligh at a recent press conference, referring to concerns over residents of Palm Island after cyclone Yasi. “Well” means property damage, roofs off, power shortages and phones down, but also, thankfully no reported deaths or serious injuries.
Palm Island ex-mayor: ‘QLD has abandoned us’
Palm Island residents are fearing for the worst from cyclone Yasi. Crikey spoke to former Palm Island mayor Robert Blackley who said: “People are woefully unprepared. The state of Queensland has abandoned us.”
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The flood levy
Crikey readers have their say.
The levy dividing the nation
Crikey media wrap: From levee banks to levy banks, recovery from the recent Queensland — and NSW and Victorian — floods will cost the Australian economy an estimated $5.9 billion.
Crikey Says: All the single ladies …
Women in politics — a series of headlines.
Essential: praise for Bligh, more criticism for Keneally, in flood crisis
Voters have praised Queensland Premier Anna Bligh for her stoic and at times emotional handling of the state’s flood disaster. But they’re lukewarm on Julia Gillard’s contribution to the crisis in a new opinion poll.
Operation Bounce Back = Operation ratings?
It’s amazing how spontaneous live television can be. Just ask Sunrise’s David ‘Kochie’ Koch, who’s interview with Queensland Premier Anna Bligh yesterday ended in a fantastic idea to organise tradies to help with the reconstruction, dubbed Operation Bounce Back, writes Emma Buckley Lennox.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Anna Bligh’s standing continues to rise
Anna Bligh commanded immense media attention this week — and as flood waters rose across Queensland so did her standing, writes Media Monitors’ John Chalmers.
Political snippets: The rise and rise of Anna Bligh
oter satisfaction with Anna Bligh as measured by Newspoll has sunk considerably — but what will it be now?
Anna Bligh is salvaging her reputation with plain speaking genuineness
You have to take every tick-a-box website poll with a grain of salt, but one from Fairfax representing overwhelming support of the manner with which Anna Bligh has handled the Queensland flood crisis is spot on, writes Richard Farmer.
QLD floods: the blame game begins
Crikey media wrap: The water hasn’t finished receding and the cleanup has barely begun, but the blame game has already started. Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is calling for an “open and transparent inquiry”, run by the state, into the floods.
Crikey Says: A fledgling city, devastated
Accounting for its residents, recovering their lives, remains Queensland’s greatest challenge.
‘Rebuild of postwar proportions’: QLD floods
Crikey live blog: The flood levels may be dropping in Ipswich and Brisbane, but Goondiwindi is bracing for record levels of 10.85 metres, warned Anna Bligh.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Queensland flood tragedy brings Bligh to the fore
Anna Bligh’s assured handling of the Queensland flood disaster is likely to galvanise her standing, writes John Chalmers.
Crikey Says: Bligh steps up
Sometimes leaders are afforded an opportunity to step up. We are witnessing Queensland Premier Anna Bligh doing just that.
‘Events don’t unfold hour-by-hour, but minute-by-minute’: QLD floods
Crikey live blog: The number of missing people has been revised down from 76 to 51 people, although “grave concerns” are held for nine of those missing, announced Neil Roberts, QLD Emergency Services Minister. But there was one small piece of wonderful news…
Political snippets: Bligh handling tough task well
Natural disasters such as that occurring in Queensland present a difficult task for political leaders.
‘Situation continues to deteriorate’: QLD floods
The death of four-year-old boy swept into the floods at Marburg during a rescue attempt of his family takes the latest flood death toll to ten, announced Premier Anna Bligh.
Bligh zapped by Mother Nature, saved by wicks
The lightning strike on the Queensland’s Premier’s plane on Sunday could have been serious but for two thin metal wicks, which play an important role in protecting planes against mid-air explosions, explains Ben Sandilands.
Newspoll: 59-41 to LNP in Queensland
Anna Bligh’s government continuing to give Kristina Keneally’s a run for its money in the unpopularity stakes. From an already dismal starting point, Labor’s primary vote has slumped a further three points to a new low of 26%, reports William Bowe.
Carbon capture: a lost cause?
With the Bligh Government at least temporarily pulling the plug, the question begs: does carbon capture technology have a viable future? Crikey intern Alexandra Patrikios asks the experts.
Victorians heed the NSW and Qld experience, reject a fourth-term govt
Rather than let the rot set in as it did in NSW and Queensland, Victorian voters have opted for a continuation of the same sort of government under new leadership.
