One thing is clear from yesterday’s LNP launch: the policy vacuum problems that hounded Campbell Newman have seemingly disappeared. Benjamin Law reports from “Can Do” country.
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Crikey Says: Qld needs a hero … is it Can Do Campbell?
Forget “clear air” for Julia Gillard, finally the Queensland election can have its time in the sun. And the LNP got in fast with an unusually early campaign launch at the Brisbane Convention Centre yesterday.
Crikey Says: Check your maths, and your letterbox
You can learn a lot from digging through 12 years worth of Australian Electoral Commission filings …
Poll Bludger: Qld Labor staring down the barrel of 10% swing
It’s been a long time since an Australian election offered so many diverting novelties as the one now officially under way in Queensland.
Crikey Says: Welcome to all-out warfare, care of Labor
You don’t like it, you detest it in fact, but sorry people, this is real and this is happening.
Newspoll: 58-42 to LNP in Queensland
Newsoll’s first poll of the Queensland election campaign offers no respite for the Bligh government, writes William Bowe.
Qld election: can greenies and farmers unite on CSG?
There has been a call for the Greens and Bob Katter’s Australian Party to swap preferences at the Queensland election, writes Anthony Galloway, a reporter at The Northern Miner in Charters Towers.
Crikey Says: All roads lead to Queensland
Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe …
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.
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.
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.
Political snippets: Make it a real conscience vote
One thing that most elected politicians really dislike is fair dinkum democracy. When they talk about “a conscience vote” they certainly do not mean that your opinion and mine should decide an issue.
Campbell Newman fires at ‘punks’ but shoots himself in the foot
Queensland LNP leader Campbell Newman did something yesterday that he should have done a long time ago, writes Brisbane blogger Kim Jameson. He released an up-to-date statement of his financial interests.
Katter’s party to shake up Queensland poll
In the eyes of some, the emergence of Bob Katter’s Australian Party has the potential to shake up what had loomed as a predictable Queensland state election, due around March.
Newspoll: Liberal National Party’s overwhelming lead in Queensland
Career opportunities for aspiring Queensland Labor politicians are clearly going to be thin on the ground for a few years to come. The Liberal National Party are polling 61-39 two-party preferred, writes William Bowe.
Cracks in the strange creation of Queensland’s Liberal National Party
There was always something strange about the combination of the Queensland Liberal and National parties into a single Liberal National Party. Bob Katter may have rained on Campbell Newman’s parade, writes Richard Farmer.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Campbell Newman coup
Crikey readers have their say.
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.
Is Can-do Campbell a risk for the LNP?
Campbell “Can-do” Newman has little experience in party rules or government and his swift maneuver into state politics poses risks for the LNP. Graeme Orr explains.
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.
