If the LNP did send out a memo about being gracious in victory, Clive Palmer didn’t get it. Kellie Riordan headed along to Campbell Newman’s celebrations.
Qld ALP
Crikey Says: Queensland result a disaster for everyone, not just ALP
Everyone’s had a go at describing the magnitude of Queensland Labor’s loss over the weekend. This isn’t good news for anyone, least of all the voters of Queensland.
Labor decimated in Queensland
Crikey media wrap: “Can-do” Campbell Newman “can did” on the weekend, leading the Liberal-National Party to a crushing victory of Queensland Labor and winning a likely 78 seats in a 89-seat parliament.
Benjamin Law: infiltrating ‘Can Do’ country amidst chants ‘n’ chinos
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.
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.
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.
Did ALP state govts impact the federal vote?
One of the big questions post-election is whether ALP state party parliamentary performance impacted ALP results in the federal election. Possum Comitatus examines the data.
Poll Bludger’s election 2010 preview: Brisbane, the young and the restless
Poll Bludger’s tour of the Australian electoral map today takes us to south-east Queensland, where new polling shows Labor is in some strife.
King: Give Bligh daylight savings and she’ll sell that too
What happened to the women that Queenslanders voted in? asks Madonna King. Premier Anna Bligh sold off all the state’s assets and now is trying to escape scrutiny by talking about trivial issues.
Why is Bligh so private?
It was politically irrational and not economically explainable why Anna Bligh would privatise major public assets like Queensland Rail. So why do it? What purpose does a state government have? asks Mark Bahnisch.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Abbott’s spooky new staffer
Tony Abbott’s new foreign affairs adviser is an international man of mystery, Anthony Chisholm could be facing a factional bloodbath, non-profits cashing in on the insulation scheme and more hot tips from Crikey readers.
Galaxy: 59-41 to LNP in Queensland
A new Galaxy poll shows the Liberal National Party with a crushing 59-41 lead over Anna Bligh’s Labor government, while Bligh’s approval rating is down four points, to a parlous 28%. William Bowe has the numbers.
Joe Ludwig’s dad shows the real campaign finance agenda
The Australian went back over a decade of returns from Labor Holdings Pty Ltd and concluded that this secretive Queensland investment arm has pumped $25 million into the ALP’s federal and state campaigns since 2000.
The corporates that helped Bligh, Barnett to power
The release of this morning’s Australian Electoral Commission’s “periodic disclosures” data paint a vivid picture of who bankrolled the two state elections that occurred in the 2008/09 financial year.
States of play: who are the most popular pollies?
A different way to look at how the various political leaders of our country are travelling is to contrast their net satisfaction or approval levels against their two party preferred vote share. Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers.
The scent of death hovers over Bligh
Is it already bye bye Bligh? Queensland premier Anna Bligh has alienated many on the Left, her chief of staff has left and polling is looking poor. It’s only a matter of time until she’s gone now.
Queensland prepares for a Dick-led government
Ailing Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will be knifed before state parliament resumes in February and replaced with Attorney-General Cameron Dick, says senior QLD ALP sources.
Mike Kaiser sails away with $450k as Bligh’s office implodes
Anna Bligh remains keen to recruit an outsider to replace Mike Kaiser as her chief-of-staff, in an effort to halt the destabilisation campaign that has seen nearly every member of her inner circle linked to a mutiny attempt.
How Bligh blew the QLD premiership
Just eight months after Anna Bligh was elected QLD premier, voter satisfaction has dropped to just 30%, thanks to privatisation of state assets, broken election promises and scrapping petrol subsides. Is her decline terminal? asks Cosima Marriner.
The growing force of Barnaby Joyce
Queensland is critical to federal politics, with a growing population and influential seats, but its parties are a mess. The Nationals criticise the Liberals, the Libs fear the power of the LNP and Barnaby Joyce is just looking after himself, writes Scott Prasser.
Too many ruined lives in the wake of the Beattie Government
Eventually, the culture of bullying and cronyism that marked the Beattie Government in Queensland must surely be exposed. There are too many unanswered questions, too many ruined lives and wrecked careers, to stay in denial about it forever.
Anna Bligh’s very bad week
Anna Bligh certainly wasn’t exaggerating when she observed that Queensland Labor had a bad week, writes Mark Bahnisch — nor has this week started off well for her.
Trust in Bligh has dried up
The Queensland state government is in dire trouble, dropping 10% in support since the election and the two-party-preferred now sitting at 41-59. It all comes down to one issue: Queenslanders believe that corruption is again rife.
Bligh always on the back foot
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is strong and decisive when it comes to policy, but stumbles on politicking, says Sean Parnell.
Galaxy: 59-41 to LNP in QLD
Following a horror week for the Queensland government, a Galaxy survey shows a further plunge in support for QLD Labor, the LNP’s two-party lead opening up to 59-41.
