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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.

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.

The president of the Queensland branch of the Young Labor Party is a staunch supporter of conservative Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, using leave from the AWU to campaign in the US.

While Labor fights in Qld, its young leader joins GOP campaign

The president of the Queensland branch of the Young Labor Party is a staunch supporter of conservative Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, using leave from the AWU to campaign in the US.

Bob Katter is a lot of things. But despite white supremacists trying to claim him in an email campaign, he's not a racist. Anthony Galloway, a reporter at <em>The Northern Miner</em>, writes from Charters Towers.

Bob Katter is a lot of things, but he's not a racist

Bob Katter is a lot of things. But despite white supremacists trying to claim him in an email campaign, he's not a racist. Anthony Galloway, a reporter at The Northern Miner, writes from Charters Towers.

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 <b>Mark Bahnisch</b> of <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/"><em>Larvatus Prodeo</em></a>.

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.

For Premier Barry O’Farrell, the economic consequences of the weekend announcement by Victoria's peak business body of its enthusiasm for a third Melbourne airport is probably under acute analysis

Melbourne dreams of new airport but Sydney's still stuck in gridlock

For Premier Barry O’Farrell, the economic consequences of the weekend announcement by Victoria's peak business body of its enthusiasm for a third Melbourne airport is probably under acute analysis

Under normal circumstances, the only point at issue in the upcoming Queensland election would be the precise scale of the impending conservative landslide.

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.

Anna Bligh is expected to take Queensland back to the polls within weeks. In the third of a series of reports from <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/" target="_blank"><em>Larvatus Prodeo</em></a>, <b>Mark Bahnisch</b> looks at the impact of the independents and third parties.

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.

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 <b>Mark Bahnisch</b>, what are Anna Bligh's chances?

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?

Many families in the Lockyer Valley can’t afford to move to the land swap estate being developed above the flood line at Grantham and are stuck in flood-prone homes, writes <b>Amanda Gearing</b>, a freelance journalist in Grantham.

One year on and flood victims pick up the pieces

Many families in the Lockyer Valley can’t afford to move to the land swap estate being developed above the flood line at Grantham and are stuck in flood-prone homes, writes Amanda Gearing, a freelance journalist in Grantham.

Queensland could be at the polls within weeks, with Anna Bligh clinging to power in the face of a resurgent LNP. <b>Mark Bahnisch</b> of <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/" target="_blank"><em>Larvatus Prodeo</em></a> looks at Campbell Newman'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.