Comments on: ReachTEL: 55-45 to LNP in Queensland

By: Von Kirsdarke

Von Kirsdarke — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:00:12 +0000

Of course I’m aware that there is a bit of a difference.

However Labor’s recovered a lot of ground in a bit under a year and just because there isn’t much elected Labor positions right now, doesn’t mean that with hard work from all supporters that there will be the support necessary to vote plenty back in at the next election.

Or is the Labor plan for 2015 to just give up?

By: daretotread

daretotread — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:16:24 +0000

Von K

There is a bit of a difference between 10/47 and 7/89, especially with no uppoer house support.

Also Labor lost many council positions AND we have very few Federal MPs

By: daretotread

daretotread — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:14:00 +0000

Agree with you

Cannot do is the biggest ALP asset

Anastasia is OK but she is not especially charismatic. She will not by herself win back much but with the assistance of Cannot do – Well!!!!

By: DRinMelb

DRinMelb — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:27:14 +0000

I don’t disagree. I have no doubt that Qld will see a massive re-alignment at the next election. It is already clear that there is a lot of buyer’s remorse going on in Queensland. There are a huge number of dunder-heads in the LNP who never believed they would or should have been elected to parliament.

I just think the re-alignment will be driven and influenced more by what the Premier Campbell Newman and his house of morans does than what the Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk does.

In other words, “despite” her, not “because” of her.

By: Von Kirsdarke

Von Kirsdarke — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:41:29 +0000

Well, Mike Rann did a pretty good job in South Australia from 1994, with a team of 10 up against 37 in the lower house for example, wiping out the Liberal majority after 1 term. So it can be done (even if there were 9 Labor MLC’s on top of that).

I may be blindly optimistic, but I don’t think it’s impossible for her to rebuild the party.

Although winning in 2015 will be nothing short of a miracle, getting the numbers back up to about 30-40 might be more of a realistic goal, and taking down Newman if he stays in Ashgrove would be another nice touch. Then bring on a tough battle for 2018.

By: DRinMelb

DRinMelb — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:20:59 +0000

They are a party of 7. How much impact can the Opposition have? Annastacia Palaszczuk is a superb local member, and a gifted politician (like her father), but how much impact can she really have in a team of 7 opposing a Government of 70+? And in a unicameral parliament to boot.

By: Von Kirsdarke

Von Kirsdarke — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:12:25 +0000

Another thing to wonder about is what sort of job Annastasia is doing as Opposition Leader.

Is she largely invisible/ignored? Or does she get some attention in criticizing the Newman government?

It would be nice if she manages to close the gap in the polls even more next year. But I don’t know if she’s capable of doing so.

By: DRinMelb

DRinMelb — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:51:33 +0000

“Leader” of the Queensland Labor Party, of course…….

By: DRinMelb

DRinMelb — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:50:24 +0000

A former MP tells me Labor could pick up a bundle of seats in Queensland if Rudd was leader.

Please please please make this so. Solves the problem of Queensland and the problem of Rudd federally.

By: Leroy

Leroy — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:21:33 +0000

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/liberal-national-party-souring-federal-vote-for-coalition/story-e6freoof-1226537905730

Liberal National Party souring federal vote for Coalition
by: Anthony Gough
From: The Courier-Mail
December 17, 2012 12:00AM

Small aricle on this poll in the Curious Snail.