Reuters Poll Trend is back in business, presumably resuming its old methods of providing a weighted aggregate of results from Newspoll, Morgan and ACNielsen. As such it tells us nothing we didn’t already know, but its trend line is a handy thing to have. The current finding combines three weeks of results and has Labor’s [...]
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Category Archives: Queensland Election 2009
Queensland election live at Pineapple Party Time
Saturday, March 21, 2009 – 6:24 pm
A reminder that live coverage of tonight’s Queensland election will be provided at Crikey’s Pineapple Party Time blog, which combines the energies of myself, Possum and Mark Bahnisch of Larvatus Prodeo.
Newspoll: 53-47 to Labor in Queensland
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 – 4:28 am
A very well timed Newspoll survey of 752 respondents shows Anna Bligh’s Labor government looking well placed with a 53-47 lead on two-party preferred – although this may be based on an unduly generous preference estimate. On the primary vote, Labor holds a narrow lead of 43 per cent to 42 per cent. This marks [...]
Queensland election: March 21
Monday, February 23, 2009 – 12:45 pm
Anna Bligh has called a Queensland election for March 21. My most recent coverage of recent Queensland state politics action is here: more to follow in due course.
Perfect the next
Thursday, February 19, 2009 – 4:44 pm
There’s so much going on in Queensland at the moment that a progressively updated post on developments seems in order, starting with the relevant entries from last night’s general post.
Monday, February 23
• Missed a spot from Steven Wardill’s Courier-Mail report on Chris Bombolas’s departure from Chatsworth: “Frontrunners to replace Mr Bombolas include his electorate officer [...]
Borg’s Brisbane blues
Friday, February 6, 2009 – 2:49 pm
A dedicated thread for Queensland election speculation would seem in order. Despite previous false alarms, the state’s press corps remains convinced Bligh will visit the Governor sooner rather than later. Greg Roberts of The Australian suggests the catalyst will be a “gloomy state budget in May” (UPDATE: Mark Bahnisch of Larvatus Prodeo notes the budget [...]
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