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 [...]
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Perfect the next
Thursday, February 19, 2009 – 4:44 pm
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 [...]
Happy new year: week two
Friday, January 9, 2009 – 9:23 pm
In the continuing absence of new polling, enjoy the following news snippets:
• Amid lingering rumours of a late February state election in Queensland, Lawrence Springborg has floated the possibility of Mal Brough entering state politics by contesting a Labor-held seat. Such would be the only option available to him given the Liberal National Party merger [...]
Newspoll: 57-43 to Labor in Queensland
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 – 1:17 am
After yesterday’s New South Wales disaster, Labor today enjoys a surprisingly strong result from Newspoll’s quarterly survey of Queensland state voting intention. Labor’s primary vote has shot up seven points to 45 per cent, while the Liberal Nationals are down four to 37 per cent. The gap on two-party preferred (remembering the limitations of this [...]
Galaxy: 52-48 to state Labor in Queensland
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 – 1:23 am
The Courier-Mail has today come good with results on state voting intention from the 800-sample Galaxy survey that brought us yesterday’s Queensland federal poll. It finds Anna Bligh’s state government is slightly more popular than its federal counterpart, with Labor leading 52-48 on two-party preferred and 43 per cent to 42 per cent on the [...]
Newspoll: 51-49 to Labor in Queensland
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 – 1:34 am
The latest quarterly Newspoll survey of Queensland voting intention continues the national state-level trend, with Labor’s primary vote plunging five points to 38 per cent against 41 per cent for the newly merged Liberal National Party. Labor maintains a narrow 51-49 lead on two-party preferred, with the Greens on 9 per cent. The previous survey [...]
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