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Final results in Qld election

April 4, 2009 – 2:27 am

The last unresolved seats from the Queensland election have finally been declared, nearly two weeks after polling day. 
Spare a thought for John English, the former Labor member for Redlands, who after two weeks of nail biting, ended up losing his seat by a miserly 34 votes.  To make it even worse for him, according to this [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Queensland politics | Comments (1)

What’s wrong with a hung Parliament?

March 21, 2009 – 3:32 pm

One mantra of both major parties (and plenty in the mainstream media) that I’ve always hated is the claim that a hung parliament or a minority government is “the worst outcome” possible.  It’s about as bad as the mantra that “a vote for a minor party or an independent is a wasted vote”, which under [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Queensland – retirements and web launches one day, election the next?

February 18, 2009 – 1:21 am

Media speculation that an early state election will be called in Queensland has been going since before Christmas.  I guess if people keep predicting an election is about to be called, they’ll be right eventually. 
Certainly the fact that there has been a steady stream of state Labor MPs announcing they will retire at the election [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Queensland politics, blogging | Comments (2)