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A new poll has shown that Kate Jones has now passed Campbell Newman on a two-party preferred basis. Obviously of all the muck thrown at Newman some of it is starting to stick. Ms Jones of course is bending over backwards to stop the despised word "Labor" appearing on any of her election posters or material.

A new poll shows Labor MP Kate Jones has clawed back ground from Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman in the crucial Brisbane seat of Ashgrove.

Mr Newman has to win the seat in Brisbane's inner-west if he is to become the next Queensland premier.

Previous surveys have shown he is likely to do that, but the latest ReachTel poll of 742 residents in the electorate shows Ms Jones is gaining ground.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-06/newman-refuses-to-detail-funding-for-pledges/3870804
 
Calliope said:
A new poll has shown that Kate Jones has now passed Campbell Newman on a two-party preferred basis. Obviously of all the muck thrown at Newman some of it is starting to stick. Ms Jones of course is bending over backwards to stop the despised word "Labor" appearing on any of her election posters or material.



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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-06/newman-refuses-to-detail-funding-for-pledges/3870804
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Yes, it is the same in Townsville. The Labor candidates are omitting the Labor logo.

The National Labor smear must have them really worried.
 
Well, it's going to be a real mess if the LNP win the election but Newman doesn't win Ashgrove. What will they do then? Is it Jeff Seeney for Premier?
 
Julia said:
Well, it's going to be a real mess if the LNP win the election but Newman doesn't win Ashgrove. What will they do then? Is it Jeff Seeney for Premier?
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You have to wonder why they didn't give him a better seat.
Maybe internally the "want to be Premiers" in the party were hoping he would lose it on his second term and they would get a chance.
 
Julia said:
Well, it's going to be a real mess if the LNP win the election but Newman doesn't win Ashgrove. What will they do then? Is it Jeff Seeney for Premier?
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I believe it will be Tim Nicholls as stated a couple of weeks ago when Bligh "went off her head" wanting to know.
But they also could have put this name up to keep her quite. He is the deputy.

18 days to go, to get our chance!
joea
 
Knobby22 said:
You have to wonder why they didn't give him a better seat.
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If he gets a bit light on in support, we can get 100 people from the northern towns to go and help him campaign in Ashgrove.
Had 100 canefarmers and associated small business people at a B- B-Q the other day.
joea
 
noco said:
Yes, it is the same in Townsville. The Labor candidates are omitting the Labor logo.

The National Labor smear must have them really worried.
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No doubt LNP can use this to their advantage as we near ballot day.
joea
 
Knobby22 said:
You have to wonder why they didn't give him a better seat.
Maybe internally the "want to be Premiers" in the party were hoping he would lose it on his second term and they would get a chance.
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Yes is was crazy to let Newman stand in a Brisbane seat that no other LNP member could possibly win. Labor's strategy is sound - take out the ace card and the whole pack will come crumbling down. If Labor can now sell the idea that Newman can't win, it may turn the voters off the LNP, because, let's face it, without him they are a rabble.

The local tabloid, the Courier Mail has been giving Newman a bad press because his wife's family is well off, and therefore, by definition, corrupt.

It's only today that they got round to pointing the finger at some alleged Bligh government corruption.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...obby-link-to-alp/story-fnbt5t29-1226289937508
 
joea said:
I believe it will be Tim Nicholls as stated a couple of weeks ago when Bligh "went off her head" wanting to know.
joea
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Thanks for that, joe. Was it previously Seeney who was deputy?
I don't mind Tim Nicholls. Certainly better than more of Bligh.
 
Julia said:
Thanks for that, joe. Was it previously Seeney who was deputy?
I don't mind Tim Nicholls. Certainly better than more of Bligh.
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Julia
Seeney is currently leader of the opposition.
As you know Can Do has the media exposure.
I would just about bet Ashgrove voters are probably in hiding with all the exposure.

It is interesting there is no mention of Springborgh as he was the guy who did all the ground work to unite the nationals and liberals in Qld or so I thought.
He does not poll real well apparently!!
joea
 
Hi.
I would have thought that LNP in Qld should to start campaigning on the fact the Labor candidates are attempting to disassociate from the Labor banner.
On the ABC some guy is averaging a number of polls to get the average idea of Federal polling.

One would think the unemployment would be a hot spot to campaign on. By averaging the ABS and Roy Morgan polls we would get somewhere close to the mark in QLD.
Cairns and districts is around 12.2 % unemployed.
17 days to go.
joea
 
joea said:
No doubt LNP can use this to their advantage as we near ballot day.
joea
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Will they Joe? Sometiemes these people miss the opportunity.

Whilst this is off the post a bit, I spoke to my local Federal member in my electorate and asked him why in the hell isn't Tony Abbott and other LNP members not using the fact that 10% of the Carbon Dioxide is syphoned off to the UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE of which K.Rudd is a member. Plus the fact that $599,000,000 was promised by Greg Combet to the UN Climate Change Committee at the Cancun meeting in Mexico.

I could not get a satifactory.:banghead:
 
Wonder Woman Bligh should wing her way to Wagga to join Gillard to give comfort and advice to to flood victims. It turns out it is the only thing she is good at.:)

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Julia said:
So why would you earlier say Tim Nicholls would be the leader not Seeney?:confused:
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Julia
When the LNP were asked if Campbell did not win who would be the leader, the media reported that Tim Nicholl would have the most to gain. So it was half an answer.
It appears while Seeney may be the opposition leader, he may not be if Newman fails to win his seat.
Because they did not want to acknowledge that they had thought Campbell may not win. This would give amo. to Bligh.
That is why Ashgrove is so important.

The LNP have to win Ashgrove to allow their nominated leader to govern.
The Labor machine is throwing everything and sundry at Ashgrove to stop him.

Meanwhile the LNP is throwing everything and sundry at Fraser's seat to eliminate him from being opposition leader and giving Campbell a hard time, as Campbell has no experience in state parliament.

Meanwhile Seeney is Campbell's mentor.( To bring him up to speed).

You understand that Campbell is taking a shortcut to Premier. While I would imagine that this does not sit well with some in the party.(he has not yet won a seat and has had no time in state parliament)
Today two ex-premiers of Queensland said that Campbell should say he will govern with integrity. (he has not won yet). Where the hell did that come from.?

The bookies have Newman at $1.30 and Kate at $3.30.

So basically we see info in the media, but there is much more going on behind the scenes, by both sides.
joea
 
joea said:
The bookies have Newman at $1.30 and Kate at $3.30.
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Those are interesting figures Joe. The bookies usually get it right. This is from Quest the Western Suburbs local newspaper. Fraser is a nasty piece of work and it would be great to see him smashed. By the way if you want to back Labor over LNP you can get up to $11


Bookies are not looking kindly on State Treasurer Andrew Fraser's chances on hanging on to his Mt Coot-tha seat, offering $4.25 odds.

LNP challenger Saxon Rice is the firm favourite, with Centrebet currently offering $1.18 for her to be the next member for Mt Coot-tha.

Centrebet analyst Neil Evans said Mr Fraser had the fight of his life on his hands.

``Certainly, the once dominant margins are now turning to dust as the smart money continues to hail a change of government,'' he said.

Meanwhile, LNP leader Campbell Newman's odds of taking Ashgrove have widened slightly to $1.21 but he remains the clear favourite.
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/quest...-for-mt-coot-tha/story-fn8m0u4y-1226292108780
 
Calliope said:
Those are interesting figures Joe. The bookies usually get it right. This is from Quest the Western Suburbs local newspaper. Fraser is a nasty piece of work and it would be great to see him smashed. By the way if you want to back Labor over LNP you can get up to $11

http://www.couriermail.com.au/quest...-for-mt-coot-tha/story-fn8m0u4y-1226292108780
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Yes, here is the latest from Centrebet on the state election:

Winning Party - Next Election - WINNER
LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY 1.04
LABOR PARTY 10.00

http://centrebet.com
 
joea said:
Julia
When the LNP were asked if Campbell did not win who would be the leader, the media reported that Tim Nicholl would have the most to gain. So it was half an answer.
It appears while Seeney may be the opposition leader, he may not be if Newman fails to win his seat.
Because they did not want to acknowledge that they had thought Campbell may not win. This would give amo. to Bligh.
That is why Ashgrove is so important.

The LNP have to win Ashgrove to allow their nominated leader to govern.
The Labor machine is throwing everything and sundry at Ashgrove to stop him.
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I know all that. My point is that if Newman fails to win Ashgrove but the LNP wins the election, we have no idea who is going to be Premier!!
That is hardly a satisfactory state of affairs is it? I think they could lose votes on the basis of such a shoddy non-answer.
 
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