Brisbane’s ‘goat cheese belt’ could have turned teal
Not only has the base primary vote of the two main parties been eroded by neglect, but both have aggravated the problem by choosing leaders who annoy the very groups they have been losing.
The first, Newspoll, showed a two-party-preferred (2PP) vote of 53 per cent for Labor and 47 per cent for the Coalition – a lead for Labor which has remained steady since the start of the campaign.
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John Black is a former Labor senator for Queensland. He is executive chairman of profiling company Australian Development Strategies, and of Education Geographics.