Bewildered LNP has lost its identity
IT’S a surprise that the LNP is struggling far more than an opposition should be at this point of the electoral cycle, but the faltering campaign of One Nation is nothing short of a shock.
State Election 2017
Newman: ‘They should have talked up my legacy’
FORMER premier turned Sky News presenter Campbell Newman blamed the LNP’s poor showing at Saturday’s election on the party’s failure to defend his era.
Rocky road still has a way to go
WIN or lose, Margaret Strelow says she has no regrets about her last-minute decision to run as an Independent in Rockhampton.
Voters add colour to election proceedings
THE vote for Queensland’s 56th Parliament was a colourful exercise in democracy, with meter maids, ballerinas and even a polo player on a horse turning out to do their bit for democracy.
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Deputy Premier in for rude shock
DEPUTY Premier Jackie Trad is in danger of being a high-profile casualty of the 2017 election campaign amid a massive insurgency in her inner Brisbane electorate.
LNP tracks down ‘missing’ donor names
THE LNP has moved to neutralise Labor attacks over the missing identities of those behind a combined $100,000 in donations received by the party, tracking down all but three donors.
Trad caught in push to please everyone
DEPUTY Premier Jackie Trad is at risk of becoming caught in the middle as Labor struggles to please both the regions and the southeast.
Unions give Palaszczuk a boost
UNIONS are targeting 17 marginal seats across Queensland as the movement steps up its campaign to both oust LNP MPs and save Labor members in the lead-up to the November 25 poll.
Debate: It’s time to talk the talk
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk will face Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls and One Nation state leader Steve Dickson in what is expected to be the only major debate of the election campaign.
MP lists Greens as most dangerous
TRADE Minister and Moncrieff MP Steve Ciobo says the Greens are a more dangerous force in politics than One Nation, supporting the LNP’s position to preference them last.
Abbott gets Queensland election SOS
FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received multiple requests from LNP candidates to help them campaign in the Queensland state election.
Anything left to declare? Not a sausage
OPPOSITION Leader Tim Nicholls gets in some practice for the election day sausage sizzle as he reveals all the LNP’s outstanding donations have been declared.
$2b precinct needs rail to stay on track
THE fate of a new $2 billion entertainment precinct in Brisbane’s CBD will be tied to the success of the Cross River Rail program under a Labor state government.
‘Iron Curtain’ housing plan for Brisbane
HUNDREDS of thousands of units would be built under a Greens social housing policy reminiscent of Cold War Eastern European cities.
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