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Forget COVID, LNP loss was its own fault

Forget COVID, LNP loss was its own fault

Those disappointed with the LNP’s defeat in Queensland may try to blame that loss on Labor’s “politicisation” of COVID-19 but this is an overly simplistic view, writes Paul Williams

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Townsville AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos October 31, 2020: Queensland opposition leader Deb Frecklington concedes defeat at the LNP election night reception at the Emporium in South Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

The crucial failure that means knives will be out for Deb

The LNP’s failure to win over one group of voters in particular was the difference between success and failure for Deb Frecklington and now the knives will be out for her, with the drums already beating for her potential successor, writes Steven Wardill.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with her shirt sleeves rolled up, back at work, 1 William Street, Brisbane. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Public servants have civic duty to end Labor’s lazy, inept ways

In pre-COVID Queensland, the state was in trouble. Treasury debt was heading towards $100bn, the public service wage bill was soaring and nobody in government had any idea of how to breathe life into a moribund economy. That’s not going to cut it anymore, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Deb Frecklington at Parliament house. She announced she would be stepping down from the position of LNP leader today.2 November 2020 Brisbane 2020 Picture by Richard Gosling

It’s not just Deb, arrogant LNP is a bunch of losers

The LNP is beset by a bunch of lazy, incompetent and irrelevant members who are clueless about the hard work required to beat Labor at a Queensland election. The fundamental difference between the two parties couldn’t be more stark, writes Steven Wardill.

Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/state-election/parties/page/10