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Election News

Capper v Hanson

March 2, 2009

SURELY this is every election’s dream – two high-profile candidates running as independents for the same seat. The Courier Mail have the down low on Warwick Capper, one-time AFL ‘legend’, throwing his hat into the ring for the seat of Beaudesert. All we need is the official confirmation that Pauline Hanson has registered as well [...]

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Queensland credit rating downgrade stirs the voters

February 28, 2009
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On Monday of last week Standard & Poor’s lowered Queensland’s credit rating from AAA to AA+, causing a stir in the media and the electorate. The rating downgrade has resulted in a 0.4% increase in the interest rate Queensland pays on its state debt, approximately $200M this year and increasing to $300M the following year. [...]

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Election will be close according to latest Galaxy poll

February 26, 2009
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The Courier Mail has released the results of their exclusive Galaxy poll, the first poll conducted since the election was announced. …the poll found Lawrence Springborg’s LNP held a slight advantage over Anna Bligh’s Labor team on primary votes as the campaign for the March 21 state election begins. The LNP recorded a primary of [...]

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

February 26, 2009

Actually it is more like Buses, Trains, Ferries, City Cats and Automobiles. The last few days has seen Brisbane traffic in true gridlock. Accidents, train issues, road works – you name – we have seen it, and when you put it all together you get a day like today. On Tuesday, Shadow Transport Minister Fiona [...]

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Will social networking rule this Election?

February 26, 2009

While many scoff our politicians in their attempts to ‘connect’ with constituents by using the latest internet-based thingy or iFad, both the Labour and LNP marketing teams have been somewhat on the ball in ensuring their key candidates for Premier are all social-networked-up. Given the success Obama had in using things like YouTube and Facebook [...]

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