http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/ News and analysis - Queensland politics. en-us 2006-09-10T15:15:48+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001630.html I'll have more to say tomorrow, but a few points and a link for today. The Greens shouldn't get too ecstatic about the strength of their vote. Labor strategists I spoke to last night agreed with my proposition that the... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-10T15:15:48+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001627.html Government in Queensland for the last hundred years or so has been a case of what an evolutionary biologist might call “punctuated equilibrium”. A dominant party rules securely for a long period – twenty or thirty years – only to... Graham 2006-09-10T07:32:54+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001626.html Before I go to bed, let me just claim bragging rights. I predicted in Crikey on Friday: Labor 60, Nationals 17, Liberals 7, Independents 4, One Nation 1. The ABC projections currently are: Labor 60, Nationals 16, Liberals 8, Independents... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-10T01:29:44+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001625.html Bruce Flegg just couldn't bring himself to say it. "Yes, I take responsibility for the poor performance of the Liberal Party." He was questioned relentlessly about it by the press corp and his standard answer was "That's for others to... Graham 2006-09-09T21:22:15+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001624.html Well, he wouldn't, would he, when he's just won. But perhaps he could have taken a leaf from Lawrence Springborg's play book, and told it like it really is. He sort of alluded to the fact that voters wanted neither... Graham 2006-09-09T20:37:54+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001623.html Lawrence Springborg gave a very gracious and honest concession speech. He said what our polling had been saying for some time - that the people of Queensland weren't happy with the Labor government, but they weren't convinced that the Coalition... Graham 2006-09-09T20:13:12+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001622.html In the quest for the perfect focus group last Wednesday I asked Cassie, one of the staff at the gym, what she thought of the election. At that stage she was pretty full-bore on the prospects for the "Broncs" and... Graham 2006-09-09T19:35:04+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001621.html [Mark Bahnisch writes:] Graham and I are set up in the tally room to live blog the election. So far there's not a lot to actually report as figures are very early. If you look at the ABC's scorecard, the... Graham 2006-09-09T19:00:34+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001619.html This list is distilled from what the parties are telling us, or others, are the seats that are in play. Mark may have some additions, and we'd also be interested in comments from others: Aspley Barron River Bundaberg Cairns Caloundra... Graham 2006-09-09T14:04:24+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001616.html From today's Crikey email, here's your guide to tonight's Queensland election. Tonight there’s a full moon, which is probably apt for the more than usually lunatic election campaign we’ve enjoyed over the past month. Whatever else Queensland politics is, it’s... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-09T00:33:02+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001615.html Over at Online Opinion, Stephen Dann reviews the parties' campaign websites and finds them wanting. In other election news, the latest Galaxy Poll shows Labor's primary lifting to 48%, while Peter Beattie and Labor leakers downplay the ALP's chances. The... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-08T11:20:40+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001613.html I heard Michael Catalbiano interviewed on ABC radio today. He was distancing himself none too subtly from Flegg, admitting that leadership had been a problem. Catalbiano spent most of his time stressing two themes - the need to cut Beattie's... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-07T21:03:44+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001611.html My Crikey column today is on the website, as the full version was a bit long for the daily email, so you can go and read it there. Today's piece picks up some trends from the third focus group Graham... Mark_Bahnisch 2006-09-06T23:36:52+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001610.html build an Internet site and screen all the ads from last election that you might have liked to run this election, but couldn't because you couldn't really afford to even run any new ads. At least that appears to be... Graham 2006-09-06T23:02:45+10:00 http://currumbin2cook.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001607.html These are the notes used for our on-air discussion with Madonna King on ABC Brisbane's Morning Program. Sample very similar to all the other samples that we have been taking in terms of age and gender. Total of 389. There... Graham 2006-09-06T11:06:34+10:00