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February 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Queensland Greens say the major parties will have to earn their voters’ preferences at the state election and believe they are “well placed” to win a seat at the poll.
The party was briefly represented in state parliament when Indooroopilly MP Ronan Lee defected from Labor in 2008, but he lost his seat to the Liberal National Party (LNP) in the 2009 election.
Greens campaign director Andrew Bartlett said the party was now eyeing off Mount Coot-tha, which is held by Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser.
“Polls show we’re holding our vote even in the absence of very much media coverage,” Mr Bartlett told AAP on Monday.
“With five weeks to go, we’re not going to get too much into predicting the future, but we think we’re well placed.
“We’re confident of having some strong showings in a number of areas, and certainly pushing for that breakthrough.”
Mr Bartlett said the party had made no decisions on preference deals, but he said Labor and the LNP would have to earn Greens preferences.
“I guess our message to both the larger parties is that if the LNP and Labor want the preferences of Greens voters, then they need to take public positions that are likely to get their support,” he said.
He said a deal with Katter’s Australian Party was unlikely, despite both entities forming an unlikely alliance against the coal seam gas industry.
“I’d be surprised if there was any strong wish at a local level to have any how-to-vote card that gave any recommendation towards Bob (Katter),” Mr Bartlett said.
“In most electorates where there’s a strong Katter vote, you’re not likely to get a strong Greens vote and vice versa.”
Mr Bartlett said he did not think the Australian Party would usurp the Greens’ status as the third party of Queensland politics.
“Apart from a few areas of similarity like coal seam gas and privatisation, the vast majority of his policies are very much on the other end of the spectrum,” he said.
“It’s more a matter of competing for public attention, rather than competing terribly much for votes.”
The Queensland election will be held on March 24.
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