LNP leader McHappy about a debate

Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman is no clown when it comes to politics, but he was McHappy about being able to debate with Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.

Mr Newman, who is attempting to win the seat of Ashgrove so he can enter state politics next year, worked an hour long shift at The Gap’s McDonalds restaurant, west of Brisbane on Saturday, as part of McHappy Day.

The outlet is situated in the electorate he is running for which is held by Labor’s Kate Jones.

Ms Jones completed her 60 minute shift before the lunch time rush.

The questions being posed by locals to their prospective local MP on Saturday were tame, but that won’t be the case when he faces-off with Ms Bligh in a debate ahead of next year’s state election.

The pair will verbally joust at Customs House, Brisbane on November 25 in a debate organised by The Courier-Mail.

Ms Bligh and Mr Newman will address the theme: Queensland has emerged from a rough patch but we have a good long-term future that can be made better if we get things right now.

Mr Newman said he intends to expand on the LNP”s vision for Queensland during the debate.

“I am looking forward to the opportunity to talk about the real issues like the cost of living and the way this Government doesn’t deliver major projects and its waste and inefficiency,” Mr Newman told AAP.

“I want to outline very clearly what our vision is for Queensland, because we do have a vision.

“It will be a good chance to talk about that and flesh more of that out.”

The Courier-Mail will supply a moderator and the questions and the floor will then be opened to questions from 100 invited readers of the newspaper.

However, Mr Newman expects at least one more debate before the election and appeared open to more question and answer confrontations with Ms Bligh should the opportunity arise.

“I’m sure there will be traditional debate that the Queensland Media club runs each time during the actual campaign,” Mr Newman told AAP.

Local constituent Ron Ward, who posed for a photo with Mr Newman wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with “My boss is a clown” and “vote Ronald” said he had a soft spot for Ms Jones but would vote for Mr Newman because of his dislike for the Premier.

“If they were in different electorates, I’d vote for both of them,” Mr Ward told AAP.

“She’s (Ms Jones) a nice person and he’s a decent bloke but I don’t like Anna Bligh.”

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