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Frontrunner Newman must come clean: Bligh

AAP A poll showing the Queensland opposition will romp to election victory means it’s even more important for its leader to fully detail his financial interests, the premier says. The latest Newspoll shows Labor’s primary vote has slumped to 27 per cent, only a point above its pre-Christmas low. If the trend is replicated at […]

Bligh staring down the barrel of defeat

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is staring down the barrel of a heavy defeat at the next state election, the latest Newspoll shows. Support for Ms Bligh’s Labor party has fallen to almost half the levels currently enjoyed by the Liberal National Party. The Newspoll, published in Wednesday’s The Australian, shows Labor’s primary vote at 27 […]

Bligh rules out joint Qld, local poll

Premier Anna Bligh has ruled out holding both state and council elections on the same day next year. Queensland’s state election is due in March 2012, in the same month as the local government poll. Independent MP Peter Wellington on Tuesday suggested in parliament the polls be held the same day to save taxpayers money. […]

Bligh to push feds on TB clinic funds

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will push the federal government harder to continue funding tuberculosis (TB) clinics in the Torres Strait. Earlier this year, Queensland Health announced it would close TB clinics that open fortnightly on two islands from July 1, after losing federal government funding. The commonwealth would instead send $43 million in AusAid funding […]

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