As the Queensland election is buffeted off course by Cyclone Hamish and the oil spill, Lawrence Springborg has enjoyed more success in shaping the political message – Anna Bligh’s sos is being lost in the storm. There’s a conundrum here, as Bligh is not just more popular, but also arguably the better communicator, when not constrained by the dictates of the ALP apparat. I’ve taken a look at Pineapple Party Time at this phenomenon.
In other Queensland election reports at PPT, the latest Galaxy Poll is more bad news for Labor, the Leaders’ Debate was a bit of a fizzer, some think John Wanna may be a game-changer, and the two major party campaigns launch today.
Update: The Labor boat starts to leak.
Update: The Labor boat starts to leak.
On Friday John Mickel gave a press conference about the oil spill – I didn’t hear it but a colleague at work did, and apparently it was f*ing awful. He had no idea what was going on, and managed to (inadvertently) portray the clean up effort as a massive bureaucratic stuff up. And he is the minister for the area affected by the oil spill! Labor is not going to come out of this looking good.
May be the last early election we get for a while
Hello Mark,
Possibly!! Not the boat sinking, but the up-swell is rising. I put a little blog in my BIGBLOG site, about a singular “concerned Lawyer”. (High Court action). He has attemted to “put on hold” the Government Bonus of $900. Allready my pants are thread-bare, how can/will I be able to afford to buy needle and cotton, let alone a decent present for my Grand kids.
http://johnfarley.bigblog.com.au, ignore the “Bushy” poems, regards john f.