By Kim on September 26, 2010
It’s interesting to contrast reports of two ALP reflections on the election result – one in Crikey on the thoughts of Victorian MP Martin Foley, and one in The Drum on a meeting of the NSW Right, penned by Glenn [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged abc, ALP, battlers, Crikey, Federal Election 2010, Glenn Milne, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Karl Bitar, Kevin Rudd, Labor, martin foley, neo-liberalism, Petrie, post-mortem, progressives, recriminations, swing |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 11, 2010
Newspoll has released the state by state breakdown of its latest poll. Sample sizes, when disaggregated this way, are fairly small, ranging from 445 in SA to 765 in NSW. That translates to a margin of error between 4.6 and [...]
Posted in Brisbane, federal election 2010, Polls, Queensland | Tagged Bonner, Brisbane, campaign, Federal Election 2010, Kevin Rudd, marginal seats, marginals, Moreton, Newspoll, Peter Brent, Petrie, Polls, sandbagging, state swings, William Bowe |
By Mark Bahnisch on July 28, 2010
I’ve published a piece on the contest in three key seats on Brisbane’s northern outskirts – Petrie, Dickson and Longman – at the ABC’s Campaign Diary blog. In the post, I also have some observations to make about the Kevin [...]
Posted in Brisbane, federal election 2010, Queensland | Tagged cabinet leaks, Dickson, Federal Election 2010, Kevin Rudd, Laurie Oakes, Longman, Petrie |
By Kim on July 27, 2010
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. After almost disappearing last night, the election was back on Brisbane’s Channel Nine [...]
Posted in Brisbane, federal election 2010, Media, Queensland, Transport | Tagged andrew bartlett, Anna Bligh, Brisbane, Channel Nine, Dickson, Joe Hockey, Julia Gillard, Laurie Oakes, leaks, Longman, marginal seats, parental leave, pensions, Petrie, Queensland, Redcliffe, redcliffe rail, Simon Crean, Tony Abbott, Yvette D'ath |
By Kim on July 27, 2010
When Tony Abbott was giving a press conference yesterday, alongside his wife, at a child care centre at Kippa Ring in the Brisbane outer northside electorate of Petrie, he was asked if his support for benefits designed to encourage Australians [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Immigration | Tagged bernard keane, Federal Election 2010, Immigration, Julia Gillard, Petrie, population, Tony Abbott |
By Gummo Trotsky on June 23, 2010
William Bowe of The Poll Bludger wrote this piece for Crikey today, which we’re republishing with permission. This article is part of a weekly feature in the lead up to the 2010 federal election, and if you’d like to read [...]
Posted in Brisbane, Elections, Federal Elections, Politics, Polls | Tagged ALP, Arch Bevis, Bert van Manen, Blair, Bonner, Bowman, Brett Raguse, Brisbane, Clive Palmer, Coalition, Crikey, Dickson, Federal Election 2010, Forde, Griffith, Jon Sullivan, Kerry Rea, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Lilley, LNP, Longman, Mal Brough, marginal seats, Michael Johnson, Michael Palmer, Moreton, Newspoll, Oxley Rankin, Peter Dutton, Petrie, Poll Bludger, polling, Polls, preferences, redistribution, Rudd government, Ryan, Shayne Neumann, swing, Tereas Gambaro, William Bowe, Wyatt Roy, Yvette D'ath |
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