(No disrespect to people like Esra Star.)
The most Labor will get is seven seats - why bother showing up? Greens got no seats, and there was a drop in support for them. I would guess that has a lot to do with Queenslanders buying the spin about the carbon tax and the mining tax. Even Katter's party managed only two seats.
I have grave doubts about whether Campbell Newman can effectively run Queensland - by his own admission, he's clueless about how the parliament operates. But perhaps Queensland deserves what it gets; my concern is for the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most beautiful natural wonders. Newman has already announced he will open it up to dredging, with no environmental impact studies and no restrictions. He will destroy it, and he really doesn't care.
I think he's mad, and Queensland will come to regret what they've done, but by the time they wake up, it will be too late.
And yes, I agree - Bruce Hawker is a dickhead. Reducing the campaign to personal slurs was a mistake that rebounded on Labor, and it was as inept as his advice to Kevin Rudd a few weeks ago.
And rather than face the music, Anna Bligh is resigning from parliament, which will mean a byelection, and another seat Labor will probably lose. Nothing like putting self before party.
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