Those of us that are able to think for ourselves know that we are in the early stages of what will be an interesting election campaign in the lead up to the Queensland State Election, whenever that may be. Though the only one that doesn’t think this is the Premier herself, instead trying to convince us all that it is part of the normal media releases that they put out.
Which brings us to the next question that is anyone’s guess, when will we be heading off to the polls?
I’d be willing to make the prediction that it won’t be held until after the council elections at the end of March. By doing this, she is handing everyone else a free kick as they can claim that this is a premier that is desperate to hold on to power for as long as she can.
An April or May election will give the spin doctors and number crunchers time to judge how much anti-Labor sentiment there is by using the SEQ Council elections as a litmus test for the battle that lays ahead. This will also allow enough time to settle with the report into the 2011 flood due to be handed down in Feb, along with her planned ‘carve up’ of Queensland Health.
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