POLITICAL PARTIES – QUEENSLAND

Secret Qld deal puts unions miles ahead

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Original article by Lydia Lynch, Sarah Elks, Michael McKenna
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 13-Dec-23

The Queensland government is set to announce changes to its cabinet team after incoming premier Stephen Miles is sworn in on Friday. Treasurer Cameron Dick will become deputy premier after his Right faction agreed to support Miles over rival Left faction candidate Shannon Fentiman. The latter withdrew from contention after union powerbrokers negotiated a factional agreement in return for an industrial deal over government-funded infrastructure projects. Miles says his priorities will include the cost of living, health, housing, infrastructure and the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. His first initiative will be a 12-month freeze on vehicle registrations, which will take effect from mid-2024.

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QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, QUEENSLAND. TREASURY

Qld Labor faces messy brawl for Palaszczuk replacement

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Original article by Ronald Mizen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 12-Dec-23

Queensland’s Deputy Premier Steven Miles and Health Minister Shannon Fentiman have both confirmed their intention to run for the Labor leadership. They are both members of state Labor’s Left faction, which accounts for 25 of the party’s 52 MPs. However, the Right faction – which has 18 MPs – could potentially emerge as the ‘kingmaker’ in the leadership ballot. The Right faction’s Cameron Dick could also be a leadership contender, although he is regarded as more likely to become deputy premier. Meanwhile, outgoing premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has rejected suggestions that she resigned after losing the support of Left faction powerbroker and union leader Gary Bullock.

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QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, QUEENSLAND HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

LNP hopefuls jostle to be next leader

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Original article by Charlie Peel
The Australian – Page: Online : 3-Nov-20

Queensland Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington announced her resignation on 2 November, despite stating on the night of its big election loss on 31 October that she would be staying on as leader. Potential candidates for the position include current deputy Tim Mander, Dale Last and David Crisafulli, while Frecklington says she will remain MP for Nanango and is happy to serve on the LNP frontbench. Frecklington said she believed the COVID-19 pandemic had contributed to the LNP’s loss, while she said she will give her full support and loyalty to whoever is chosen as its new leader.

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LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND

Leadership challenge is on the cards

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Original article by Charlie Peel
The Australian – Page: 9 : 2-Nov-20

Opinion is said to be divided within the Queensland Liberal National Party over whether Deb Frecklington should remain as leader after its loss in the state election. Some in the party believe that she should be replaced, while others are of the view that she should stay on and work to further boost her profile. Former LNP Premier Campbell Newman claimed its loss was "predictable" and that the party should have picked a different leader, while Broadwater MP David Crisafulli is the person most mentioned by LNP MPs as a possible replacement for Frecklington.

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LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND

Labor punished for not backing coal jobs, Fitzgibbon says

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 21-May-19

Adani Mining CEO Lucas Dow says the Queensland government needs to take note of Labor’s poor showing in the state at the federal election, describing it as a referendum on the Carmichael coal project. State Labor MPs are worried about the impact that the government’s delay in approving the mine will have on its fortunes at the state election in 2020. Federal Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says the party needs to show more support for the coal industry and the jobs it creates; he suffered a 10 per cent swing against him in the coal mining seat of Hunter.

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State MPs poison to Labor’s campaign

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Original article by Michael McKenna, Charlie Peel
The Australian – Page: 6 : 17-May-19

State Labor MPs in regional Queensland say they have been abused while issuing Labor’s how-to-vote cards during the federal election campaign, due to the State Government’s handling of the Adani mine issue. Indeed, federal Labor MP Cathy O’Toole is said to have told local state Labor MPs not to hand out how-to-vote cards in her ultra-marginal seat of Herbert because of local anger over delays to the mine. However, local state Labor MP Scott Stewart has denied that O’Toole asked him not to hand out how-to-vote cards.

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One Nation pulls Palmer preference lifeline

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Original article by Jamie Walker, Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 21-Jan-19

Businessman Clive Palmer is targeting the marginal seat of Herbert in Queensland as he seeks a return to federal politics. Palmer was elected as MP for the seat of Fairfax in 2013 under what was then the Palmer United Party, but chose not to recontest the seat at the 2016 election. Palmer will seek election under the rebadged United Australia Party, but One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has said it will place the UAP last on its how-to-vote card in Herbert. Palmer’s collapsed Queensland Nickel company is said to owe $300 million, and Hanson says One Nation could not consider giving preferences to Palmer until he pays all his former workers their entitlements

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LNP clear: ‘There will be no deals done with One Nation’

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Original article by Jamie Walker, Michael McKenna
The Australian – Page: 8 : 8-Nov-17

Liberal-National Party of Queensland president Gary Spence has stressed that it will not seek a preferences deal with One Nation. He also notes that One Nation’s federal leader Pauline has also ruled out a preferences deal with the LNP in the state election, although Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk continues to claim that the LNP and One Nation will agree to swap preferences. Meanwhile, Hanson has downplayed suggestions that One Nation will seek a role in the state’s future government if it gains the power of power.

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State government ‘split over Adani mine’

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 2-Nov-17

Liberal-National Party leader Tim Nicholls says a number of senior Queensland Government ministers oppose Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine, while even Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been reluctant to support it. Nicholls adds that his party fully supports the $A16.5bn project. The Opposition also supports the construction of a clean-coal power station in North Queensland, and has questioned the Government’s failure to release a report which found that it would be financially viable.

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LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF ENERGY AND WATER SUPPLY

One Nation wild card in Qld poll

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 10 : 30-Oct-17

Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman forecasts that One Nation could win up to 10 seats in the 2017 state election. He believes that an alliance with One Nation is the only way that Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls will be able to form government. One Nation’s state leader Steve Dickson is optimistic that the party will hold the balance of power in parliament after the election. Meanwhile, Nicholls says issues such as job creation and the cost of living will be the focus of the Liberal-National Party’s election campaign.

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ONE NATION PARTY, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ADANI MINING PTY LTD