{"id":26022,"date":"2015-02-01T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T01:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=26022"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:56:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:56:17","slug":"pt-6-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-polling-and-results-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/pt-6-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-polling-and-results-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/","title":{"rendered":"Pt 6 of the Qld election blog for 2015 &#8211; Polling and results #qldvotes #qldpol @Qldaah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"@Qldaah\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JadedIconElection5.jpg?resize=157%2C165\" alt=\"#qldvotes election coverage.\" width=\"157\" height=\"165\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"twitter-timeline\"><a title=\"Have your say\" href=\"#HaveYourSay\">(Jump to comments section)<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a title=\"Jump to the latest blog entry\" href=\"#BlogJump\">Jump to latest blog entry.<\/a><\/h6>\n<p class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Welcome to part six&nbsp;of the Queensland election coverage for 2015. The below entries cover the period from January 31 onwards.&nbsp;To follow the Twitter stream, see <a title=\"#qldvotes\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=realtime&amp;q=%23qldvotes&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#qldvotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">List of Qld election&nbsp;blogs:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 06 &#8211; Jan 16:&nbsp;<a title=\"&quot;Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015&quot;.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/14\/qld-election-blog-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 17 &#8211; Jan 21:&nbsp;<a title=\"Pt 2 Qld election blog 2015 \u2013 #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/18\/pt-2-qld-election-blog-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 2 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 22 &#8211; Jan 25: <a title=\"Pt 3 Qld election blog 2015.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/22\/pt-3-qld-election-blog-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 3 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 26 &#8211; Jan 28: <a title=\"Pt 4 Qld election blog 2015.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/26\/pt-4-qld-election-blog-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 4 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 29 &#8211; Jan 30:&nbsp;<a title=\"Pt 5 Qld election blog 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/30\/pt-5-qld-election-blog-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 5 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Jan 31 &#8211; Feb 02: <a title=\"Pt 6 of the Qld election blog for 2015 \u2013 Polling and results\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/02\/01\/pt-6-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-polling-and-results-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 6 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Feb 03 &#8211; Feb 05: <a title=\"Feb 3 - Feb : Pt7 Qld election blog 2015.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/02\/04\/pt-7-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-counting-and-results-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 7 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Feb 06 &#8211; Feb 09: <a title=\"Pt 8 of the Qld election blog for 2015 \u2013 Counting and results #qldvotes #qldpol @Qldaah\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/02\/07\/pt-8-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-counting-and-results-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt 8 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Feb 10 &#8211; Feb 11: <a title=\"Feb 10 - Feb 11: Pt9 Qld election blog 2015.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/02\/11\/pt-9-of-the-qld-election-blog-for-2015-new-premier-rising-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pt9 Qld election blog 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"An archive of The Courier Mail\u2019s front pages during 2015.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/24\/an-archive-of-the-courier-mails-front-pages-during-2015-qldvotes-qldpol-qldaah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An archive of The Courier Mail\u2019s front pages during election 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"twitter-timeline\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screenname u-inlineBlock u-dir\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@margokingston1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margo Kingston<\/a> writes, &#8220;The big picture theme of the Queensland election campaign has been the extraordinary alliance of people and parties across the political spectrum to oust the LNP&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"No Fibs\u2019 and Tony Fitzgerald\u2019s #qldvotes Editorials.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/29\/tony-fitzgeralds-qldvotes-editorial-our-chance-to-demand-honest-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No Fibs\u2019 and Tony Fitzgerald\u2019s #qldvotes Editorials.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screenname u-inlineBlock u-dir\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@Megh1997\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Megh1997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meg Hill<\/a> writes, &#8220;Right now I am caught in a gap, an unfamiliar, vacuum-life period of time that began when I finished high school in the Northern Rivers of NSW and will end, hopefully, when I move interstate to Queensland and start university&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Impressions of #qldvotes by soon-to-be Qlder @Megh1997.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/31\/impressions-of-qldvotes-by-soon-to-be-qlder-megh1997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impressions of #qldvotes by soon-to-be Qlder Meg Hill.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screenname u-inlineBlock u-dir\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@brizfagan\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brizfagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Fagan<\/a> writes, &#8220;Whoever becomes the next Queensland premier has a chance to wind back the winner-takes-all approach that has worked its way back into the state\u2019s political culture over the past decade, particularly under the take-no-prisoners premiership of Campbell Newman&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Queenslanders deserve a government they can trust.\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/queenslanders-deserve-a-government-they-can-trust-37025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queenslanders deserve a government they can trust.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screenname u-inlineBlock u-dir\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@JohnBirmingham\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBirmingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Birmingham<\/a> writes, &#8220;The electorate isn&#8217;t volatile. Voters aren&#8217;t unpredictable. The rules have not changed. If you lie to people, if you promise one thing and deliver its opposite, if you treat public office as your due and the ordinary people who put you there with contempt, they will turn on you. And when they come for you, their vengeance will be swift and terrible to behold&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"It's not the voters' fault, you idiots.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/its-not-the-voters-fault-you-idiots-20150203-133tp1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s not the voters&#8217; fault, you idiots.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a title=\"Have your say\" href=\"#HaveYourSay\">(Jump to comments section)<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a title=\"Jump to the latest blog entry\" href=\"#BlogJump\">Jump to latest blog entry.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">From Margo<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_26099\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"NoFibs editor Margo Kingston speaks to The Wire about how the press got it so wrong on the Qld election outcome.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/YJckzh9BMtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26099\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26099\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Margo2.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"NoFibs editor Margo Kingston speaks to The Wire about how the press got it so wrong on the Qld election outcome.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NoFibs editor Margo Kingston speaks to The Wire about how the press got it so wrong on the Qld election outcome.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">From Antony Green<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Queensland Bellwether Electorates\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/antonygreen\/2015\/01\/queensland-bellwether-electorates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland Bellwether Electorates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"@AntonyGreenABC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonyGreenABC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antony Green&#8217;s<\/a> Queensland <a title=\"2015 election guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/qld-election-2015\/guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">election guide is now online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Why Campbell Newman Advocates 'Just Vote 1'\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/antonygreen\/2015\/01\/why-campbell-newman-advocatesjust-vote-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Campbell Newman Advocates &#8216;Just Vote 1&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"2015 Queensland Election - Summary of Candidates and Parties\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/antonygreen\/2015\/01\/2015-queensland-election-summary-of-candidates-and-parties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015 Queensland Election &#8211; Summary of Candidates and Parties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Legislative Assembly Calculator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/qld-election-2015\/calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legislative Assembly Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a title=\"Have your say\" href=\"#HaveYourSay\">(Jump to comments section)<\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"BlogJump\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>(February 2 2015) &#8211; LNP leadership speculation<\/h2>\n<h3>The count<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AntonyGreenABC\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonyGreenABC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antony Green<\/a> writes, &#8220;Labor has a definite 43 seats. It remains in a strong position to win Maryborough, which would take Labor to 44 seats, while Whitsunday remains in doubt and Gaven is now also in doubt. A victory in either seat would deliver Labor a 45th seat and majority government&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Queensland Election Result Update - 2 February.\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/antonygreen\/2015\/02\/queensland-election-result-update-2-february.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland Election Result Update &#8211; 2 February.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports,&#8221;Pauline Hanson has emerged as a player in the Queensland election result, as preferences indicate the former One Nation leader on track for a political comeback&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Pauline Hanson could make political comeback.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-election-2015-pauline-hanson-could-make-political-comeback-20150202-1349tq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pauline Hanson could make political comeback.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;A clear winner is yet to emerge between the major parties, although the latest prediction has Labor to win 45 seats&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"A further 600,000 votes could be added to Queensland election count.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/a-further-600000-votes-could-be-added-to-queensland-election-count-20150202-1347im.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A further 600,000 votes could be added to Queensland election count.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@sarahelks\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahelks\/status\/561325088318816259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Elks<\/a> reports, &#8220;Labor&#8217;s campaign director has flagged a likely recount in at least seven Queensland seats, but insists the ALP is still \u201coptimistic\u201d Annastacia Palaszczuk will be the next Premier&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Recount likely in seven seats.\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahelks\/status\/562066722560024577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recount likely in seven seats.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Minority governments &#8211; LNP<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Rob Katter is on his way to Brisbane and expects to hold talks with both sides of the political divide when he arrives&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Rob Katter says party talks 'likely'.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/2015\/02\/02\/10\/37\/rob-katter-says-party-talks-likely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Katter says party talks &#8216;likely&#8217;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Jessica Johnstone reports, &#8220;Katter\u2019s Australia Party has retained two seats in Queensland parliament, with sitting members increasing their margins in both Dalrymple and Mount Isa&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Dalrymple and Mount Isa remain Katter\u2019s Australia Party strongholds.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cairnspost.com.au\/dalrymple-and-mount-isa-remain-katters-australia-party-strongholds\/story-fnjput6h-1227204234763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dalrymple and Mount Isa remain Katter\u2019s Australia Party strongholds.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26090\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"4BC: LNP minority govt: Asset sales need to be off the table for Peter Wellington &amp; Rob Katter.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_ZCl39E6kf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26090\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26090\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LNPMinorityGovt1.jpg?resize=190%2C100\" alt=\"4BC: LNP minority govt: Asset sales need to be off the table for Peter Wellington &amp; Rob Katter.\" width=\"190\" height=\"100\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4BC: LNP minority govt: Asset sales need to be off the table for Peter Wellington &amp; Rob Katter.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katter Party MPs say opportunity for &#39;any party&#39; &#39;no favouritism&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7kpKcMQxJo\">pic.twitter.com\/7kpKcMQxJo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/562105941579948032\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 blokes with a big say in Qld&#39;s next government. Katter Party&#39;s Robbie Katter and Shane Knuth. 7NewsQ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jVraZ80hvF\">pic.twitter.com\/jVraZ80hvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geoff Breusch (@gbreusch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gbreusch\/status\/562105848827101184\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enjoying the culmination of a big campaign. Thank you to all who donated time to the effort. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RLpysZ149V\">pic.twitter.com\/RLpysZ149V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robbie Katter MP (@RobKatter3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobKatter3\/status\/561484050947256320\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>LNP leadership speculation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@jrojourno\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrojourno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Robertson<\/a> writes, &#8220;Fiona Simpson overrides wishes of outgoing deputy premier, Jeff Seeney, for a \u2018smooth transition\u2019 by publicly declaring: \u2018I\u2019d love the job&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"LNP in disarray as Queensland speaker puts hand up to lead after election rout.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/feb\/02\/lnp-in-disarray-as-queensland-speaker-puts-hand-up-to-lead-after-election-rout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LNP in disarray as Queensland speaker puts hand up to lead after election rout.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;The LNP&#8217;s hope for a &#8220;seamless leadership transition&#8221; was thrown in doubt after a party room meeting to find a new party leader was cancelled just hours after it was announced, while challengers publicly made their case for the leadership&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"LNP's &quot;seamless leadership transition&quot; put in doubt.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/lnps-seamless-leadership-transition-put-in-doubt-20150202-133wua.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LNP&#8217;s &#8220;seamless leadership transition&#8221; put in doubt.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@Matt8Eaton\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt8Eaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Eaton<\/a>&nbsp;and <a title=\"@MelindaHowells\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelindaHowells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melinda Howells<\/a> report, &#8220;LNP Speaker of Parliament Fiona Simpson has announced she will contest the LNP leadership, as the election result still hangs in the balance&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Speaker Fiona Simpson to contest LNP leadership; Tim Nicholls and Lawrence Springborg also expected to stand.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-02\/queensland-election-lnp-leadership-fiona-simpson-nicholls\/6061514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaker Fiona Simpson to contest LNP leadership; Tim Nicholls and Lawrence Springborg also expected to stand.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26084\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"'Devestating': DP Jeff Seeney calls LNP leadership meeting &amp; wont contest.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/abNoDvpw79I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26084\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26084\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JeffSeeneyStandingDown1.jpg?resize=190%2C103\" alt=\"Fairfax: 'Devestating': DP Jeff Seeney calls LNP leadership meeting &amp; wont contest.\" width=\"190\" height=\"103\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fairfax: &#8216;Devastating&#8217;: DP Jeff Seeney calls LNP leadership meeting &amp; wont contest.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fiona Simpson says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffSeeney\">@JeffSeeney<\/a> &#39;doesn&#39;t have authority&#39; to call party room meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1ATkQWijwA\">pic.twitter.com\/1ATkQWijwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/562055248726863873\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffSeeney\">@JeffSeeney<\/a> says it&#39;s important LNP has a fresh start &amp; new leadership team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tennewsqld\">@tennewsqld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bbMtwrP89V\">pic.twitter.com\/bbMtwrP89V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tegan George (@tegangeorge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tegangeorge\/status\/562032097691312128\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffSeeney\">@JeffSeeney<\/a> will stand down as Deputy Premier. Time for a fresh leadership team. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2GpNllPt0C\">pic.twitter.com\/2GpNllPt0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/562032557496094720\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Speaker of the 54th Parliament, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FionaSimpsonMP\">@FionaSimpsonMP<\/a> interested in leadership of the LNP. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9D0mlJ1FHI\">pic.twitter.com\/9D0mlJ1FHI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/562018080428003328\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Cartoons<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Abbott&#39;s in need of a wave of support. My first toon for 2015 in today&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theheraldsun\">@theheraldsun<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Anv09eSEYy\">pic.twitter.com\/Anv09eSEYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Knight (@Knightcartoons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Knightcartoons\/status\/562084269678272513\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>RUN MR RABBIT RUN&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> Comment:<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8X539pflTl\">http:\/\/t.co\/8X539pflTl<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CtwgvloYBZ\">pic.twitter.com\/CtwgvloYBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leahy Cartoons (@leahycartoons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahycartoons\/status\/562059798145794048\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>News, opinion and analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@brizfagan\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brizfagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Fagan<\/a> writes, &#8220;Whoever becomes the next Queensland premier has a chance to wind back the winner-takes-all approach that has worked its way back into the state\u2019s political culture over the past decade, particularly under the take-no-prisoners premiership of Campbell Newman&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Queenslanders deserve a government they can trust.\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/queenslanders-deserve-a-government-they-can-trust-37025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queenslanders deserve a government they can trust.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> CM running out of headline ideas&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7fyyxbvFt1\">pic.twitter.com\/7fyyxbvFt1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561992595543322624\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>(February 1 2015) &#8211; Counting continues<\/h2>\n<h3>Rise of the 55th Queensland Parliament<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@jrojourno\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrojourno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Robertson<\/a> writes, &#8220;Campbell Newman\u2019s hubris and doggedly partisan approach defined his time governing Queensland, but Palaszczuk projects a contrasting leadership style&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Annastacia Palaszczuk: an ascendancy marked by all that Newman is not.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/feb\/01\/annastacia-palaszczuk-an-ascendancy-marked-by-all-that-newman-is-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annastacia Palaszczuk: an ascendancy marked by all that Newman is not.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@newsed\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@newsed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Holt<\/a> writes, &#8220;The election result is catastrophic for the Liberal-National Party, and an opportunity for a new Labor to do what others couldn&#8217;t &#8211; to listen to the people&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Election result an opportunity for positive change.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/election-result-an-opportunity-for-positive-change-20150131-132y51.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Election result an opportunity for positive change.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;<a title=\"@LeeanneEnoch\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeanneEnoch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leeanne Enoch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;is set to become one of two Labor Indigenous MPs elected to Queensland Parliament&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Labor's Leeanne Enoch to become one of two Indigenous MPs.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-01-31\/leeanne-enoch-could-become-first-female-indigenous-qld-mp\/6060060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor&#8217;s Leeanne Enoch to become one of two Indigenous MPs.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@Matt8Eaton\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt8Eaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Eaton<\/a> and Matt Watson report, &#8220;Katter&#8217;s Australian Party (KAP) says it is willing to cut a deal with the Labor Party to form a minority government in Queensland&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"KAP ready to make deal with Labor on forming government.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-01\/queensland-election-2015-kap-ready-to-cut-deal-with-labor\/6060296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KAP ready to make deal with Labor on forming government.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26074\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Newman's reign is over but counting continues to find a government.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qZfmhN184H8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26074\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/NewmansReignIsOverButCountingContinues.jpg?resize=190%2C99\" alt=\"9 News Brisbane: Newman's reign is over but counting continues to find a government.\" width=\"190\" height=\"99\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News Brisbane: Newman&#8217;s reign is over but counting continues to find a government.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Labor &amp; LNP will likely end up with 43 seats each, leaving independents to decide who&#39;s in charge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldVotes?src=hash\">#QldVotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xZMkvKgjO1\">pic.twitter.com\/xZMkvKgjO1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\/status\/561797773993840640\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Changing of the political guard in Far North QLD <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CairnsEsplanade\">@CairnsEsplanade<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/GzNGE3hxgr\">pic.twitter.com\/GzNGE3hxgr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Cairns Post (@TheCairnsPost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCairnsPost\/status\/561740666217054208\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strong LNP GC team. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelHartMP\">@MichaelHartMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelCrandon\">@MichaelCrandon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPLangbroek\">@JPLangbroek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Molhoek\">@Molhoek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Verity_BartonMP\">@Verity_BartonMP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zwftkdEqXe\">pic.twitter.com\/zwftkdEqXe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jann Stuckey (@JannStuckeyMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JannStuckeyMP\/status\/561753894590496768\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Tipping comp<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoFibs\">@NoFibs<\/a> election tipping comp? LNP v ALP seats: which party by how many. Tips in comments to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\">@Qldaah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> blog <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dgDcoePHDs\">http:\/\/t.co\/dgDcoePHDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/status\/556733839255408640\">January 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoFibs\">@NoFibs<\/a> My tip for Qld parliament makeup to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\">@Qldaah<\/a> is ALP (55) Ind (4) LNP (20) PUP (10) \u2026 ALP win pup takes some LNP seats<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Z\u2630N DIGIT\u2206L (@z3n_digital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/z3n_digital\/status\/556735640562196481\">January 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Newman packs up his office<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_26066\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"7 News Brisbane: Newman packs up his office.\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/qld\/video\/watch\/26169337\/its-all-over-for-newman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26066\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/NewmanPacksUp1.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"7 News Brisbane: Newman packs up his office.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 News Brisbane: Newman packs up his office.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>The Abbott factor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Prime Minister Tony Abbott did nothing to help the Liberal National Party&#8217;s (LNP) position in the Queensland election campaign, the party&#8217;s state president Bruce McIver says&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"LNP president says Abbott had role in poll outcome.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-01\/queensland-election-lnp-boss-says-abbott-factor-affected-outcome\/6060500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LNP president says Abbott had role in poll outcome.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26034\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"ABC News: 'Lessons to be learned from Queensland' says Abbott.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nDDDPC2alRk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26034\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26034\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LessonsToBeLearnedTonyAbbott1.jpg?resize=190%2C103\" alt=\"ABC News: 'Lessons to be learned from Queensland' says Abbott.\" width=\"190\" height=\"103\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News: &#8216;Lessons to be learned from Queensland&#8217; says Abbott.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Palaslide<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@leoniemellor\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leoniemellor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leonie Mellor<\/a> reports, &#8220;Once known as a politician&#8217;s daughter, Annastacia Palaszczuk looks set to surpass her father&#8217;s achievements and become a successful Labor leader in her own right&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Annastacia Palaszczuk - from politician's daughter to Labor success story.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-01\/annastacia-palaszczuk-profile\/6060766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annastacia Palaszczuk &#8211; from politician&#8217;s daughter to Labor success story.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;Labor is within a hair&#8217;s breadth of being returned to government, while Campbell Newman has conceded his loss in Ashgrove&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Tears and cheers as poll results come in.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-tears-and-cheers-as-poll-results-come-in-20150131-132xe8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tears and cheers as poll results come in.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;Queensland&#8217;s &#8220;accidental Premier&#8221; was still hesitant in claiming her victory on Sunday morning, despite indications Labor would pull off an historic political comeback&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"'Accidental Premier' Palaszczuk waits to claim victory.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-2015-accidental-premier-palaszczuk-waits-to-claim-victory-20150201-1336r9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Accidental Premier&#8217; Palaszczuk waits to claim victory.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;A new political landscape will greet Queensland, with Labor set to take back power after just three years&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"State wakes to new political landscape.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-state-wakes-to-new-political-landscape-20150131-132ybk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State wakes to new political landscape.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26052\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"ABC News Qld: Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk 'optimistic' of winning majority.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lkeNJXYNAGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26052\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26052\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/APOptimistic1.jpg?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"ABC News Qld: Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk 'optimistic' of winning majority.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News Qld: Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk &#8216;optimistic&#8217; of winning majority.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26036\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"ABC Insiders: Qld state political reporter Chris O'Brien speaks to Barry Cassidy about the shock result.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Fj8XrENKQls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26036\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26036\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ChrisOBrienInsiders.jpg?resize=190%2C103\" alt=\"ABC Insiders: Qld state political reporter Chris O'Brien speaks to Barry Cassidy about the shock result.\" width=\"190\" height=\"103\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Insiders: Qld state political reporter Chris O&#8217;Brien speaks to Barry Cassidy about the shock result.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teamkate?src=hash\">#teamkate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ngXASbAQR2\">pic.twitter.com\/ngXASbAQR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kate Jones (@katejonesqld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katejonesqld\/status\/561645341959659520\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Annastacia Palaszczuk in Burpengary: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> result &quot;few days&quot; away but ALP will stop LNP privatisation plans <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/JJz7wVbfmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/JJz7wVbfmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua Robertson (@jrojourno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrojourno\/status\/561726206177841152\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These four seats in doubt are so close. Look at those swings compared to the margins. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8aFkLrYt9B\">pic.twitter.com\/8aFkLrYt9B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridie Jabour (@bkjabour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bkjabour\/status\/561711192285007872\">February 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> Annastacia miracle. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HN0fx3hRon\">pic.twitter.com\/HN0fx3hRon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561622164709703680\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 44 story office Campbell Newman built that he will never get to use <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cnLW6tagZR\">pic.twitter.com\/cnLW6tagZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/561618163968655361\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>(January 31 2015) Day 26 &#8211; Polling day<\/h2>\n<h3>Too close to call<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_26039\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Palaszczuk &quot;very hopeful&quot; of forming Qld Govt\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/mCSCcEqF2_g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26039\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26039\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PalaszczukVeryHopefuOfFormingQldGovt.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"ABC News Qld Palaszczuk very hopeful of forming government.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News Qld Palaszczuk very hopeful of forming government.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a> says election still too close to call but hopeful of forming government. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IiRuJagNUM\">pic.twitter.com\/IiRuJagNUM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561504693960978432\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a> victory speech in the near empty LNP venue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsTalk4BC\">@NewsTalk4BC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2LrXLSHEh1\">pic.twitter.com\/2LrXLSHEh1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Wiggins (@nick__w) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nick__w\/status\/561506427043196929\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>LNP losses and fallout<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_26072\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"7 News Brisbane: 'Hubris and arrogance': Newman experiment a disaster.\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/qld\/video\/watch\/26169367\/what-went-wrong-for-the-lnp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26072\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26072\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/NewmanExperimentDisaster.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"7 News Brisbane: 'Hubris and arrogance': Newman experiment a disaster.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 News Brisbane: &#8216;Hubris and arrogance&#8217;: Newman experiment a disaster.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26068\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"7 News Brisbane: Treasurer Tim Nicholls on LNP loss.\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/qld\/video\/watch\/26165622\/treasurer-tim-nicholls-on-losing-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26068\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26068\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7NewsTimNichollsOnLoss.png?resize=190%2C107\" alt=\"7 News Brisbane: Treasurer Tim Nicholls on LNP loss.\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 News Brisbane: Treasurer Tim Nicholls on LNP loss.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26070\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"7 News Brisbane: LNP MPs put into the shredder.\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/qld\/video\/watch\/26166000\/losing-lnp-candidates-get-shredded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26070\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7NewsShredder1.jpg?resize=190%2C109\" alt=\"7 News Brisbane: LNP MPs put into the shredder.\" width=\"190\" height=\"109\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7 News Brisbane: LNP MPs put into the shredder.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Newman surrenders Ashgrove<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_26045\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Kate Jones claims victory in Ashgrove.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/v6gbKDT0N0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26045\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AshgroveKateJonesClaims.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"Kate Jones claims victory in Ashgrove.\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate Jones claims victory in Ashgrove.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26041\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"ABC News Qld: Newman concedes Ashgrove.\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/KuWlgFNs1Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26041\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26041\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/NewmanConcedesAshgrove.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"ABC News Qld: Newman concedes Ashgrove.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC News Qld: Newman concedes Ashgrove.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Newman concedes Ashgrove. &quot;My political career is over.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/g23Tqfti7s\">pic.twitter.com\/g23Tqfti7s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561487297304997888\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;My political career is over&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsTalk4BC\">@NewsTalk4BC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2tnwMslzVz\">pic.twitter.com\/2tnwMslzVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Wiggins (@nick__w) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nick__w\/status\/561487638176079872\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The swing against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theqldpremier\">@theqldpremier<\/a> is 10.6%. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZQgkOu1QAT\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQgkOu1QAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561496856715227136\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At Ashgrove, he did surrender. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Qt8zwPSdZM\">pic.twitter.com\/Qt8zwPSdZM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561475226576240641\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Double digit swings against the Newman Government<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Racing Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveDicksonMP\">@SteveDicksonMP<\/a> suffers a 14.2% swing against him.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/j3sPvcCubO\">pic.twitter.com\/j3sPvcCubO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561505487753973760\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Qld Env Minister @AndrewPowellMP suffers a 18.8% swing against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wvQ5BHsZJD\">pic.twitter.com\/wvQ5BHsZJD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561501780819718144\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attorney-General <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarrodBleijieMP\">@JarrodBleijieMP<\/a> suffers a 16.5% swing against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/f5xxZ9XXd4\">pic.twitter.com\/f5xxZ9XXd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561494334592143360\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ag Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMcVeighMP\">@JohnMcVeighMP<\/a> suffers a 13.8% swing against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qlddvotes?src=hash\">#qlddvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pJP3jQ64WI\">pic.twitter.com\/pJP3jQ64WI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561494051690536960\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Treasurer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimNichollsMP\">@TimNichollsMP<\/a> suffers a 12.2% swing against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/loizGganFE\">pic.twitter.com\/loizGganFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561494871022649345\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Local Govt Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidCrisafulli\">@DavidCrisafulli<\/a> has suffered a 12.7% swing against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/AZFsfbRHmg\">pic.twitter.com\/AZFsfbRHmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561499755306434560\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police Minister @JackDempseyMP suffers a massive 22.4% swing against him in Bundaberg. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/kAiiYhGBHN\">pic.twitter.com\/kAiiYhGBHN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561502141173350400\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Galaxy exit poll &#8211; 54pc to Labor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<a title=\"@JorgeBrancoBNE \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JorgeBrancoBNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Branco<\/a>&nbsp;report, &#8220;Early exit polling suggests Queensland will wake up with a new government&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Early exit poll figures predict Labor win.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-2015-early-exit-poll-figures-predict-labor-win-20150131-132tuv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early exit poll figures predict Labor win.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> Galaxy exit poll after preferences has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\">@QLDLabor<\/a> 54% to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNPQLD\">@LNPQLD<\/a> 46%. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldVotes?src=hash\">#QldVotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldPol?src=hash\">#QldPol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xsrrIhJgxe\">pic.twitter.com\/xsrrIhJgxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\/status\/561420890278473728\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> Galaxy exit poll predicts state swing of 16.8% from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNPQLD\">@LNPQLD<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\">@QldLabor<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldVotes?src=hash\">#QldVotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldPol?src=hash\">#QldPol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TeIOKiq7SF\">pic.twitter.com\/TeIOKiq7SF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\/status\/561421154561581056\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\">@9NewsBrisbane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxphillips\">@maxphillips<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\">@QLDLabor<\/a> who&#39;s smoking what up there!?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barry O&#39;Farrell (@barryofarrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barryofarrell\/status\/561419807988281344\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>ETU defamation action agains The Courier Mail and LNP<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ETU defamation action against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNPQLD\">@LNPQLD<\/a> re bikie speech video clip. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris O&#39;Brien (@COBrienBris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COBrienBris\/status\/561406402313199618\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>LNP wins bid to ban independent how-to-votes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@judithkerr1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judithkerr1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judith Kerr<\/a>&nbsp;reports, &#8220;One of the key candidates of the Redlands electorate has been banned from handing out her How to Vote cards&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"LNP wins Supreme Court case: Sheena Hewlett How to Vote cards illegal.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au\/story\/2852941\/lnp-silences-redland-independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LNP wins Supreme Court case: Sheena Hewlett How to Vote cards illegal.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>LNP bid to prevent GetUp handing out how to vote cards rejected<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"@judithkerr1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judithkerr1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judith Kerr<\/a> and&nbsp;<a title=\"@JorgeBrancoBNE \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JorgeBrancoBNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Branco<\/a>&nbsp;report, &#8220;A bid to prevent volunteers from activist group GetUp handing out how to vote cards which put the LNP last has been thrown out of court&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Fight against GetUp how-to-vote cards thrown out of court.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-fight-against-getup-howtovote-cards-thrown-out-of-court-20150131-132qum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fight against GetUp how-to-vote cards thrown out of court.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>LNP injunction over Labor signage fails<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Liberal National Party (LNP) has failed in a bid to gain a court injunction against the Labor Party over a series of polling booth signs&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"LNP takes Labor to court over 'misleading' vote banners.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-01-31\/queensland-election-lnp-takes-labor-to-court-over-vote-banner\/6059620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LNP takes Labor to court over &#8216;misleading&#8217; vote banners.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Battles at polling booths begin- LNP wants these signs banned; ALP slamming the bikie pages <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/N9r6uYenhk\">pic.twitter.com\/N9r6uYenhk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katherine Feeney (@katherinefeeney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherinefeeney\/status\/561296197948690432\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Democracy Sausage<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> sites now mapped at <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/s2Sx792hMl\">http:\/\/t.co\/s2Sx792hMl<\/a>, if your polling place doesn\u2019t have a status let us know! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2IUbfoA20N\">pic.twitter.com\/2IUbfoA20N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Democracy Sausage (@DemSausage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemSausage\/status\/561380457971843072\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Check out our sizzling new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/democracysausage?src=hash\">#democracysausage<\/a> Sausagelytics page. The Best &amp; The Wurst! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zzxPnWH6dZ\">http:\/\/t.co\/zzxPnWH6dZ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/guFfNAVuGH\">pic.twitter.com\/guFfNAVuGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Democracy Sausage (@DemSausage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemSausage\/status\/561396883952640000\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Townsville confrontation &#8211; LNP<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"Samantha Healy\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samantha_healy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samantha Healy<\/a> reports, &#8220;There was tension at the Mundingburra State School polling booth when about a dozen bikers turned up to confront LNP incumbent David Crisafulli&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Tensions over anti-bikie laws.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.townsvillebulletin.com.au\/news\/queensland-state-election-2015\/tensions-over-anti-bikie-laws\/story-fnr8w4qb-1227203210945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tensions over anti-bikie laws.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tension at Mundingburra SS after bikers protesting the VLAD laws stopped to speak to LNP David Crisafulli <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fwgotLZ77P\">pic.twitter.com\/fwgotLZ77P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townsville Bulletin (@tsv_bulletin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsv_bulletin\/status\/561355058780987392\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Key seat &#8211; Mansfield<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Tony Moore writes, &#8220;It&#8217;s the seat of Mansfield, held by Ian Walker, the LNP&#8217;s Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, that the government should be worried about&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"It's Mansfield, not Ashgrove, that counts.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-2015-its-mansfield-not-ashgrove-that-counts-20150130-132id6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s Mansfield, not Ashgrove, that counts.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Offensive Tony Abbott T-Shirt<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Police have been called to Pimlico High School after a man made an offensive political statement with his T-shirt&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Man wears offensive Tony Abbott shirt into Pimlico High voting booth.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.townsvillebulletin.com.au\/news\/man-wears-offensive-tony-abbott-shirt-into-pimlico-high-voting-booth\/story-fnjfzs4b-1227203161545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man wears offensive Tony Abbott shirt into Pimlico High voting booth.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police were called to Pimlico SHS after complaints about this man&#39;s shirt. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shirtgate2015?src=hash\">#shirtgate2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TsplxCeloN\">pic.twitter.com\/TsplxCeloN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townsville Bulletin (@tsv_bulletin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsv_bulletin\/status\/561333773950676994\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Premiership speculation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@suelapp\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suelapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sue Lappeman<\/a> writes, &#8220;I was going to write today, election day, about what a government in an ideal world would look like&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Restless electorate risks making one-term governments the norm.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au\/opinion-restless-electorate-risks-making-one-term-governments-the-norm\/story-fnj94hf2-1227203197119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restless electorate risks making one-term governments the norm.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@AmyRemeikis \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyRemeikis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Remeikis<\/a> reports, &#8220;Campbell Newman heads into polling day today on the cusp of making history as the first Queensland Premier to lose his seat in a century&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Premier Campbell Newman on brink of losing his seat.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-state-election-2015\/queensland-election-2015-premier-campbell-newman-on-brink-of-losing-his-seat-20150130-132bwz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier Campbell Newman on brink of losing his seat.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@Mel__Stott\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mel__Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melanie Stott<\/a> reports, &#8220;Public sentiment can change in a heartbeat, but history shows pre-election poll results can indicate what to expect on election day&#8221;:&nbsp;LNP leadership: <a title=\"Who are the alternative leaders if Campbell Newman loses Ashgrove?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-01-30\/who-are-the-alternative-leaders-of-the-lnp\/6057248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who are the alternative leaders if Campbell Newman loses Ashgrove?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_25972\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"9 News Brisbane: Newman could become first Qld Premier to lose his seat in 100 years\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/epvMwiFI-ME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25972\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NewmanLoseSeatPremier100yrs.jpg?resize=190%2C106\" alt=\"9 News Brisbane: Newman could become first Qld Premier to lose his seat in 100 years\" width=\"190\" height=\"106\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 News Brisbane: Newman could become first Qld Premier to lose his seat in 100 years.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gold Coast Bulletin already campaigning for John Paul Langbroek to become LNP premier. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/T4yBTAT3QF\">pic.twitter.com\/T4yBTAT3QF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bridie Jabour (@bkjabour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bkjabour\/status\/561316591460036608\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>On the polling trail &#8211; Labor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Party leaders have joined Queenslanders in casting their votes and grabbing a sausage at polling booths across the state&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Sausages sizzle as voters finally get to have their say.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-01-31\/queensland-election-sausages-sizzle-as-voters-cast-ballots\/6059440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sausages sizzle as voters finally get to have their say.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Labor supporters getting ready for a big night at Richlands Lions soccer club <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0cC6z3gcSV\">pic.twitter.com\/0cC6z3gcSV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melinda Howells (@MelindaHowells) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelindaHowells\/status\/561407809971957761\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The gang&#39;s all here! Media set up at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QLDLabor\">@QLDLabor<\/a> HQ at Richlands Lions soccer club <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6Jmc8onmFc\">pic.twitter.com\/6Jmc8onmFc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melinda Howells (@MelindaHowells) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelindaHowells\/status\/561405883955953664\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The shattered dreams of democracy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DflXONWwRz\">pic.twitter.com\/DflXONWwRz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melinda Howells (@MelindaHowells) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelindaHowells\/status\/561321958898282496\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wedged between the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katejonesqld\">@katejonesqld<\/a> corflutes, but I&#39;m pretty sure that&#39;s an LNP sign&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zyYwKnLhUQ\">pic.twitter.com\/zyYwKnLhUQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jessica van Vonderen (@jessvanvonderen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessvanvonderen\/status\/561294383698288641\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Handing out for Kate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/keepkate?src=hash\">#keepkate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mhT9QrnwY2\">pic.twitter.com\/mhT9QrnwY2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DeeMadigan (@deemadigan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deemadigan\/status\/561345899591258112\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sadly someone stole their cashbox at St Finbarr&#39;s booth today. Report anything to Crime Stoppers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teamkate?src=hash\">#teamkate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YDNtNwUyBm\">pic.twitter.com\/YDNtNwUyBm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kate Jones (@katejonesqld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katejonesqld\/status\/561374764233551872\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a> orders snag on bread. NO ONION <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsBrisbane\">@7NewsBrisbane<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina Blowers (@katrinablowers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katrinablowers\/status\/561328077293101056\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> It&#39;s back: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImWithStupid?src=hash\">#ImWithStupid<\/a> T-Shirts the return: More <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brisbanetimes\">@BrisbaneTimes<\/a> Poll Call: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IibJPVrRUu\">http:\/\/t.co\/IibJPVrRUu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mKkkIpGSbI\">pic.twitter.com\/mKkkIpGSbI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561359588503478272\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A vote and a sausage for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\">@9NewsBrisbane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qenW8ZaKep\">pic.twitter.com\/qenW8ZaKep<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Best (@michaelbesty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelbesty\/status\/561328058917851136\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>On the polling trail &#8211; The Greens<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At Ironside w\/ our hardworking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QldGreens\">@QldGreens<\/a> Indooroopilly candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSchoermer\">@JakeSchoermer<\/a>! Great book stall here 2! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XUkXpExmhu\">pic.twitter.com\/XUkXpExmhu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larissa Waters (@larissawaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larissawaters\/status\/561368432956825601\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1st time booth vollie Jeanette is helping <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QldGreens\">@QldGreens<\/a> coz of our stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climate?src=hash\">#climate<\/a> &amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreatBarrierReef?src=hash\">#GreatBarrierReef<\/a> -taa! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uj7xLhT5AC\">pic.twitter.com\/uj7xLhT5AC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larissa Waters (@larissawaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larissawaters\/status\/561369071246000128\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>On the polling trail &#8211; LNP<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@sarahelks\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahelks\/status\/561325088318816259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Elks<\/a> reports, &#8220;Premier Campbell Newman has voted in today\u2019s Queensland election in his must-win electorate of Ashgrove, and has remained defiant in the face of polls showing a violent swing against his LNP government&#8221;: <a title=\"Last pitches as polls open.\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahelks\/status\/561325088318816259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last pitches as polls open.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\">@ShaneDoherty9<\/a>: \u2018How are you feeling?\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theqldpremier\">@theqldpremier<\/a>: \u2018We\u2019ve put forward a great plan for Qld.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QldVotes?src=hash\">#QldVotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/M0CayoWhaS\">pic.twitter.com\/M0CayoWhaS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\/status\/561368160629035008\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Anti-Courier Mail flyers found across West End today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> ping <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\">@Qldaah<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HFkVDnD7Xq\">pic.twitter.com\/HFkVDnD7Xq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jan B &#8211; Qld (@GriffithElects) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GriffithElects\/status\/561334087181287424\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More of Ros Bates&#39; visual propaganda and slander at Mudgeeraba: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/riVs1nhs1T\">pic.twitter.com\/riVs1nhs1T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Donovan (@davrosz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davrosz\/status\/561261766672269312\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;It&#39;s a difficult choice&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theqldpremier\">@theqldpremier<\/a> tells a voter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/SvMu8eKdNn\">pic.twitter.com\/SvMu8eKdNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/561307781320302592\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LNP have taken over the school again. They have to control everything. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ovDlri4NU0\">pic.twitter.com\/ovDlri4NU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561314761938202624\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Polling trail &#8211; PUP<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Battle stations at Buderim State School this morning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apnqldvotes?src=hash\">#apnqldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ioAq00CmXs\">pic.twitter.com\/ioAq00CmXs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bianca Clare (@bianca_clare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bianca_clare\/status\/561352238837149696\">January 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Cartoons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>First Dog on the Moon in the Sunshine State: <a title=\"It's hot! It's Queensland! There's an election!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2015\/jan\/29\/-sp-its-hot-its-queensland-theres-an-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s hot! It&#8217;s Queensland! There&#8217;s an election!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>History<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Election day in 1907. Polling place for North Brisbane. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slqld\">@slqld<\/a> pic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IdjSbnfKrJ\">pic.twitter.com\/IdjSbnfKrJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Queensland History (@History_Qld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/History_Qld\/status\/561281357926498304\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Galaxy poll &#8211; Ashgrove TPP 55pc to Labor<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Galaxy: Newman to lose Ashgrove, 55-45 2PP, LNP to hang on to govt. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TI06DlP2QS\">http:\/\/t.co\/TI06DlP2QS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah Elks (@sarahelks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahelks\/status\/561276762412171265\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>News, opinion and analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a title=\"@Megh1997\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Megh1997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meg Hill<\/a> writes, &#8220;Right now I am caught in a gap, an unfamiliar, vacuum-life period of time that began when I finished high school in the Northern Rivers of NSW and will end, hopefully, when I move interstate to Queensland and start university&#8221;:&nbsp;<a title=\"Impressions of #qldvotes by soon-to-be Qlder @Megh1997.\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2015\/01\/31\/impressions-of-qldvotes-by-soon-to-be-qlder-megh1997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impressions of #qldvotes by soon-to-be Qlder Meg Hill.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldvotes?src=hash\">#qldvotes<\/a> CM finally catches up with the rest of us. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2ROf2BKplN\">pic.twitter.com\/2ROf2BKplN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/561270226398879744\">January 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. 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