Queensland state election shorts: January 30, 2012

January 30, 2012

A compilation of brief news reports relating to the 2012 Queensland, Australia state election.

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Clean sweep in north: Katter
Its founder claims will make a clean sweep of seats in the far north of Queensland. "We've seen enough in-depth polling to believe that that is not an unreasonable expectation," told reporters in.

The federal indicated that the party was not "not all that interested in talking about preferences."



Sunshine Coast Greens launch campaign
The various branches of the  collectively launched their candidates on Friday. , Queensland Greens in the federal parliament; and Adam Stone, Greens candidate for, were guest speakers.




 * This article contains original reporting by Wikinews user Patrick Gillett. Further details can be found on the |talk page.

Give bush pollie's a go: Member for Gregory
The current Member for has objected that the front bench of the  (LNP) lacks regional Members of Parliament. Vaughan Johnson asserted that "it doesn't all happen in the southeast corner".

LNP leader acknowledged the sentiment saying, "Regional Queensland ... must be represented [in cabinet]."