QLD:Poll not good for Newman: govt

AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2011
QLD:Poll not good for Newman: govt

The Queensland government claims new polling shows Liberal National Party leader CAMPBELL
NEWMAN may not win the seat necessary for him to become premier.

A Newspoll for The Australian newspaper has shown Labor's vote has lifted to 44 per
cent to the LNP's 56 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, up from a near rock-bottom
27 per cent to the LNP's 61 per cent in a July-September survey.

Mr NEWMAN, the former Brisbane lord mayor, is making an audacious bid to become the
state's next premier, but must first win the Brisbane seat of Ashgrove, which Labor holds
with a 7.1 per cent margin.

Deputy Premier ANDREW FRASER says the poll shows Mr NEWMAN may miss out, and should
make voters question the opposition's strategy.

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KEYWORD: POLL QLD (BRISBANE)

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