Labor is set for a shock state election win in Queensland just three years after it was brutalised at the ballot box, a new poll has reportedly revealed.
A Galaxy poll showed the were swings of up to 12 per cent against the Campbell Newman government in the state's southeast, News Corp has reported.
The poll suggests Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk could lead a hung Parliament after the election.Predicted results were not much better for the Newman-led LNP across north Queensland, with Labor picking up extra votes that at the last election had gone to the Katter Australia Party.
Mr Newman's seat of Ashgrove has been tipped as one to watch, but the LNP has refused to publicly comment about the possibility of having to find a successor.
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SEATS SET TO TUMBLE
IN QUEENSLANDThe Newman Government looks set to lose many of the seats they won in the 2012 landslide election with Labor supporters that rejected the Bligh Government returning to the fold after three years under Campbell Newman.
These are the main findings of the latest Galaxy Poll conducted in the seats of Cairns, Barron River, Mulgrave, Greenslopes, Mundingburra, Thuringowa, Townsville and Pumicestone.
In all seats polled primary support for Labor has improved substantially since the last election and this has resulted in the following two party preferred swings;
Townsville 12.8%
Cairns 11.9%
Mundingburra 11.2%
Greenslopes 10.5%
Pumicestone 10.1%
Mulgrave 9.9%
Barron River 9.5%
Thuringowa 8.7%
If swings of this magnitude are observed at the ballot box then Labor would retain Mulgrave and win back Townsville, Cairns and Greenslopes. The Townsville seats of Mundingburra and Thuringowa would be close as would Barron River.
At this stage of the campaign, it is only in the seat of Pumicestone that the LNP sitting member, Lisa France, remains ahead.
galaxy.com.auANNASTACIA Palaszczuk could become the state’s accidental premier with the LNP losing the battle against a massive protest vote in key seats across Queensland.
A Galaxy Poll conducted exclusively for The Courier-Mail has revealed double-digit swings against the Newman Government in the electorates of Pumicestone and Greenslopes.
Dozens of LNP seats in Brisbane and the surrounding region would be in peril if the seismic shift against the Government is replicated elsewhere.
The result will raise further questions over whether Premier Campbell Newman can secure Ashgrove and the potential for the LNP to win narrowly without him.
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