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| Queensland's Labor government regains two-party preferred lead over LNP, poll shows | |
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| Queensland’s minority Labor government has an election-winning lead and the premier is well ahead in the popularity stakes, a new poll shows. | Queensland’s minority Labor government has an election-winning lead and the premier is well ahead in the popularity stakes, a new poll shows. |
| The Morgan poll of 821 Queensland voters shows Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has regained its two-party preferred lead over the Liberal National party, 52% to 48%. | The Morgan poll of 821 Queensland voters shows Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has regained its two-party preferred lead over the Liberal National party, 52% to 48%. |
| That’s a 4% improvement for Labor on the last poll two months ago. | That’s a 4% improvement for Labor on the last poll two months ago. |
| Labor’s primary vote is also up by 1%. But the LNP’s has fallen by 5.5%, with most of that support flowing to the Greens. | Labor’s primary vote is also up by 1%. But the LNP’s has fallen by 5.5%, with most of that support flowing to the Greens. |
| Palaszczuk is also well ahead of the opposition leader, Lawrence Springborg, in the preferred premier stakes – 63.5% of poll respondents backed her over him. | Palaszczuk is also well ahead of the opposition leader, Lawrence Springborg, in the preferred premier stakes – 63.5% of poll respondents backed her over him. |
| But after last month’s council elections, and a referendum that backed a move to four-year, fixed terms in Queensland, voters are in no hurry to return to the polls. | But after last month’s council elections, and a referendum that backed a move to four-year, fixed terms in Queensland, voters are in no hurry to return to the polls. |
| When asked if the premier should seek a new mandate to govern and call an election, 56% of voters said no. | When asked if the premier should seek a new mandate to govern and call an election, 56% of voters said no. |
| The numbers in the house are deadlocked. Labor and the LNP each hold 42 seats in the 89-seat parliament. | The numbers in the house are deadlocked. Labor and the LNP each hold 42 seats in the 89-seat parliament. |
| That means four crossbenchers – including two Labor defectors – have the power to block the government’s legislation. | That means four crossbenchers – including two Labor defectors – have the power to block the government’s legislation. |
| Three of those crossbenchers, all from the state’s north, said last month they would hand power to the LNP if Palaszczuk carried out a threat to call an early election. | Three of those crossbenchers, all from the state’s north, said last month they would hand power to the LNP if Palaszczuk carried out a threat to call an early election. |
| But since then, after the premier made a peace-making visit to north Queensland, relations appear to have mended to some extent. | But since then, after the premier made a peace-making visit to north Queensland, relations appear to have mended to some extent. |
| The Morgan poll was conducted in late March. | The Morgan poll was conducted in late March. |