User:Wikistar2
I have finally decided to succumb to the pressure to stop editing with my IP address and use a username. Im not a creative person as I stole this name from another user, hope they dont mind! Wikistar (Place order here) 05:43, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
I just realised it but for some reason I accidentally logged in with my Commons user name and started editing and it worked until I figured out what I had done. So the edits under User:Wikistar02 are also mine. Wikistar (Place order here) 12:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
New S.A members
Rachel Sanderson | |
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| Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Lomax-Smith |
| Constituency | Adelaide |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Education | S.A University |
| Profession | Politician/ Management |
Rachel Sanderson (born 00-00-0000) is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Adelaide for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2010.
Sanderson has a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from the University of South Australia. She has lived in Adelaide since 1983, she owns a small Model Management and Training business within her Adelaide electorate. She was elected to the South Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2010 South Australian State election recieving a massive swing of 15.7% two party perferred to claim the safe Labor Party seat from incumbent Jane Lomax-Smith.
Tim Whetstone | |
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| Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Karlene Maywald |
| Constituency | Chaffey |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Profession | Politician/ irragator |
Time Whetstone (born 00-00-0000) is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Chaffey for the Liberal Party since 2010.
Whetstone started work as a fitter and turner at Holdens after school and worked his way up to be a Project Manager in the Moomba gas fields while developing his own business building and restoring muscle cars and boats.He moved to the Riverland in 1989 where he started his citrus and winegrape business.
Whetstone was elected to the board of the Renmark Irrigation Trust in 1998 and has been working to secure a better deal on water for food producers since that time. He contested the 2010 South Australian State election for the Liberal Party, recieving a massive swing of 21.4% two party perferred to claim the safe Nationals seat from incumbent Karlene Maywald.
John Gardner | |
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| Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Lindsay Simmons |
| Constituency | Morialta |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Education | University of Adelaide |
| Profession | Politician |
John Gardner (born 00-00-0000) is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Morialta for the Liberal Party of Australia.
Gardner currently lives in his childhood suburb of Rostrevor within the electorate of Morialta. He defeated incumbent Labor Party member Lindsay Simmons at the 2010 South Australian State election receiving a two party preffered swing of 11.4% in the formerly fairly safe Labor seat.
Steven Marshall | |
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| Assumed office 20 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Vini Ciccarello |
| Constituency | Norwood |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Education | University of South Australia |
| Profession | Politician |
Steven Marshall (born 00-00-0000) is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Norwood for the Liberal Party of Australia.
Marshall had lived in the Norwood area for most of his adult life before entering parliament. He studied for a Bachelor of Business at the University of South Australia and completed an MBA at Durham University in the United Kingdom.
Marshall has been active in community service his entire life he is currently on the Board of the Spastic Centre of South Australia. In 2001 he received a Centenary of Federation Medal for services to the disability sector. He has two children: Charlie and Georgie.
Current QLD pendulum
| Composition of the Parliament of Queensland | ||
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Legislative Assembly | |
| ALP | 51 | |
| LNP | 34 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
| Source: Queensland Electoral Commission | ||
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QLD Polling
Newspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of around 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at around ±3 percent.
| Date | Labor Bligh |
Coalition/LNP Springborg |
|---|---|---|
| 18 – 19 Mar 2009 | 53% | 33% |
| 27 Feb – 8 Mar 2009 | 48% | 34% |
| Jan – Feb 2009 | 48% | 31% |
| Oct – Dec 2008 | 49% | 30% |
| Jul – Sep 2008 | 53% | 27% |
| Apr – Jun 2008 | 60% | 24% |
| Jan – Mar 2008 | 64% | 18% |
| Oct – Dec 2007 | 66% | 11%2 |
| Jul – Sep 2007 | 54%1 | 25%2 |
| Apr – Jun 2007 | 54%1 | 19%2 |
| Pre 2006 election | 58%1 | 28% |
| Pre 2004 election | 62%1 | 22% |
| Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian. ^ Remainder were "uncommitted" to either leader. 1 Peter Beattie, 2 Jeff Seeney | ||
| Political parties | Two party preferred | |||||||||
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| ALP | Lib | Nat | Coa/LNP | Grn | FFP | Oth | ALP | LNP | ||
| 18 – 19 Mar 2009 | 42% | 42% | 7% | 0.5% | 8% | 50% | 50% | |||
| 27 Feb – 8 Mar 2009 | 41% | 43% | 8% | <0.5% | 8% | 49% | 51% | |||
| Jan – Feb 2009 | 42% | 41% | 7% | <0.5% | 10% | 53% | 47% | |||
| Oct – Dec 2008 | 45% | 37% | 8% | <0.5% | 10% | 57% | 43% | |||
| Jul – Sep 2008 | 38% | 41% | 9% | 1% | 11% | 51% | 49% | |||
| Apr – Jun 2008 | 43% | 26% | 12% | 38% | 10% | <0.5% | 9% | 55% | 45% | |
| Jan – Mar 2008 | 50% | 22% | 10% | 32% | 8% | <0.5% | 10% | 60% | 40% | |
| Oct – Dec 2007 | 50% | 26% | 9% | 35% | 6% | 1% | 8% | 59% | 41% | |
| Jul – Sep 2007 | 50% | 21% | 12% | 33% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 59% | 41% | |
| Apr – Jun 2007 | 51% | 20% | 11% | 31% | 6% | 1% | 11% | 61% | 39% | |
| 2006 Election | 46.9% | 20.1% | 17.8% | 37.9% | 8.0% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 54.9% | 45.1% | |
| 6 – 7 Sep 2006 | 48% | 21% | 17% | 38% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 55% | 45% | |
| 2004 Election | 47% | 18.5% | 17% | 35.5% | 6.7% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 55.5% | 44.5% | |
| Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian. | ||||||||||