As noted in the previous post, budget week means a calm before the following week’s storm in federal opinion polling. The poll was conducted Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1654. Preselection news:• High-profile former state MP Kate Jones is reportedly in contention to take second position on Labor’s Queensland Senate ticket, which represents a vacancy because the party failed to win a second seat in 2019. That might mean Rowan Mumford, conservative-aligned state party president and unsuccessful candidate for Kavel at the March 2022 state election. Coffey is reportedly aligned with the Old Guard faction, which was once counted as a subset of the Right but now lines up with a dominant Left.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2024 03:26 UTC