[Queensland]: 2000 Queensland State Election

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28 October 2000​

All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Peter Beattie (WON)	Rob Borbidge	David Dalgleish
Party:	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)	Coalition: National Party of Australia - Queensland Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)	One Nation Party
Policies:	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism Social Liberalism	National Party of Australia: Conservatism Agrarianism Economic Liberalism Liberal Party of Australia: Liberalism Conservative Liberalism Liberal Conservatism Classic Liberalism	Ultranationalism Right-wing Populism
Leader since:	20 February 1996	10 December 1991	13 June 1998
Leader's seat:	Brisbane Central	Surfers Paradise	Hervey Bay
Last election (seats):	44 seats	32 seats	11 seats
Last election (primary vote percentage):	38.9%	31.3%	22.7%
Seats won:	60 seats	6 seats	22 seats
Seat change:	+16	-26	+11
Primary popular vote:	1,029,781	257,445	772,335
Primary vote percentage:	50.0%	12.5%	37.5%
Primary vote swing:	+11.1%	-18.8%	+14.8%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage
Mansfield	Phil Reeves	Australian Labor Party	0.2%
Barron River	Lesley Clark	Australian Labor Party	0.6%
Springwood	Grant Musgrove	Australian Labor Party	0.6%
Mount Ommaney	Julie Attwood	Australian Labor Party	1.9%
Bundaberg	Nita Cunningham	Australian Labor Party	2.0% vs. ONP
Cairns	Desley Boyle	Australian Labor Party	2.3% vs. ONP
Redcliffe	Ray Hollis	Australian Labor Party	2.3%
Currumbin	Merri Rose	Australian Labor Party	2.8%
Ipswich	David Hamill	Australian Labor Party	3.4% vs. ONP
Mundingburra	Lindy Nelson-Carr	Australian Labor Party	3.8%
Kallangur	Ken Hayward	Australian Labor Party	3.9% vs. ONP
Murrumba	Dean Wells	Australian Labor Party	5.0% vs. ONP
Greenslopes	Gary Fenlon	Australian Labor Party	5.2%
Waterford	Tom Barton	Australian Labor Party	5.2% vs. ONP
Everton	Rod Welford	Australian Labor Party	6.0%
Ashgrove	Jim Fouras	Australian Labor Party	6.1%
Bundamba	Bob Gibbs	Australian Labor Party	6.2% vs. ONP
Cleveland	Darryl Briskey	Australian Labor Party	6.4%
Mackay	Tim Mulherin	Australian Labor Party	6.5% vs. ONP
Mount Gravatt	Judy Spence	Australian Labor Party	7.2%
Townsville	Mike Reynolds	Australian Labor Party	7.7%
Sunnybank	Stephen Robertson	Australian Labor Party	8.2%
Logan	John Mickel	Australian Labor Party	8.4% vs. ONP
Ferny Grove	Geoff Wilson	Australian Labor Party	8.6%
Chatsworth	Terry Mackenroth	Australian Labor Party	8.7%
Chermside	Terry Sullivan	Australian Labor Party	9.0%
Rockhampton	Robert Schwarten	Australian Labor Party	9.6% vs. ONP
Mount Coot-tha	Wendy Edmond	Australian Labor Party	10.5%
Fitzroy	Jim Pearce	Australian Labor Party	10.7% vs. ONP
Archerfield	Karen Struthers	Australian Labor Party	11.7%
Yeronga	Matt Foley	Australian Labor Party	12.5%
Kurwongbah	Linda Lavarch	Australian Labor Party	13.2%
Woodridge	Bill D'Arcy	Australian Labor Party	13.5% vs. ONP
Capalaba	Jim Elder	Australian Labor Party	13.7%
Kedron	Paul Braddy	Australian Labor Party	14.1%
Brisbane Central	Peter Beattie	Australian Labor Party	15.1%
Cook	Steve Bredhauer	Australian Labor Party	15.5% vs. ONP
Mount Isa	Tony McGrady	Australian Labor Party	15.6% vs. ONP
Sandgate	Gordon Nuttall	Australian Labor Party	16.0%
South Brisbane	Anna Bligh	Australian Labor Party	16.3%
Lytton	Paul Lucas	Australian Labor Party	17.4%
Nudgee	Neil Roberts	Australian Labor Party	17.4%
Bulimba	Pat Purcell	Australian Labor Party	19.5%
Inala	Henry Palaszczuk	Australian Labor Party	27.4%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Indooroopilly	Denver Beanland	Liberal Party of Australia	0.7%
Crows Nest	Russell Cooper	National Party of Australia	0.9% vs. ONP
Redlands	John Hegarty	National Party of Australia	1.0%
Gympie	Len Stephan	National Party of Australia	1.7% vs. ONP
Aspley	John Goss	Liberal Party of Australia	1.8%
Callide	Jeff Seeney	National Party of Australia	2.3% vs. ONP
Burnett	Doug Slack	National Party of Australia	2.3% vs. ONP
Mirani	Ted Malone	National Party of Australia	2.7%
Keppel	Vince Lester	National Party of Australia	3.6%
Charters Towers	Rob Mitchell	National Party of Australia	3.7%
Southport	Mick Veivers	National Party of Australia	3.8%
Beaudesert	Kev Lingard	National Party of Australia	4.1%
Albert	Bill Baumann	National Party of Australia	4.8%
Clayfield	Santo Santoro	Liberal Party of Australia	6.5%
Toowoomba North	Graham Healy	National Party of Australia	8.2%
Burleigh	Judy Gamin	National Party of Australia	8.5%
Hinchinbrook	Marc Rowell	National Party of Australia	8.6% vs. ONP
Cunningham	Tony Elliott	National Party of Australia	8.9% vs. ONP
Moggill	David Watson	Liberal Party of Australia	8.9%
Western Downs	Brian Littleproud	National Party of Australia	9.4% vs. ONP
Broadwater	Allan Grice	National Party of Australia	9.8%
Noosa	Bruce Davidson	Liberal Party of Australia	9.9%
Caloundra	Joan Sheldon	Liberal Party of Australia	10.7%
Nerang	Ray Connor	Liberal Party of Australia	11.0%
Warwick	Lawrence Springborg	National Party of Australia	11.9% vs. ONP
Gregory	Vaughan Johnson	National Party of Australia	13.1%
Toowoomba South	Mike Horan	National Party of Australia	13.4%
Merrimac	Bob Quinn	Liberal Party of Australia	14.7%
Maroochydore	Fiona Simpson	National Party of Australia	15.1% vs. ONP
Warrego	Howard Hobbs	National Party of Australia	15.3%
Mooloolah	Bruce Laming	Liberal Party of Australia	15.9%
Surfers Paradise	Rob Borbidge	National Party of Australia	22.3%

Pre-Election Pendulum (One Nation)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Tablelands	Shaun Nelson	One Nation Party	0.3% vs. NAT
Whitsunday	Harry Black	One Nation Party	1.7% vs. ALP
Ipswich West	Jack Paff	One Nation Party	1.9% vs. ALP
Caboolture	Bill Feldman	One Nation Party	2.7% vs. ALP
Lockyer	Peter Prenzler	One Nation Party	3.7% vs. NAT
Mulgrave	Charles Rappolt	One Nation Party	4.1% vs. ALP
Hervey Bay	David Dalgleish	One Nation Party	5.3% vs. ALP
Barambah	Dorothy Pratt	One Nation Party	5.9% vs. NAT
Thuringowa	Ken Turner	One Nation Party	6.6% vs. ALP
Maryborough	John Kingston	One Nation Party	8.3% vs. ALP
Burdekin	Jeff Knuth	One Nation Party	9.4% vs. ALP

Pre-Election Pendulum (Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party;	Percentage:
Gladstone	Liz Cunningham	Independent	1.4% vs. ALP
Nicklin	Peter Wellington	Independent	5.7% vs. NAT

 

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Premier Peter Beattie has kicked off the day campaigning in his own electorate and playing down a Brisbane newspaper poll showing Labor is ahead of the Coalition parties on the primary vote. The poll, taken in six marginal seats across Queensland, shows Labor will need the preferences of minor parties and Independents to win in those electorates. However, Mr. Beattie says he is advising his troops not to take too much notice of the poll because surveys in 1995 and 1998 put Labor well ahead of the other parties and it struggled to win office. The poll is sobering news for the Liberal Party, which is trailing Labor in the seats of Springwood and Mt Ommaney in Brisbane's west. Springwood is being vacated by Labor MP Grant Musgrove, who has been forced to resign over the electoral rorts scandal. Liberal leader David Watson has tried to play down his party's poor showing by saying a thick hide is needed in politics and the Liberals are committed to finishing on top. His National Party counterpart, Rob Borbidge, is warning Queenslanders not to "accidentally" give Labor a second term in Government by voting for independent candidates or the minor parties. Meanwhile, the Coalition has promised to fund a 24-hour telephone hotline and at-home courses for parents who want some help with the job of raising children. Peter Beattie's has focused on sport, announcing an extension of funding for local government recreation programs and handing out $475,000 to the Greg Norman Golf Foundation over the next three years. Mr. Beattie attempted to tee-off with Norman at a course still under construction, which has been designed by the golfing great, but he later conceded that as a golfer, he makes a good Premier.

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The Premier has spent the day campaigning in Townsville, the city at the centre of Labor's electoral rorts scandal. A Federal Parliamentary Committee investigating the integrity of the electoral roll will hold a hearing in Townsville tomorrow but Peter Beattie has denied he visited the city a day early to avoid having his trip coincide with that inquiry. Mr Beattie says it is improper for the committee to be holding hearings in the middle of an election campaign and he's conceded the inquiry will harm his re-election campaign. The witnesses include Townsville's Labor Mayor, Tony Mooney, who is waiting to hear whether he will face charges as a result of allegations made against him at the Shepherdson Inquiry into electoral rorting. The Premier used his trip to Townsville to announce plans to name convicted violent juvenile offenders, if they escape from custody, and to outline the extension of a program to upgrade medical equipment in public hospitals throughout the state. The Coalition has launched an ad campaign focusing on the electoral rorts scandal, telling voters Labor won't be able to focus on the job of governing the state because it's still distracted by the affair. The Coalition has also announced details of its health policy, promising to spend $76 million on surgery to reduce hospital waiting lists and $56 million for intensive care facilities. Premier Peter Beattie and his opponent, Rob Borbidge, will both campaign in the far north Queensland city of Cairns tomorrow.

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Post-Election Pendulum (Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage
Gaven	Robert Poole	Australian Labor Party	0.1%
Kallangur	Ken Hayward	Australian Labor Party	0.2% vs. ONP
Caloundra	Christine Anthony	Australian Labor Party	0.4%
Noosa	Cate Molloy	Australian Labor Party	1.2%
Broadwater	Peta-Kaye Croft	Australian Labor Party	1.3%
Murrumba	Dean Wells	Australian Labor Party	1.3% vs. ONP
Waterford	Tom Barton	Australian Labor Party	1.5% vs. ONP
Moggill	Laurie Lumsden	Australian Labor Party	2.2%
Bundamba	Bob Gibbs	Australian Labor Party	2.5% vs. ONP
Burleigh	Christine Smith	Australian Labor Party	2.6%
Mackay	Tim Mulherin	Australian Labor Party	2.8% vs. ONP
Toowoomba North	Kerry Shine	Australian Labor Party	2.9%
Clayfield	Liddy Clark	Australian Labor Party	4.6%
Logan	John Mickel	Australian Labor Party	4.7% vs. ONP
Rockhampton	Robert Schwarten	Australian Labor Party	5.9% vs. ONP
Glass House	Carolyn Male	Australian Labor Party	5.9% vs. ONP
Albert	Margaret Keech	Australian Labor Party	6.3%
Beaudesert	Pam Stephenson	Australian Labor Party	7.0%
Fitzroy	Jim Pearce	Australian Labor Party	7.0% vs. ONP
Robina	Bruce Simmonds	Australian Labor Party	7.1%
Southport	Peter Lawlor	Australian Labor Party	7.3%
Charters Towers	Christine Scott	Australian Labor Party	7.4%
Keppel	Paul Hoolihan	Australian Labor Party	7.5%
Mirani	Richard Staker	Australian Labor Party	8.4%
Aspley	Bonny Barry	Australian Labor Party	9.3%
Gladstone	Jennifer Ellingsen	Australian Labor Party	9.7% vs. IND
Woodridge	Desley Scott	Australian Labor Party	9.8% vs. ONP
Redlands	John English	Australian Labor Party	10.1%
Indooroopilly	Ronan Lee	Australian Labor Party	10.4%
Mansfield	Phil Reeves	Australian Labor Party	11.3%
Barron River	Lesley Clark	Australian Labor Party	11.7%
Springwood	Barbara Stone	Australian Labor Party	11.7%
Cook	Steve Bredhauer	Australian Labor Party	11.8% vs. ONP
Mount Isa	Tony McGrady	Australian Labor Party	11.9% vs. ONP
Mount Ommaney	Julie Attwood	Australian Labor Party	13.0%
Redcliffe	Ray Hollis	Australian Labor Party	13.4%
Currumbin	Merri Rose	Australian Labor Party	13.9%
Mundingburra	Lindy Nelson-Carr	Australian Labor Party	14.9%
Greenslopes	Gary Fenlon	Australian Labor Party	16.3%
Everton	Rod Welford	Australian Labor Party	17.1%
Ashgrove	Jim Fouras	Australian Labor Party	17.2%
Cleveland	Darryl Briskey	Australian Labor Party	17.5%
Mount Gravatt	Judy Spence	Australian Labor Party	18.3%
Townsville	Mike Reynolds	Australian Labor Party	18.8%
Stretton	Stephen Robertson	Australian Labor Party	19.3%
Ferny Grove	Geoff Wilson	Australian Labor Party	19.7%
Chatsworth	Terry Mackenroth	Australian Labor Party	19.8%
Stafford	Terry Sullivan	Australian Labor Party	20.1%
Mount Coot-tha	Wendy Edmond	Australian Labor Party	21.6%
Algester	Karen Struthers	Australian Labor Party	22.8%
Yeerongpilly	Matt Foley	Australian Labor Party	23.6%
Kurwongbah	Linda Lavarch	Australian Labor Party	24.3%
Capalaba	Michael Choi	Australian Labor Party	24.8%
Brisbane Central	Peter Beattie	Australian Labor Party	26.2%
Sandgate	Gordon Nuttall	Australian Labor Party	27.1%
South Brisbane	Anna Bligh	Australian Labor Party	27.4%
Lytton	Paul Lucas	Australian Labor Party	28.5%
Nudgee	Neil Roberts	Australian Labor Party	28.5%
Bulimba	Pat Purcell	Australian Labor Party	30.6%
Inala	Henry Palaszczuk	Australian Labor Party	38.5%

Post-Election Pendulum (One Nation)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Ipswich	Rita Magnussen	One Nation Party	0.3% vs. ALP
Cairns	Peter Gargan	One Nation Party	1.4% vs. ALP
Bundaberg	Bernard Barry	One Nation Party	1.7% vs. ALP
Whitsunday	David Haselgrove	One Nation Party	5.4% vs. ALP
Ipswich West	Bob Dutton	One Nation Party	5.6% vs. ALP
Pumicestone	Wayne Whitney	One Nation Party	6.4% vs. ALP
Maroochydore	Rowena Wellard	One Nation Party	7.4% vs. NAT
Mulgrave	Dominic Frisone	One Nation Party	7.8% vs. ALP
Hervey Bay	David Dalgleish	One Nation Party	9.0% vs. ALP
Thuringowa	Ken Turner	One Nation Party	10.3% vs. ALP
Southern Downs	John Coyle	One Nation Party	10.6% vs. NAT
Maryborough	John Kingston	One Nation Party	12.0% vs. ALP
Burdekin	Merle Poletto	One Nation Party	13.1% vs. ALP
Darling Downs	Peter McLaren	One Nation Party	13.1% vs. NAT
Cunningham	David Drinan	One Nation Party	13.6% vs. NAT
Hinchinbrook	Robert Ralph	One Nation Party	13.9% vs. NAT
Burnett	Glen Onoprienko	One Nation Party	20.2% vs. NAT
Callide	Jim Dwyer	One Nation Party	20.2% vs. NAT
Gympie	Elisa Roberts	One Nation Party	20.8% vs. NAT
Tablelands	Rosa Lee Fong	One Nation Party	22.8% vs. NAT
Lockyer	Bill Flynn	One Nation Party	26.2% vs. NAT
Nanango	Dorothy Pratt	One Nation Party	28.4% vs. NAT

Post-Election Pendulum (Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Gregory	Vaughan Johnson	National Party of Australia	2.0%
Toowoomba South	Mike Horan	National Party of Australia	2.3%
Mudgeeraba	Ray Connor	Liberal Party of Australia	3.6%
Warrego	Howard Hobbs	National Party of Australia	4.2%
Kawana	Bruce Laming	Liberal Party of Australia	4.8%
Surfers Paradise	Rob Borbidge	National Party of Australia	11.2%

Post-Election Pendulum (Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Nicklin	Peter Wellington	Independent	14.5% vs. NAT

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