And here comes Rudd.

Victorians used to always mock Queenslanders for calling their beer four X. Victorians used to say they called it XXXX because they couldn't spell anything else. Forget that our beer is called VB. After this Un-Australian liebour, Party, slaughter, I think Victorians should take a long hard look in the mirror to see who the stupid ones really are, The Liebour Party of fools almost retained their ability to thieve in Victoria. I guess all the smart Victorians that moved to Queensland years ago help a bit :)

Congrats to all Queenslanders for seeing through the bulldust and sending those lying jokers to the great political dustbin where they belong. Lets all hope the new broom sweeps better and that the bristles aren't just as course?

Now we must all unite to remove the Red Headed Witch From The West and her green slimy partners in crime from this once great land and restore prosperity for all again!

I wasn't going to comment on this thread simply because
when I read that Tony Abbott had said "the Queensland election
would be a referendum on the carbon tax..." and then this
thread popped up with the exact same title from Shadow Minister,
I thought why bother commenting. It's just going to be another
attack on Labor with few attempts at discussion and analysis.
Some posters did try to point out the fact that the state
election in Queensland was not being fought on federal issues
and that Labor would be struggling against an overwhelming
mood for change.

Not knowing the political situation of the state or the personalities
involved I thought it best to stay out of this fray.
However I am appalled by some of the very personal commentary made
about our PM . I know that things can get emotive
in the subject of politics - but referring to this country's PM
in such derogatory terms
demeans the office of the PM and does no credit
to a Forum based on social and political debate.

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but referring to this country's PM
in such derogatory terms
demeans the office of the PM
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The only person that degraded the office of PM more than anyone is the current Prime Sinister itself. It's nothing but a two bit lying piece of ____ fill in on the dotted line with any derogatory four letter adjective/noun you like.

If you want people to respect it, perhaps it could start by abolishing a tax no one wants, no one needs, which is based on complete falsehoods and which it told everyone it wouldn't introduce to win its place in Australian history as the biggest lying low life PM we've ever had!

An LNP victory is the best result for Gillard.
Let the voters take their anger out on the States and then see how they perform as an indicator of future Federal possibilities.

After O'Farrell's declining performance and growing litany of broken promises in NSW, the voters in Queensland will be able to get a taste of what could be in store nationally well before the next Federal election.

Watching sky news last night at the exit polls, the single most important issue affecting the vote was the cost of living. Next was government service, and third was the carbon tax. Given that the carbon tax is primarily a cost of living issue as well as being a trust issue, there is no doubt that the carbon tax was a significant issue for Queensland voters.

The most demeaning thing for the office of PM is to have a lying deceitful incumbent.