What will be in store for budget 2015/16.?
Can the coalition salvage public opinion.?
Will Abbott's leadership survive 2015.?

I think the LNP hs hit bottom and will start to climb. First step is that I think CN will win his seat and hold government, and this will flow on to Abbott.

I say this because labor, federal and QLD, have nothing to offer, apart from out of control borrowing, creating jobs that are not justifiable, and taxing easy targets.

Few will forget where that took us last time.

My tip is QLD labor. will implode in the next few weeks.

rehctub, how low would interest rates have to go before you'd think it was sensible for governments to borrow more money?

The Brisbane Times tells us that Labor faces an
uphill battle to win office on January 31st -
holding just nine seats and needing 45 to win
office in its own right - sounds like a David
and Goliath battle.

The newspaper states that the LNP loses ofice if
it drops 29 seats, reducing its 73 seats to 44,
not enough to win Queensland's 89 seat Parliament.
The 4 seats held by Independents, plus the 3 seats
held by Katter's Australia Party make election 2015
an interesting dynamic.

People are not happy with Campbell Newman and his
government - and it will be interesting to see whether
this translates into an election loss - and whether
this will be just the start for what's to come with
the dissatisfaction also being expressed against the
Abbott government.

We'll have to wait and see - the results will appear soon
enough.

Its obvious that Labor lost far to many seats at the last election to have any hope of winning later this month in Queensland but they will get close enough to make the next election a contest.
Im guessing that the LNP will win by around 10 seats and probably lose by 10 seats in three years time.

When you are at the bottom any raise would seem like a gigantic achievement. Can Toni do it, or can we expect more of the same. To think the coalition can forgo all of its misadventures and come out on top is a big ask.

The 2013-14 budget was to hot and to radical, they need to come down to earth and realise people live here. I would say to reset the coalition it will take a leadership change, plus a change of how Abbott and Credlin can run govt ; without party backing.

To run a govt; with 100% of your party’s vote, without their blessing on issues is a recipe for corruption against their own members, which is where the Abbott govt; is now.