QLD:Qld caucus to debate hung parliament

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2010
QLD:Qld caucus to debate hung parliament

BRISBANE, Aug 29 AAP - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and her colleagues will debate
what led to the unprecedented position of a hung federal parliament at a Labor state caucus
meeting on Monday.

Ms Bligh told reporters on Sunday her team would use the meeting to talk about issues
affecting not only Queensland but all of Australia.

"We are in a an unprecedented position where we don't have a federal government," she said.

"Like other Australians, my caucus and I will be debating the circumstances that led
to that extraordinary situation.

"There are some messages there for us at state level, and I want to hear from my own
caucus members."

Ms Bligh's comments come just days after Treasurer Andrew Fraser said he feared Labor
would lose a state election were one held now.

Opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek on Sunday said if the caucus meeting concluded
with privatisation of the state's assets still on the agenda and Ms Bligh still as premier,
it was proof Labor still "didn't get it".

Mr Langbroek said the caucus meeting would also test the resolve of backbench Labor
MPs who wanted to have Ms Bligh's privatisation agenda reconsidered.

"If they have now really changed their minds and if they now really agree with the
LNP's policy to oppose this sale, then we need to see some action from them," he said.

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