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March 22nd, 2012 
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Campbell Newman’s bid to become Queensland Premier received a significant boost today, with two polls showing he’s pulling ahead in the battle for the seat of Ashgrove. Also today, the major parties battled over the LNP’s election costings – shedding light on how they’re going to run Government and fund their promises.
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MARK COLVIN: Campbell Newman’s bid to become Queensland premier received a significant boost today, with two polls showing him opening up a lead in the seat he has to win – Ashgrove.
Mr Newman is making an unusual tilt for the premiership from outside the Parliament.
His opponent in Ashgrove was campaigning with the former prime minister Bob Hawke today, and he acknowledged that Labor’s election prospects did not look good.
Annie Guest reports from Brisbane.
ANNIE GUEST: As this long election battle draws to an end, the Premier is ramping up efforts, appearing in 50 electorates in a five-day blitz.
In her party’s most marginal seat, Anna Bligh played indoor bowls with senior citizens, joking that players wouldn’t want her on their side.
ANNA BLIGH: I don’t think you’ll be picking me on the team (laughs).
ANNIE GUEST: Queenslander’s won’t be picking her on the Government team this Saturday, if polls predicting an LNP landslide are correct.
The new Labor opposition could be reduced to the size of a cricket team, and perhaps a few to carry the drinks.
For the would-be premier, Campbell Newman there’s been good news today, with two polls showing he’d succeed in his battle to win a seat.
CAMPBELL NEWMAN: The whole Labor Party smear campaign was blown apart last week and I’m sure that people have had their eyes open to the way that Labor have played the campaign.
Labor wanted to run a smear campaign, we’ve campaigned on the issues, and I think people want to see what the policies are.
ANNIE GUEST: An automated poll by the company ReachTEL recorded Mr Newman leading Labor’s Kate Jones in the inner western suburb of Ashgrove about 54 per cent to 46 on a two-party preferred basis.
Also, a Galaxy poll conducted for the Courier Mail newspaper shows Mr Newman winning on primary votes alone, with 52 per cent support.
The release of the poll results coincided with the visit of a Labor luminary to Ashgrove.
KATE JONES: I want to introduce Bob Hawke up onto the stage (clapping) and thank him for being in Ashgrove here today.
ANNIE GUEST: The former prime minister joined Ms Jones and the Premier in their last ditch assaults on Ashgrove.
BOB HAWKE: Thank you very much Kate. Can you hear me all right without this contraption? Good.
ANNIE GUEST: Mr Hawke quickly got to the point.
BOB HAWKE: The polls don’t look good we know that.
ANNIE GUEST: But he told the true believer audience they could bring deserters back.
BOB HAWKE: If you made a commitment now and in the next 24 hours each one of you are going to talk to 10 people and persuade them. If you can do that, you can determine the result of this election.
ANNIE GUEST: But the Liberal National Party has long finished entertaining the prospect of a loss.
This afternoon, it released election costings – providing some insight into how it’s going to run the Queensland government and fund election promises that include cutting stamp duty and building the Toowoomba bypass; that pledge is contingent on federal funding too.
The man likely to be Queensland’s next Treasurer – the LNP’s Tim Nicholls says the party’s spending commitments will cost $4 billion over the next four financial years.
TIM NICHOLLS: Over that same time, we’ve identified savings and offsets of just on $4 billion.
ANNIE GUEST: There’ll be cuts to travel and advertising, more fines recouped, and then there’s the thorny issue of public sector finances. There’ll be savings through not replacing staff, and it’s understood the LNP wants productivity gains, but they’re not yet specific.
Mr Nicholls made much of lifting Labor’s 2.5 per cent cap on public sector growth, but wouldn’t say whether public sector wages will keep pace with inflation.
TIM NICHOLLS: I envisage that we will be able to go into those negotiations with an open mind, with a clear program to grow public service employee expenses by 3 per cent and to deliver outcomes for Queenslanders, whether it’s teachers, doctors, nurses or police officers. That’s going to be our outcome.
REPORTER: Can you guarantee that wages won’t fall in real terms?
TIM NICHOLLS: What I’m saying to you and I’ve said a number of times now is we go in with an open mind as to what the outcome should be.
REPORTER: You’re not answering the question.
TIM NICHOLLS: I’m saying to you as a total rule I’m not going to enter into an industrial negotiation by media conference, what I’m saying to you is this
REPORTER: I’m not asking you to do that…
TIM NICHOLLS: Well, yes you are..
ANNIE GUEST: The Treasurer Andrew Fraser was scathing.
ANDREW FRASER: Well the LNP has revealed today that their election promises will be funded by a direct attack on the public sector workers of Queensland.
ANNIE GUEST: Mr Fraser also says the LNP has waited until the last moment to reveal its public sector plans.
MARK COLVIN: Annie Guest.
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