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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Paul D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:48:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:48:38Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-06-30T08:44:30Z
dc.identifier.issn1036-1146
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10361141003736174
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36710
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the events before and during the 2009 Queensland election which saw the Bligh Labor Government returned far more easily than commentators and opinion polls had indicated. This election remains especially noteworthy for its groundbreaking firsts, including the first election of a woman state premier, and the first election for Queensland's single, merged Liberal-National Party. The article concludes that Anna Bligh's then-popular leadership, Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg's alleged poor grasp of economic realities, and fears of job losses during the global financial crisis were the prime motivators of swinging electors' vote choice.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom277
dc.relation.ispartofpageto283
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Political Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume45
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440899
dc.titleThe Queensland Election of 21 March, 2009: Labor's Swim Against the Tide
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWilliams, Paul D.


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