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Another election, another round of clanging alarm bells for Labor and the Greens. The Queensland state election resulted, as expected, in a devastating loss for Labor – although nowhere near as devastating as polls were suggesting just two weeks ago. It’s also the second election in a row where the Greens saw their representation halved, indeed close to being wiped out altogether.
It’s also a warning sign of what Australians can expect from a desperate federal Labor, next year.
Queensland's incoming premier David Crisafulli will visit Government House today to be formally sworn in to the state’s top job after leading the LNP to an historic election victory.
The LNP leader will form an interim ministry with his deputy Jarrod Bleijie, before unveiling the make up of his cabinet later this week.
Probably the biggest issue in the election was youth crime, with young Aboriginal crime gangs regularly running amok in Queensland towns.
Mr Crisafulli said there would be two sittings of parliament before the end of the year to ensure the new government could enact its proposed crime laws.
This includes his proposed “adult crime, adult time” legislation, which would see juveniles who commit serious offences such as murder and manslaughter sentenced as adults.
“There’s no ifs, buts, or maybe,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“The ‘Making Queensland Safer laws’ will be law by Christmas.”
Yet, emphatic as the win was, just two weeks ago the polls were pointing to a near-total wipeout for Labor on a par with 2012, where they were reduced to just seven seats in the 97-seat parliament. What happened is a warning bell for conservatives of just what to expect from the left in next year’s federal election.
Firstly, ‘small target’ campaigning and treating voters like mugs just pisses them off. Crisafulli was repeatedly criticised for not releasing key policies: the LNP’s economic policy was only released two days out from election day.
Secondly, get ready for the mother of all bullshit scare campaigns.
Labor tried this on in 2016, with ‘Mediscare’: the completely spurious claim that the coalition was planning to privatise Medicare. It was an outright lie, of course, but that didn’t matter. Not only did it manipulate then-PM Malcolm Turnbull into fighting an election on Labor’s terms, it cut through enough to damage the coalition’s campaign. It was so successful that Labor ran it again in 2019, only this time hardly anyone was buying.
In Queensland, Labor hit on a new bullshit scare campaign: abortion.
Moments after polls closed, LNP treasury spokesperson David Janetzki launched a tirade on ABC TV’s election night panel.
“I think this is one of the most dishonest scare campaigns that we’ve seen in Queensland political history.
“It’s been deceitful, we’ve completely ruled it out – we have said there’ll be no changes to the termination of pregnancy laws in Queensland.
“It’s been a fabrication heaped on a lie and the importation of US-style politics into this debate, into this campaign.”
Abortion has long been a fringe issue in Australia, but the left have sniffed that it’s become a big motivator for their most loyal voting base: middle-class, university-educated women. The sheer, mesmerising power abortion holds for the American left can be illustrated by the mobile abortion vans at this year’s Democratic convention.
The Australian left, for all their sneering at the USA, are nothing if not slavish followers of American political trends. Witness the aping of the BLM protests. So, abortion is suddenly rearing its ugly head out of nowhere.
Industrial Relations Minister Murray Watt says the LNP’s poor handling of the abortion issue “cut through” to female voters during the Queensland election, criticising David Crisafulli for appearing “evasive and shifty” on the issue.
Speaking after Mr Crisafulli claimed victory over incumbent Steven Miles, Senator Watt said abortion had undercut the LNP’s messaging during the campaign […] “I saw it for myself when I was at pre-poll booths, around the state, where women of all ages, young middle aged and older women were coming straight to Labor talking about the abortion issue being a driving factor in their vote.”
These are the leftist women whom, as an American political commentator tells me, will throw everything else out the window so long as they get to kill unborn children.
And you bet federal Labor were taking notes.
Forewarned is fore-armed. Dutton and co would be wise to get their talking-points in order, now. Otherwise, they’ll be flat-footed by screeching leftist women and left looking shifty and unable to respond.
And Labor have good reason to be desperate enough to plumb the depths of abortion scares.
Anthony Albanese’s hopes of dramatically increasing federal Labor’s paltry five out of 30 seats in Queensland remains a pipe dream […]
Albanese, up against a deeply unpopular Scott Morrison in 2022, won a dismal five seats in Queensland and lost Rudd’s former electorate of Griffith to the Greens. The Prime Minister had to wait until Western Australia results swung Labor’s way before claiming a slim majority victory.
The only glimmer of hope for Labor is a glimmer of hope for the nation: the Greens are definitely on the nose. The big question is whether Albanese will be desperate enough to strike a devil’s preference deal with the Greens or whether he sniffs that now is the time to stick the knife in. The coalition are already pushing him hard on the issue.
Nationals Leader David Littleproud has branded the Greens as “extremists” and “political activists”, calling on Anthony Albanese to sign a pact with the Coalition to preference the Left-wing party last at the election […]
“I think Australians are realising this isn’t a political party, these are activists.
“Adam Bandt and his team won’t stand in front of the Australian flag, they’re prepared to stand with the CFMEU and they’re also trying to weaponise the conflict in the Middle East.
“I think Australians are working out, they’re not some cute cuddly little toy they can take comfort in, these people are extremists – and I think it’s been found out for what it is.
Here’s hoping.
