{"id":41721,"date":"2013-08-19T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=41721"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:34:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T02:34:22","slug":"election-race-hots-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/08\/19\/election-race-hots-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Race Hots Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41722\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41722\" title=\"20130817 LNP Campaign Office Opening\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Election day is drawing closer &#8230; LNP Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott officially opened his campaign office in Kingaroy on Saturday morning; from left, State Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, Bruce Scott, Julie Pantlin and Noeleen and Ron Trace (Photos: Nanango Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 19, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming Federal Election on September 7 will be a &#8220;battle of the right&#8221; in the South Burnett with five parties hoping to secure the conservative vote in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Palmer United Party, Katter&#8217;s Australian Party, Family First and Rise Up Australia Party are hoping to steal votes from the LNP in the three federal seats that cross the South Burnett:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wide Bay<\/strong> (Murgon, Goomeri, Tansey, Kilkivan),<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flynn<\/strong> (Wondai, Proston), and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maranoa<\/strong> (Kingaroy, Kumbia, Nanango, Yarraman, Cooyar and Blackbutt).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidates from The Greens and ALP are also contesting all three seats.<\/p>\n<p>Wide Bay &#8211; held by The Nationals leader Warren Truss &#8211; and Maranoa &#8211; held by Deputy Speaker Bruce Scott &#8211; are considered very safe LNP seats although both candidates are facing multiple challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn, a finger of which extends into the South Burnett, also covers the mining and industrial areas around Blackwater, Mt Morgan and Gladstone and is considered a much more marginal LNP seat.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently held by Ken O&#8217;Dowd, who as well as facing conservative challengers is also being targeted by two independents.<\/p>\n<p>Mr O&#8217;Dowd&#8217;s strongest test, however, is expected to come from the ALP&#8217;s Chris Trevor who formerly held the seat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following is a list of candidates who will be standing in each of the local seats (in ballot paper order) with links to the ABC&#8217;s \u00a0Federal Election guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/federal-election-2013\/guide\/mara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maranoa<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SPELLMAN, John &#8211; Family First<\/li>\n<li>CEDRIC-THOMPSON, Nick &#8211; Australian Labor Party<\/li>\n<li>NEWSON, Grant &#8211; The Greens<\/li>\n<li>SCOTT, Bruce &#8211; Liberal National Party of Queensland<strong> &#8211; sitting member<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>CLOUSTON, George Mousley &#8211; Rise Up Australia Party<\/li>\n<li>BJELKE-PETERSEN, John &#8211; Palmer United Party<\/li>\n<li>WALTON, Rowell &#8211; Katter&#8217;s Australian Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/federal-election-2013\/guide\/flyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flynn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TOMSETT, Craig &#8211; Independent<\/li>\n<li>O&#8217;DOWD, Ken &#8211; Liberal National Party of Queensland<strong> &#8211; sitting member<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>SCOTT, Duncan George &#8211; Independent<\/li>\n<li>DICKINS, Kingsley &#8211; Rise Up Australia Party<\/li>\n<li>THOMPSON, Serena &#8211; The Greens<\/li>\n<li>MOLDRE, Renae &#8211; Family First<\/li>\n<li>ENSBY, Steven Philip &#8211; Palmer United Party<\/li>\n<li>LOVE, Richard Laing &#8211; Katter&#8217;s Australian Party<\/li>\n<li>TREVOR, Chris &#8211; Australian Labor Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/federal-election-2013\/guide\/wbay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wide Bay<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TRUSS, Warren &#8211; Liberal National Party of Queensland <strong>&#8211; sitting member<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>DALE, Gordon &#8211; Katter&#8217;s Australian Party<\/li>\n<li>RINGROSE, Joy &#8211; The Greens<\/li>\n<li>ANDERSON, Stephen Alfred &#8211; Palmer United Party<\/li>\n<li>CHAPMAN, John &#8211; Family First<\/li>\n<li>DICKINS, Grace &#8211; Rise Up Australia Party<\/li>\n<li>STANTON, Lucy &#8211; Australian Labor Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41732\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41732\" title=\"20130817 LNP Campaign Office Opening \" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130819election2-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LNP supporters gather with Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott at the opening of his Kingaroy campaign office on Saturday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Election will be a &#8220;battle of the right&#8221; in the South Burnett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":41722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Election Race Hots Up - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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