NSW: One Nation to poll well today, but Labor to win

AAP General News (Australia)
02-17-2001
NSW: One Nation to poll well today, but Labor to win

A Newspoll in The Australian newspaper says One Nation has surged in the final days
of the Queensland election campaign, but Labor is set to win.

The poll says the ALP has 49 per cent of the primary vote, down three percentage points
from two weeks ago, but still more than 10 points ahead of the vote it received in the
1998 election.

If those figure are reflected as Queenslanders vote today, PETER BEATTIE'S coalition
can expect to govern with an increased majority.

The Coalition has fallen 8 points to 26 per cent.

In Brisbane, Labor is out in front with 62 per cent to the Coalition's 21.

One Nation's vote has tripled over past three weeks and stands at 12 percent state-wide,
peaking at 15 outside Brisbane.

That is still below the 22.7 per cent the party polled at the 1998 election.

The Newspoll says on the question of who would make a better premier, Mr BEATTIE leads
Opposition Leader ROB BORBIDGE by 66 per cent to 13 per cent.


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