Tasmanian election update #2
There have been further allegations of (at least the appearance of) impropriety around the Betfair licence in the form of an unpaid feature article on the Lennon family relaxing at their historic home at Broadmarsh due to appear in the Packer owned Australian Women’s Weekly. Bob Carr, Bob Hawke and Malcomlm Fraser all had paid for feature articles in the Woman’s Weekly around election time. Lennon has denied any relationship between the two matters.
The Mercury also reported that Labor’s popular Launceston (Bass) representative (and former Miss Australia) Kathryn Hay would not be contesting the next state election. The loss of the popular candidate will make it more difficult for Labor in Bass at the next election.
The Herald Sun suggested the Tasmanian election will still be held in March (as rumoured) to aviod a Parliamentary sitting and further questions.
The Tassie Talks web site has a forum on the 2006 Tasmanian state election. The site lists the Labor and Liberal candidates. It is also an interesting collection of local opinion. I found this photo of a recent Liberal billboard there.
