queensland government, page-7

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/bfactbox-queensland-election-at-a-glanceb/2009/02/23/1235237512424.html

The holders: Anna Bligh's Labor currently holds 58 of the 89 seats in the Queensland Parliament, having held government since Peter Beattie deposed Rob Borbidge as Premier in 1998.

The challengers: Lawrence Springborg faces off with Labor as the Opposition leader for the third election in a row but this time at the head of a newly merged party, the Liberal National Party.

Musical chairs: The Opposition requires a near seismic shift of seats on March 21. They need to win 21 seats - with a swing of more than 8 per cent - to form their own majority government.

History on their side: Queensland has not witnessed an across-the-board swing of the scale the LNP requires since Wayne Goss led Labor back into government in 1989 after three decades of non-Labor rule.

Too close to call: The seat of Chatsworth, in Brisbane's south, is Queensland's most marginal seat, with the margin just 0.1 per cent following last year's redistribution of seats. Sitting member Chris Bombolas will not stand for re-election. He resigned last week, citing health and personal issues.

Labor exodus: Bombolas is the latest of nine Labor members to call it quits with the election in sight, following Mike Reynolds, Gary Fenlon, Warren Pitt, Rod Welford, Pat Purcell, Linda Lavarch, Ken Hayward and Jim Pearce.

Girl power: Anna Bligh will become the first woman to win a state election as Premier if Labor prevails. Carmen Lawrence (Western Australia) and Joan Kirner (Victoria) both, like Bligh, came to the premiership mid-term but lost in their first elections as Premier.