AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2006
Qld: Beattie announces Sept 9 election=2
Mr Beattie said he would have preferred to wait until February to hold the election.
But the pending retirement of Bundaberg MP Nita Cunningham due to ill-health meant
the government would have had to face a byelection or call a statewide poll.
He said he had chosen the latter option.
"This will be the toughest election campaign my government's had to face," he told
a news conference.
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KEYWORD: POLL QLD DATE 2 BRISBANE
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