FED:Leaders movements in first half of campaign

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2010
FED:Leaders movements in first half of campaign

Snapshot of states where leaders campaigned in the first half of the election campaign:



Prime Minister Julia Gillard

July 17 - In Canberra to call election for August 21.



QUEENSLAND:

July

18 - In Wayne Swan's northern Brisbane seat of LILLEY.

19 - Marginal Townsville-based seat of HERBERT, which Labor hopes to pick up from LNP.

23 - Unveiled climate change policy at the University of Queensland in the Brisbane
seat of RYAN, held by dumped LNP MP Michael Johnson.

24 - In the marginal Labor seat of FORDE in southern Brisbane.

27 - In Brisbane, announcing train line that would run through the marginal seats of
Labor-held PETRIE and the LNP's DICKSON.



NSW

July

20 - In marginal western Sydney seat of MACQUARIE.

21 - In marginal Labor seat of GREENWAY.

August

1 - Announcement in safe beachside Sydney seat of KINGSFORD SMITH.

2 - In western Sydney seats, PARRAMATTA and marginal LINDSAY.

3 - In central NSW seats of ROBERTSON, DOBELL, then later Newcastle, flanked by local
MPs for NEWCASTLE and PATERSON.



VICTORIA:

July

29 - In marginal Labor seat of DEAKIN

(Also made non-campaigning visits to home town for Sharan Burrow's farewell and a Western
Bulldogs game)



SOUTH AUSTRALIA:

July

28 - In marginal Liberal seat of Boothby.



TASMANIA:

July

26 - In key Labor marginals of Bass and Braddon.



WESTERN AUSTRALIA:

July

30 - In marginal Labor held seat of Hasluck.

31 - In the Liberal held but notionally Labor electorate of Swan and then in marginal
Liberal seat of Stirling .





Opposition Leader Tony Abbott

QUEENSLAND:

July

17 - Held first press conference of the election in Brisbane.

21 - In marginal LNP Brisbane seat of BOWMAN.

26 - In marginal Labor-held Brisbane seat of PETRIE.

27 - In Mackay, in the marginal Labor seat of DAWSON.

August

2 - In marginal Labor seat of LEICHHARDT in Cairns, then LNP seat of HERBERT in Townsville.

3 - In seat of BOWMAN again.



NSW:

July

18 - Marginal Labor seat of LINDSAY in western Sydney.

28 - In his own seat of WARRINGAH.

August

1 - In notionally Labor seat of GILMORE, on NSW south coast.



VICTORIA:

July

19 - In marginal Liberal seat of ASTON in outer Melbourne

20 - In marginal Labor seat of DEAKIN in Melbourne.

29 - Safe Labor seat of MARIBYRNONG in Melbourne, for photo op with Essendon Football Club.



South Australia:

July

30 - In opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne's marginal seat of STURT and Sport
Minister Kate Ellis' seat of ADELAIDE.



Western Australia:

July

23 - In the safe Labor seat of FREMANTLE (for border security announcement); then marginal
Labor seat of HASLUCK.

24 - In Kalgoorlie, in Liberal Wilson Tuckey's safe seat of O'CONNOR.



Northern Territory:

July 31 - In marginal Labor seat of SOLOMON.





+ Both leaders suspended their campaigns on Thursday, July 22, to attend funeral of
fallen digger Private Nathan Bewes, in the northern NSW town of Murwillumbah.

+ Both leaders in Canberra on Sunday, July 25 for leaders debate.



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