Qld: Labor accused of dirty tricks as campaigning gets under way

AAP General News (Australia)
01-14-2004
Qld: Labor accused of dirty tricks as campaigning gets under way

By AAP correspondents

BRISBANE, Jan 14 AAP - The Labor Party was accused of dirty tricks today, just 24 hours
into the Queensland election campaign.

As Premier Peter Beattie spent his first full day of campaigning on the Gold Coast,
the Queensland Greens lodged complaints with the police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission
(CMC) about the ALP's campaign tactics.

The Greens alleged their Townsville candidate, Theresa Millard, was approached by a
representative of the sitting Labor member, Emergency Services Minister Mike …