http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/renee-viellaris/ Renee Viellaris is a senior writer at Brisbane’s Sunday Mail. Formerly she was a political correspondent with The Courier Mail at the Press Gallery in Canberra. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/newman-throws-the-lnp-a-hail-mary-but/ The Liberal-National Party in Queensland is planning something so ballsy that it leaves Tony Abbott’s Speedos - and his perceived political mileage of wearing them - looking a little empty. Queensland’s Conservatives are in meltdown today as Campbell ``Messiah’’ Newman announced he would resign from his post as Brisbane Lord Mayor and run for a state seat in the next election. Newman will run a US Presidential-like campaign by standing as the Leader of the LNP after he is pre-selected (already a done deal), despite not being elected to Parliament. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Renee Viellaris) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/newman-throws-the-lnp-a-hail-mary-but/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/newman-throws-the-lnp-a-hail-mary-but/#item5440 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:49:13 +0000 Renee Viellaris | Author bios | The Punch