QLD:Street too quiet for Rudd's sign: Bligh

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2010
QLD:Street too quiet for Rudd's sign: Bligh

BRISBANE, Aug 4 AAP - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she would display former prime
minister Kevin Rudd's election campaign sign outside her Brisbane home - if her street
was busier.

Ms Bligh, who lives in Mr Rudd's Griffith electorate, played down suggestions from
the opposition in parliament on Wednesday that she had made a personal decision not to
display his sign outside her home.

Ms Bligh, who is now national president of the Labor Party, told parliament that she
had advised Mr Rudd's office that she'd be happy to have a sign in her front yard.

"My understanding of the local government rules in relation to the display of signs
in the city of Brisbane, is that you're allowed 500 electoral signs within the electoral
boundary," she said.

"Therefore the campaign team will pick the best sites for those 500.

"I happen to live on a very quiet road, but if he wants to put a sign there, I'd be
happy to have it."

Mr Rudd was released from hospital on Monday evening following surgery to remove his
gall bladder on Friday.

There has been intense speculation about Mr Rudd in the federal election campaign,
as damaging leaks from cabinet threatened to derail Prime Minister Julia Gillard's bid
to retain office.

Some have accused Mr Rudd of being the leaker, but he has denied being the source.

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