Only one thing is certain in Queensland’s current political scene: there will be a State Election on February 17.As for the outcome of that election, the result of the approaching poll is one of the most difficult to forecast in the post-War period.The reason: there are so many new factors bedevilling the normal issues that serve to make up an election analysis.The first of these concerns the central character – Premier Peter Beattie – himself.Beattie somehow managed to avoid personal involvemen…
