I won`t be rolled, Bligh says

Queensland's Labor Premier Anna Bligh insists she has the support of her party and
is in no danger of suffering the same fate as Kevin Rudd.
Mr Rudd stood aside as Labor leader on Thursday after he lost the support of his
party on the back of a campaign by senior factional powerbrokers.
Australian Workers Union secretary Bill Ludwig was instrumental in forcing out Mr
Rudd, who he called "toxic", and installing Julia Gillard as the new Labor leader
and prime minister.
On Thursday, Ms Bligh said she continued to enjoy Mr Ludwig's support.
"Absolutely, because very recently I've had that checked out," she told reporters in
Toowoomba west of Brisbane.
She later clarified that she'd not personally spoken with Mr Ludwig, nor had she
directed anyone to call him on her behalf.
However, she said information had been relayed to her that Mr Ludwig still supported
her government.
Like Kevin Rudd, Ms Bligh's standing in recent opinion polls has been poor and she's
at war with the unions over her deeply unpopular plan to privatise billions in
public assets.
Earlier this month, a Galaxy poll showed a change of government was likely, with the
Liberal National Party ahead of Labor 55 to 45 per cent on a two-party preferred
basis.
Ms Bligh's personal popularity has also taken a hit, with the same poll showing she
lags LNP leader John-Paul Langbroek in the preferred premier stakes.
Ms Bligh told reporters her leadership was not under threat.
"I can assure you that's wishful thinking on John-Paul Langbroek's part," she said.
"In Queensland we have a strong and united team. We are close to two years away from
the next election."
She acknowledged her government was going through "the inevitable ups and downs of
government".
But she added: "We've got a strong program, we're delivering on election promises.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the LNP is falling apart, disintegrating."
The president of the Queensland ALP and state secretary of the Australian
Manufacturers Workers Union, Andrew Dettmer, said Ms Bligh had problems but they
were not on the scale of Mr Rudd's.
"There is no successor being anointed (in Queensland)," he said.
"Although my union and others remain opposed to the privatisation push, especially
with Queensland Rail, we have not seen any view expressed in the Labor caucus that
would end with Anna Bligh challenged let alone being removed as leader.
"Sure Anna has got problems but they're not of the same nature as Kevin Rudd was
experiencing."
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's Queensland-based general
secretary Andrew Vickers said Labor had some work to do in Queensland.
"I think the Labor party's biggest problem in Queensland has very little to do with
the federal Labor government; it's all to do with the state Labor government," he
said.
"I'm not quite sure what Julia can do about that."
Meanwhile, the LNP in Queensland is facing its own woes.
In May, the party expelled federal Member for Ryan Michael Johnson for allegedly
misusing his parliamentary resources for personal gain.
He's since accused senior party figures of intimidation.
The LNP has also been on the defensive over some candidate selections for marginal
seats ahead of the federal election.
And two LNP state members have defected to sit as independents, saying the party
lacks unity and direction.