Comments on: Breaking news: Premier Pete resigns

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:46:20 +0000

okey-dokey about the preselection – I just didn’t know.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:43:39 +0000

Debnam became leader a long time before the 2007 election (Sep 2005) – he isn’t an example of someone installed just before an election. He had sufficient time to build support for himself and his party, but failed. In fact, the NSW Coalition looked as if they might have won the election during November/December 2006, but then Debnam make a discredited allegation against a NSW Minister. Very poor judgement on Debnam’s behalf. The coalition’s support declined from then (from memory).

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:41:03 +0000

For non-Quincelanders, Grace Grace (yep, that’s her real name) is our top “union boss”.

Btw, Sacha, there’s no great mystery about Bligh’s preselection. She was anointed by Warner. That’s about all that needs to be said.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:39:51 +0000

Grace Grace.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:38:53 +0000

I wonder who the new member for Brisbane Central will be? Anyone take a guess?

By: Sacha

Sacha — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:08:00 +0000

According to today’s news reports, the Liberal party is still to preselect a candidate for Banks, technically a marginal Labor seat (margin ~3%). Astonishing.

I asked about Anna Bligh’s preselection in case anyone here had any additional information about it – all I know about it is that I was at an ALP branch meeting in West End when it became known that Anne Warner had decided to retire, and someone said that it had been decided that Anna Bligh would be the candidate. Whether “it had been decided” meant that a deal had been done or that it was merely someone’s good idea, I don’t know.

I remember reading about the preselection for Sth Brisbane after Kurilpa (held by Anne Warner) and Sth Brisbane (held by Jim Fouras) were basically amalgamated in the redistribution before the ’86 state election (Brisbane Central went across the river to take a portion of Sth Brisbane). Jim Fouras popped up as the member for Ashgrove in the ’89 election (Ashgrove had been variously held by the Liberals and the ALP in the previous few elections).

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:02:59 +0000

Pleasure, Ambigulous!

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:28:10 +0000

Thanks Mark for your reply at 3.50 pm on 10th. You’re a scholar and a gentleman. We Vics hear little of the intricate background of Qld politics.

cheerio

By: grumphy

grumphy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:56:53 +0000

All I can think about is “What’s that strange bloke who’s been protesting all year outside 80 George Street with a half-dozen incomprehensible signs going to do now?”

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:44:48 +0000

Where’d your gravvy go, Nabs?

Out for a crap in the neighbour’s flowerbed.

OK he’s back now but doing that disgusting balls and arse licking thing now. “On the phone” as I like to call it.