Tunnels to Townsville!
I’m borrowing one of the Brisbane Times‘ commenters’ bon mots again to encapsulate the latest twist in the endless weirdness that is Pineapple Party politics in Queensland. Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has announced that he wants to be LNP [...]
A tunnel from Brisbane to Cairns? Campbell Newman and the LNP
… That’s what one wry commenter at the Brisbane Times suggests the people of Queensland would get if Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman were to become LNP leader and Premier after next year’s election. The usual round of LNP leadership [...]
Greens outpoll Labor in Brisbane City Council by-election
In what appears to be a first, The Greens outpolled Labor in a by-election for the Brisbane City Council Ward of Walter Taylor held on Saturday. The by-election was caused by Jane Prentice the previous LNP Councillor’s election to the [...]
No space to protest
The CCC has again released adverse findings after yet another investigation into local government, this time into the mayor of the City of Cockburn. He’s standing aside while the findings are investigated by an independent inquiry. I don’t really want [...]
Indooroopilly Labor MP Ronan Lee joins Greens
As noted here and here in comments, there’s an extremely interesting development in Queensland state politics today – Indooroopilly MP Ronan Lee has defected from the ALP to join The Greens. Lee has been something of a maverick during his [...]
Climate Change and Electoral Politics – Local Edition …?
Take note owners of Loy Yang, Munmorah et al. Greenpeace activists admitted causing £30,000 damage to the chimney of coal fired plant in protest at plans to construct another one ((Yeah weird choice huh. In short, nuclear is still dealing [...]
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