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Queensland Liberals

The Borg's (B)rough ride to the top

By Mark Bahnisch on January 9, 2009

From today’s Crikey email: Queensland Liberal National Party leader Lawrence Springborg – often accused by his Labor opponents of being a policy free zone – was quick out of the blocks on Monday, making an announcement about trail bike tracks. [...]

Posted in Queensland, State/Territory Elections, Transport | Tagged amalgamation, Anna Bligh, Bligh government, Brisbane, Coalition, Lawrence Springborg, Liberal National Party, LNP, Mal Brough, Queensland election 2009, Queensland Liberals, Queensland Nationals, Queensland politics, South East Queensland, trail bikes, transport policy | 21 Responses

Queenslandism II

By Mark Bahnisch on August 3, 2008

I note that Brian Costar has been thinking along similar lines to me and Andrew Bartlett on the subject of the formation of the Liberal National Party. He’s put his finger on the key challenge for the Borg and his [...]

Posted in Brisbane, Elections, NSW Government, Polls, Queensland, Sociology, State/Territory Elections, Urbanism | Tagged andrew bartlett, coalition amalgamation, Lawrence Springborg, Liberal National Party, Nationals takeover, NSW Election 2007, politics&govt, Queensland Liberals, Queensland Nationals, Queensland political history, Queensland politics, Santo Santoro, Sociology | 21 Responses

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