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short memory would be more helpful Thebas - just need to remember the Newman years
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maybe womble yeah
i'm with BJT ... elections are essentially a 4 year nuisance imo and achieve little for the value of the whole electorate ... love the sausage sizzles in the line up tho politics is dead in the water in terms of any one politican (or party) coming up with something that is based on a 10 year plan for the true advancement of the state or country the little ... 'policy variances' ... available to the voter might excite the true beleivers in political manouverings but otherwise if i go on our forums it it just idealogies & whole party hatreds that determine voter influence not whether the direction is of REAL value i mean ... we're all in the same boat (country) ... and as long as one party doesn't let the boat just sink ... then the rest is almost fluff in the most rigid of critical overviews good luck to all parties and all pollies in the upcoming state election who hoping to get on or back on our payroll for another 4 years ... and lets hope the trough has enough room for all the snouts |
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we just a leader Thebas - someone to show us the way, a Whitlam type figure - the party system is unlikely to throw one up but they'll appear from somewhere
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not sure if Bill being up there helps or hinders but I am looking forward to Tony making an appearance - after his holiday of course
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Bikies being a election issue....whats going on in the country of Queensland.? Newman is no certainty to win his own seat. They'll probably win, then party then give him the arrse the next day.
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Bikies aren't always what they seem - this guy was a Lib!!!
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/a-former-bikie-runs-for-mboro/2508539/ |
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everything a mug needs to know about the upcoming election...
 http://hijacked.com.au/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-queensland-state-election-so-far |
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qld needs another term of newman
labor truly fcked the economy and at least things looking more rosy now hijacked.com.au surely a great sauce (sic) of information to sleepy westozzies |
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they are almost incompetent as the abbott govt..what an absolute circus..amazing disgraceful scenes..adults in charge indeed..wowee
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lol you know this how...by reading some online print in westoz
 things are back on track over here.....trod on a few toes here and there...none that didn't deserve it... put labor back in after the debacle?? I don't think so.....there is a reason the good guys won 78 seats to cough cough 7 lol |
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can you afford another term of Newman though Secong? - he is about to sell, sorry lease, everything that isn't tied down
i still think the LNP will win but hope Newman loses - and he is well behind in the polls in Ashgrove as much as I never thought I'd say these words but i'm looking forward to hearing what Alan Jones has to say when he broadcasts in Queensland for the next 2 weeks |
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we'll know the result, possibly, by this time in 2 weeks - who will be the Premier???
the margin seat polling is interesting and shows massive swings to Labor and the possibility of a hung parliament, would be an interesting result personally i'm still leaning towards an LNP win by less than 10 seats and Newman to lose Ashgrove |
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did Newman forget to swallow..Alan Jones is seething..gave him a ruthless spray
libs eating libs..fun innit  The Sydney-based "shock jock" grew up on the Darling Downs, and has been a long-time campaigner against the expansion of coal mining and introduction of coal seam gas mining in the rich cropping region. He told listeners on Monday Mr Newman visited his home before the 2012 election, where he challenged him to stop any further development of the New Acland coal mine near Oakey LNP are 'prostitutes': Jones Alan Jones launches a scathing attack against Campbell Newman on 4BC, saying he "lied to me" and couldn't "run a chook raffle". Broadcaster Alan Jones has accused Campbell Newman of lying and the LNP of prostitution in a fiery debut on Brisbane radio. And he's told Brisbane Times the Premier will not be welcome on his program, as he broadcasts every weekday until the January 31 election. Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones. Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Jones is hosting a one-hour show on talkback station 4BC between 8-9am. Advertisement The Sydney-based "shock jock" grew up on the Darling Downs, and has been a long-time campaigner against the expansion of coal mining and introduction of coal seam gas mining in the rich cropping region. He told listeners on Monday Mr Newman visited his home before the 2012 election, where he challenged him to stop any further development of the New Acland coal mine near Oakey. Premier Campbell Newman and his wife Lisa arrive at the LNP Campaign Launch, Brisbane Convention Centre. Premier Campbell Newman and his wife Lisa arrive at the LNP Campaign Launch, Brisbane Convention Centre. But the project was approved on December 19, 2014. "Campbell Newman told me in my house that if he were to become premier, there would be no Acland stage three," Jones said on air. "Campbell Newman lied to me. I have no reason to believe anything he's promising Queenslanders today." Jones said New Hope Coal had donated $650,000 to the LNP, and hosted senior ministers at private functions including corporate boxes at Suncorp Stadium. The mine expansion was approved on December 19 by Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney. "It's called prostitution ... what was the price that New Hope had to pay to get Acland stage three approved?" Jones said. Jones' diatribe against Mr Newman and the LNP didn't end there, as he criticised the government's performance on jobs, debt management and its relations with the health and legal professions. He also described Mr Newman as a bully. "Campbell Newman is only interested in one job and that's his own. He couldn't give a continental about anyone else's." Jones also maintained Mr Newman would lose the seat of Ashgrove come polling day, and the LNP should reveal who would lead the party in such an eventuality. "I couldn't back Campbell Newman to win a chook raffle," he said. Speaking to Brisbane Times after his first show, Jones said his distaste for mining projects such as Acland and Adani's Galilee Basin proposal stemmed from his childhood. "I have an obligation to my Mum and Dad who eked a living out of that agricultural land on the Darling Downs to give us all a chance," he said. He said it was easy for people to tag him as a "right-wing" commentator. "These people think 'oh well he's voted Liberal all his life, when the election comes he'll toe the line, he'll fall into line' – I don't fall into line with anyone." Jones denied he had become a champion for the environment due to his stance. "Not really, I believe in mining, Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest are the true heroes of Australia in my opinion, but they're mining on uncontested land," he said. "They're not where someone is farming – the Darling Downs is some of the richest agricultural land in the world." When asked what he thought about Jones weighing in, Campbell Newman said his focus was on jobs. "Alan Jones is a bloke from Sydney who has made all sorts of comments in the past and there's nothing new about anything he's said," he said. "Over a thousand people when I last checked, directly or indirectly rely on that Acland mine and we are going to make sure that it happens in an environmentally appropriate way and that's the approval that's been given." Jones said he would have more to reveal about the LNP government over the next two weeks, but refused to give any details. However, he did say Mr Newman and senior ministers would be banned from his program, as they had refused multiple invitations in the past. "They've had two and a half years to explain themselves, and they haven't, they've ignored everyone, they've walked over everyone," he said. |
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yes lets go back to the rabble we had before - well 7 of them anyways lol , wonder why they got so low in numbers
sure a balance of number is coming but please the state was going backwards and broke at a record rate......good old joh never once had a deficit.....and didn't have the gaming dollar to rely on either...just good management and never mind what the chooks wanted...the state was flying and all for the price of the odd brown paper bag to help things along.....of course those things never happened on labors watch cough cough Gordon nuttall cough cough tragic as it was with the jobs gone they were only put there by labor in the first place at immense cost despite not being needed hopefully us cane toads show some common sense come polling day |
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Stick it to em Alan
Where's Tony??? |
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Queensland election: Newman government under scrutiny over coal donation
Exclusive: New details emerge of donation from New Hope Coal director to minister who oversaw air pollution clearance for coalmine expansion Joshua Robertson Wednesday 21 January 2015 The Queensland premier, Campbell Newman, has been forced to fend off attacks on the integrity of his government as new details emerged linking one of his ministers to a business figure involved in a controversial coalmine expansion. Newman hit the election campaign trail on Tuesday with Ian Walker, who Guardian Australia can reveal took a donation from a board director of New Hope Coal before his election in 2012. Walker, as the minister for science, information technology, innovation and the arts, subsequently oversaw the department which cleared levels of air pollution from uncovered coal trains in Brisbane before the expansion of New Hope’s Acland mine. Walker was also acting minister for state development when he called for public input on New Hope’s environmental impact statement for Acland last year. The state Labor leader, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has claimed that the Liberal National party government had opened the door to corruption and on Tuesday radio host Alan Jones renewed his attack on Newman over Acland. Donor records show that New Hope director Bill Grant gave a $2,000 personal cheque to Walker’s campaign fund in October 2011. The donation would have been secret under the LNP’s widely-criticised move to raise the threshold for declaring contributions from $1,000 to $12,400 last year. The pollution study by Walker’s department was released to companies including New Hope a week before it was made public in 2013. Walker, who appeared with Newman at a press conference on the Gold Coast announcing a new $60m tourism fund, left while refusing a request for interview from Guardian Australia. In a statement later, Walker declined to explain the nature of his relationship with Grant but said all donations were “fully disclosed in accordance with the law”. Walker said his office had no role in the pollution study, for which coal companies had paid $250,000. Asked if those payments had created a conflict of interest, Walker said the decision to engage “the state’s top independent scientists shows a proactive role in ensuring clean air for Queenslanders”. Palaszczuk at the Labor campaign launch suggested the LNP had paved the way for a return to the graft of “brown paper bag” politics in Queensland. Newman said in response that there were “appropriate authorities that can deal with such things”. He accused Labor of running “a campaign about negativity and personality politics”. “Why? They have no plan for Queensland, they don’t have the ticker to sort out the financial problems we inherited,” he said. “They certainly don’t know how to create jobs so they engage in this sort of thing.” Newman repeatedly refused to say whether he had met Jones at his home before last election and promised to block the mine expansion. A spokesman for Newman declined to comment on Walker and his relationship with Grant. Jones has travelled to Queensland to run daily “election special” programs on 4BC radio, denouncing Newman as a “bully boy” and his government as the worst in Australia. The decision to allow Acland to mine another 3m tonnes of coal a year was announced on the Friday before Christmas. New Hope and its parent company, Washington H Soul Pattinson, donated more than $700,000 to the LNP at a state and federal level between 2011 and 2013. Asked if New Hope’s donations influenced the government’s approval, Newman said: “I will not be commenting on Alan Jones.” Asked by Guardian Australia if LNP officials had indicated whether the party’s donations had risen since it raised the secrecy threshold, Newman replied that he had “no idea”. “You’ll have to ask them. I’m not involved,” he said. Jones has also attacked the government over the energy minister, Mark McArdle, and the environment minister, Andrew Powell, accepting entertainment from New Hope in its corporate box at a Wallabies rugby game in Brisbane in 2013. Activist group Clean Air Queensland said the Acland expansion would increase coal dust pollution in Brisbane. Clean Air Queensland organiser Michael Kane said his tests showed emissions of particulate PM10 from uncovered coal wagons in Brisbane exceeded national safety levels tenfold, as often as 10 times a day. Kane claimed the government study clearing the pollution levels by averaging emissions over 24 hours was “absolutely the wrong methodology”. Walker said that methodology was “determined by departmental scientists exercising their independent professional integrity”. QUT researcher Adrian Barnett said air pollution standards were “a political limit and shouldn’t be used as a health tool since no level of pollution is safe”. New Hope’s chairman, Robert Millner, was called before the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) in NSW last year over a donations controversy involving another Washington H Soul Pattinson subsidiary of which he was chairman, Brickworks. Icac is due to complete its report this month on whether Brickworks’ donations to the Liberal party in NSW broke laws banning political contributions from developers. |
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ReachTel yesterday has the LNP in front 52-48 which sounds not too far off the money - would be a 10-15 seat win to the bad guys. Still a week and a bit to turn it around though - I'm waiting for Clive or Alan to come out with the death blow for the LNP, could happen
Betfair has Labor as favourite in Ashgrove - who will be Premier if that is right??? |
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qld cant afford labor - they will be spending an extra $200M a week in their promise list
lord knows why people think Kate would be any saviour for Ashgrove , lame duck minister in the worst govt ever to hit the states , anna blighs spendaholics with no plan no wonder shes not in the public eye, poor track record and just playing on the anti Campbell brigade , pi$$ weak to be truthful |
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(insert forum name here),you are a person who fiddles with little umm sewing needles............
but that's ok to write that as it's an opinion only? ...I don't think so |
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Although it might have been the line that the political donations were thinly veiled bribes
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This Gov't is corrupt
that's a statement that has no foundation....hypothetical until proven in court of law...this is out of line of course you can outline that you THINK it is corrupt...not say it IS corrupt...geddit? |
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That line been posted un censored many times without the IMO clarification. IMO
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I'm off now to burn up the average aussies carbon for the day, many winners to you |
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Have a good one
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i bet Campbell would've liked Tony and the boys to wait another week before launching their attack on workers
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maybe so but the 'attack' as you call it is out of the States control and the thinking electorate know that....pity about the con job by the unions on the young
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Newman won the people's forum last night, Annastacia way too nervous - he is an arrogant little prick though - i'm really looking forward to him losing his seat
Surely Queenslanders won't buy the "leasing not selling" line I'd better be careful though, he might sue me  |
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 is suing Jones.. what a soft **** Jones spewed bile day after day about Gillard,she had the toughness to handle it..not this weak **** ahh love gone wrong |
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Politicians are all the same. I wouldn't vote for any of them. Well, I won't, or didn't, or when is voting happening?
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Queensland's opposition leader says she'll repeal and replace Queensland's controversial anti-bikie legislation.,,,,,But the opposition leader refused to elaborate on what a Labor government would replace the laws with, saying only that her yet to be released law and order policy would make that clear.
 Community safety first IMO...Broadbeach all in brawl in a street of restaurants....despicable and should never be allowed to happen against ...no matter what the cost and who might be inconvenienced to achieve that outcome...imo (oh did I mention the shooting at Robina Shopping Town in shopping hours) And yes non Gold Coast residents can poo hoo the idea of infringing civil liberties of some....but there is no sign of any outlaw bikie gangs riding around anymore ... Just sayin ..Public safety first |
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Well, to be fair, if everybody was in solitary confinement, we would all be safe from others. Maybe that is the way to go. Take away all rights from everybody to keep them safe.
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Good work Alan Jones.
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some parts of the bikie laws can stay but they go way too far - arrest people for criminal activity not for who they associate with
a bit of history for you Henry http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/labor-lnp-swapped-views-on-bikie-laws-20150106-12icp3.html |
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any chance at all that Tony will make a last minute trip to Queensland or is he doing enough damage from Canberra
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Kate in front 54-46 Campbell in a world of pain - who will be premier???
I still don't think Labor can win but only because they are coming from so far behind - miracles can happen though  |
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I'm willing to gift $20 to one of you LNP backers, just need to give me the $8.20 I've asked for. Buys you a you a couple of ciders when you win
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if only andrew peacock was a forumite womble you could get a lifetime supply of strongbow or bulmers
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Looks like Campbell and Tony will be on New start shortly. They say a career change is as good as a holiday anyway.
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I need him to sign up Very
Come on this guys $8.20 very generous Anastasia doesn't even know what the GST rate is |
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mike .... hope they enjoy the rules they helped set a few years back ... i'd pay a thousand dollars to watch abbot with his hammer and planks, compulsory volunterring to build a ramp for a disabled pensioner for his bread and milk at days end !!! |