The return of Kate Jones. Dr Bruce Flegg’s downfall. Senate Inquiry into the Newman Government. Pirate led recovery. Power disconnections, wages fall below inflation. VLAD convictions zero. Tweets of the week – Journo’s stakeout. . The return of Kate Jones After years of speculation, Labor’s Kate Jones has confirmed she will stand for pre-selection in […]
Airs and grievances – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
September 30, 2014
Toowoomba second range crossing funds frozen. Airs and grievances – LNP MP Michael Crandon gets a better deal. No asset sales without a mandate but buildings ok. Winner – Lower transport fares. Springborg’s double dipping beat-up. More mining job losses. Newman tables medical history of Labor MP. Tweet of the week – Premier’s tea party. […]
A game of poles and wires – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
September 24, 2014
Queensland tourism stalls. Ban the bins. A brief shining moment – By far, Campbell Newman’s best speech. From asset sales to asset leasing – A game of poles and wires. Overcrowding in youth detention centres. Tweet of the week – Hi-vis vending machines installed. . Queensland Tourism stalls Premier Campbell Newman’s budget cuts have been […]
Four minutes to midnight – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
September 17, 2014
Dredge spoil – From villains to heroes. Four minutes to midnight – The anti-objection laws. Tony Fitzgerald QC lambasts The Courier-Mail labeling it ‘The Craven’. Trend unemployment rises for fifth consecutive month. Cairns Grandmother raided over G20 tickets. . Dredge spoil – From villains to heroes After letters, online petitions, emails, news reports, general condemnation, […]
August labour force monthly update: Fifth consecutive rise in trend unemployment, @Qldaah #qldpol
September 12, 2014
Tracking Queensland’s long term unemployment rate. Thursday marked the fifth consecutive rise in Queensland’s trend unemployment rising to 6.7 percent. Queensland’s unemployment has risen from 5.5 percent when the Newman Government came to power to a high this month of 6.5pc. In 2012, Queensland recorded “the steepest rise in unemployment in the state since Australian […]
Certa bonum certamen: Tony Fitzgerald renames ‘bullying cowards’ @couriermail the ‘Craven Mail’ #qldpol
September 11, 2014
On Tuesday night, Queensland’s pre-eminent corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald used his introduction to the biannual “Tony Fitzgerald Lecture” at Griffith University by Professor David Bayley to fight back against the The Courier Mail’s latest attack on his credibility. Having supplied a pre-scripted speech to the media before taking to the podium, Mr Fitzgerald surprised everyone when […]
Buildings in the sky – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
September 9, 2014
ReachTEL: Ashgrove TPP 58pc to Labor. The election express. Asset sales wont pay for every new project. The Queensland scam. Newman’s Tower of Power. Tweet of the week: Newman has one fan. . ReachTEL: Ashgrove TPP 58pc to Labor A ReachTEL poll conducted for the Together Queensland union in Premier Campbell Newman’s electorate of Ashgrove […]
Fun and games in the Queensland Parliament – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
August 31, 2014
Campbell Newman is Eliot Ness. Leaked briefing confirms existence of LNP robots. A tale of three crowns. Racism alive and well in the deep North. Flight Centre Newman Government guarantee. . Campbell Newman is Eliot Ness “Populist governments need an enemy,” wrote University of Queensland Professor of Law Graeme Orr in his 2013 piece describing […]
As long as the trains run on time – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
August 24, 2014
Galaxy poll – TPP 52pc to LNP. Newman Government’s top traffic offender. The political biz of high-vis. Newman’s D-G Jon Grayson spends big. Drought relief – ‘Lying bastards’. CM misleading on Qld debt figure. Tweet of the week – Crane index overload. . Galaxy poll – TPP 52pc to LNP The latest Queensland state Galaxy […]
Head in the clouds – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
August 17, 2014
ReachTEL – 52 percent to LNP. Dr Alex Douglas quits Palmer United Party. Head in the clouds: Newman evokes Joh’s crane index of populist Premiers past. The Broncos Mail backs Newman. Dame Quentin Bryce to lead domestic violence taskforce. Stop the rollout: How the Newman Government is killing solar. Tweet of the week – Election […]
