A social media campaign to unite voters in the central Queensland seat of Callide, held by Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney, is calling for locals to vote for anyone but the Liberal National Party (LNP). The Facebook page ‘Jeff Seeney – Callide Votes’ and its matching Twitter account @CallideVotes have been attracting grassroots support across the […]
Money has swamped Qld politics, and that endangers democracy: @Graeme_Orr #qldvotes comment
January 27, 2015
Money makes the world go round. That’s a truism in a market economy. The promise of democracy – one vote, one person, one value – ought to balance that. But what if money makes the political world go round? Nothing less than the fate of electoral democracy is at stake if we let money swamp […]
Pt 4 Qld election blog 2015 #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 26, 2015
(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. Welcome to part four of the Queensland election coverage for 2015. The below entries cover the period from January 26 – 28 onwards. To follow the Twitter stream, see #qldvotes. List of Qld election blogs: Jan 06 – Jan 16: Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015. Jan 17 – Jan […]
An archive of The Courier Mail’s front pages during 2015 #qldvotes – #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 24, 2015
On August 22, 2014, The Courier Mail wrote, “THE Courier-Mailwas (sic) last night crowned Australia’s metropolitan daily Newspaper of the Year at the prestigious PANPA industry awards”: Courier-Mail wins Newspaper of the Year 2014 at PANPA awards. The Courier Mail supporting material to the Liberal National Party (LNP) in the 2015 Qld election campaign More of Ros Bates' […]
Pt 3 Qld election blog 2015 – #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 22, 2015
(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. Welcome to part three of the Queensland election coverage. The below entries cover the period from January 22 onwards. To follow the Twitter stream, see #qldvotes. List of Qld election blogs: Jan 06 – Jan 16: Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015. Jan 17 – Jan 21: Pt 2 Qld election […]
Quick vids: The sacking of the PCMC and the scent of corruption – #qldvotes #qldpol @Qldaah
January 20, 2015
Last century, former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen used an electoral system called the gerrymander which manipulated the numbers of constituents in electorates in favour of his government. This helped to keep him in power for more than two decades. Gerrymandering was ended after the Fitzgeral Inquiry report was implemented by the Goss Government. In this […]
Pt 2 Qld election blog 2015 – #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 18, 2015
(Jump to comments section) Jump to latest blog entry. Welcome to part 2 of the Queensland election coverage. The below entries cover the period from January 17 – 21. To follow the Twitter stream, see #qldvotes. List of Qld election blogs Jan 06 – Jan 16: Pt 1 Qld election blog 2015. Jan 17 – Jan 21: Pt […]
Qld election blog 2015 – #qldvotes #qldpol: @Qldaah
January 14, 2015
Santos cops and Wilson ambos – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @qldaah
December 17, 2014
ReachTEL – Ashgrove TPP 55pc to Labor. Trend unemployment rises to 6.9pc. Dr Bruce Flegg ousted by own party. No aircon for you kids, says Langbroek. Seeney orders removal of climate change sea level precaution. The Wavebreak Island Battle. Santos cops and Wilson ambos. Queensland tourism down again. Newman Government relaxes sex offender monitoring. Tweet […]
The Newman Abbott factor – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
December 8, 2014
ReachTel – TPP Labor 51pc. The Newman Abbott factor. Cash for probity. Cash for gravel – update. Final 730 Qld airs. Springborg looking forward to coronial inquest into teenagers’ deaths. North Stradbroke Island miner Sibelco to close Yarraman quarry. Electricity sell-off, the Victorian experience. Tweet of the week – Journos being flown to remote places. […]
