(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 […]
Creeping political death, Newman’s faux apology – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
July 27, 2014
ReachTEL poll for Ashgove – TPP 53 percent to Labor. Dr Chris Davis defect to Labor. Sorry week. Tony Fitzgerald QC on Newman’s ‘blitzkrieg’. Could the Newman Government really fall to a Palaslide? Newman cuts respite services to disabled children. Bligh Government’s Gold Coast trams go live. Tweet of the week – Good advice on […]
Does LNP Gympie MP David Gibson deserve a third chance? @Qldaah #qldpol
April 27, 2014
In 2012, Campbell Newman chose MP for Gympie, David Gibson as his Police Minister. However, two weeks into the job he resigned. Gibson had been caught speeding and driving without a licence on February 16, 2012. A non payment of a fine for a prior speeding infringement in May 2011 had led to his licence […]
My bleeding heart is why I’m marching: @sacarlin48 on #MarchInMarch
March 9, 2014
By Anne Carlin @sacarlin48 10th March 2014 In October 2013 I had the wonderful experience of attending the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) in Bali. I had been once before but this time I got a full ticket and went to as many of the forums, talks, debates, book and poetry readings as I could. […]
Students with disability must remain a key focus of national education reform
August 11, 2013
Opinion by Stephanie Gotlib, @CDA39 August 11, 2013 It truly is momentous that most states, as well as the independent and Catholic education systems, have now signed up to the Better Schools funding program with 78 per cent of students to benefit from this new funding deal. Governments should rightfully be applauded for getting this […]
What’s it all about, the Coalition no show for disability, no to MP to care for sick baby?
May 16, 2013
By Noely Neate May 16, 2013 If you missed it, see last night’s awe inspiring rant by Mr Richard Chirgwin about the Coalition not bothering to turn up for the introduction of the DisabilityCare Bill. I had hoped that our media would report this lack of respect this morning, but no. Did you know that Mr […]
The Opposition #NDIS no show. A rant from the heart by @R_Chirgwin
May 13, 2013
Storify by The Geek Wed, May 16 2013 People’s obligation in the first instance is to be in this Parliament. — Warren Entsch: The House of Representatives as PM @juliagillard introduces legislation to cover some of the costs of DisabilityCare twitter.com/mearesy/status… — andrew meares (@mearesy) May 15, 2013 R_Chirgwin@R_Chirgwin The LNP’s absence in Parliament in the […]
The MSM’s NDIS: Make the frame, change the frame, WTFs the frame?
May 4, 2013
By Tony ‘The Geek’ Yegles May 4 2013 I was fascinated by the media’s framing of the NDIS debate this week. Within 48 hours it moved from reporting a naked tax grab by the Prime Minister, to a worthy initiative when Mr Abbott put the national interest ahead of his political interest. Update below May 15 […]
MSM to blogger: ‘Stunt – so what did she say?’
March 6, 2013
By Kim Berry March 5, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday night dummy spit: https://twitter.com/margokingston1/status/308477882257272832 Next morning I see this: With blog royalty after their dinner with @juliagillard – @edenland @woogsworld @babymacbeth and @allconsuming twitter.com/hughriminton/s… — hughriminton (@hughriminton) March 4, 2013 I check out the dinner guests and find that I follow @allconsuming and she follows me so […]
