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Annastacia Palaszczuk Responds to ‘Extortion’ Accusation – @qldaah #qldpol #auspol

October 10, 2021

On Sunday ABC Insiders, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s accusation was re-aired that the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was engaging in holding the federal government to ‘ransom’, ‘extortion’ and ‘shakedown politics’ by asking the Commonwealth for more support for the national hospital system as the country neared its covid-19 vaccination targets. David Crowe supported the government […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #coronavirusworld, #covid19au, #Qgame, David Marler, Front Page, Health, Queensland Tagged With: ABC, Annastacia Palaszczuk, auspol, Coalition, coronavirus, covid-19, david crowe, Dr Chris Perry, federal government, health, Insiders, katharine murphy, LNP, Media, news, QldPol, Queensland, queensland liberal national party, Scott Morrison, state

The Celebrity Journalist Narrative of Queensland’s Border – @Qldaah #qldpol #auspol

October 3, 2021

As former federal member for New England Tony Windsor well put it recently, celebrity journalists dislike Twitter because they can’t control the narrative. The Queensland Pfizer and vaccine hesitancy conspiracy theory One such example is the perpetual story that Queenslanders and Western Australians are laggers in the covid-19 vaccination rollout and that they have now […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #coronavirusworld, #covid19au, David Marler, Front Page, Health, Journalism, Media Reform, Queensland Tagged With: Annastacia Palaszczuk, auspol, Coalition, coronavirus, covid-19, Dr Jeannette Young, dr steven j miles, federal government, health, LNP, Media, QldPol, Queensland, queensland liberal national party, Scott Morrison, state, Steven Miles, Tony Windsor

PMO Backgrounds Against Political Opponents – @Qldaah #qldpol #auspol

September 30, 2021

Backgrounding against the Palaszczuk Government prior to the state election A hot microphone at a press conference in Queensland on Friday, September 4, 2020 exposed just how the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) attempts to influence journalists against their political enemies. Nine News Queensland journalist, Lane Calcutt, confirmed he was not relaying the PMO questions they […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #Qgame, David Marler, Front Page, Health, Queensland Tagged With: Annastacia Palaszczuk, auspol, brittany higgins, Coalition, coronavirus, covid-19, Daniel Andrews, david sharaz, Dr Jeannette Young, dr steven j miles, federal government, health, lane calcutt, LNP, Malcolm Farr, Media, QldPol, Queensland, queensland liberal national party, Scott Morrison, state, Steven Miles, Victoria

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young Granted Extraordinary Powers – @Qldaah #qldpol

September 29, 2021

Misunderstood by many media commentators & some politicians is the declaration of a public health emergency such as for covid-19. In Queensland this grants extraordinary powers to the Chief Health Officer (CHO), Dr Jeannette Young. “During a public health emergency, the Chief Health Officer can issue Public Health Directions to assist in containing, or to […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #coronavirusworld, #covid19au, #Qgame, David Marler, Front Page, Health, Journalism, Media, Queensland Tagged With: Annastacia Palaszczuk, auspol, Coalition, coronavirus, covid-19, Dr Chris Perry, Dr Jeannette Young, dr steven j miles, federal government, health, LNP, Media, QldPol, Queensland, queensland liberal national party, Scott Morrison, state, Steven Miles, The courier mail

The Savage Burns of One Steven J Miles, Queensland Deputy Premier – @Qldaah #qldpol #auspol

September 27, 2021

Queensland’s new deputy premier Dr Steven Miles began his rise to national prominence in August, 2020. The mild-mannered philosopher first entered state parliament as the member for Mount Coot-tha (now Murrumba) riding the wave of the ‘Palaszlide’ – the stunning 2015 election victory that saw Campbell Newman’s Liberal National Party (LNP) government ousted from power […]

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Burnt bridges: A reflection on the demise of Sophie Mirabella by @adropex

July 20, 2016

The result in the seat of Indi is final. Only in the last few weeks, as her 2016 campaign collapsed, has the topic of Sophie Mirabella not rekindled in me the upset and anxiety of the last decade. Rather the emotion was one of grudging compassion. With hindsight, the similarity in the unrelenting […]

Filed Under: #ActiveDemocracy, #auspol, #ausvotes, #ausvotes2016, #IndiStory, #IndiVotes, election2016, Front Page, Indi, Lesley Howard Tagged With: Cathy McGowan, Coalition, community, Education, election, Indi, IPA, leadership, Lie, Malcolm Turnbull, Sophie Mirabella, Victoria, Voice for Indi

How @margokingston1 saw Hansonism in 2004

July 10, 2016

Intro: Extract of Still Not Happy, John: Defending our Democracy (Penguin 2007) Democracy v. the Beast Her appeal was simply that she represented something authentic in a culture of artefact. She was transparent in an era during which the political class have become expert at concealment. She was a still point in a culture […]