The foreign minister and the Beenleigh chocolate shop: @StephanieDale22 reports Forde

By Stephanie Dale 22 August 2013 Now what on earth is the Australian foreign minister doing in a chocolate shop in Beenleigh? Not even his adviser could tell me, fresh off the bus for the convergence of two former state premiers on her third flying electorate visit in one day. Foreign Minister Bob Carr spent morning […]

21 reasons candidates ignore media requests, by Forde reporter @StephanieDale22

  By Stephanie Dale @stephaniedale22 20 August 2013 More than a week ago, No Fibs sent a list of standardised questions to the seven candidates vying for the seat of Forde, sandwiched between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Four responded – all three women and Peter Beattie. Was that a coincidence? As the reporter who compiled and […]

Forde candidates Q & A: @stephaniedale22 reports

By Stephanie Dale @stephaniedale22 20 August 2013 A week ago today, No Fibs put a series of questions to Forde candidates via email. In the interests of fair play, we put the same questions to each one of the contenders for your vote. We did this in order to line up our candidates at the starting line, […]