{"id":30817,"date":"2015-11-16T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T00:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=30817"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:22","slug":"prices-slashed-the-queensland-weekly-blogazine-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/prices-slashed-the-queensland-weekly-blogazine-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices slashed &#8211; The Queensland Weekly Blogazine: @Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Blogging the week in Queensland politics and news.<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BloggingTheWeek2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BloggingTheWeek2-300x150.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"Prices slashed - The Queensland Weekly\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BloggingTheWeek2.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BloggingTheWeek2.jpg?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BloggingTheWeek2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"@Qldaah\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26586 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JadedQldWeekly1Sm.jpg?resize=163%2C163\" alt=\"The Qld Weekly - No Fibs\" width=\"163\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JadedQldWeekly1Sm.jpg?w=163&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JadedQldWeekly1Sm.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Table of contents<\/h3>\n<h6><a href=\"#JumpToCommentsSection\">Jump to comments section.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#AntiTerrorismTacticsForQueensland\">(November 18, 2015) &#8211; Anti-terrorism tactics for Queensland.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#LNPHasBeenDenuded\">(November 17, 2015) &#8211; LNP has been &#8216;denuded&#8217;.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#TheQueenStreetWharfDeal\">(November 16, 2015) &#8211; The Queen Street Wharf deal.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#QueenslandsOldestDomesticViolenceShelter\">(November 15, 2015) &#8211; Queensland&#8217;s oldest domestic violence women&#8217;s shelter.<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"AntiTerrorismTacticsForQueensland\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(November 18, 2015) &#8211; Anti-terrorism tactics for Queensland<\/h2>\n<h3>Police Commissioner Ian Stewart&#8217;s new training program<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoPStewart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Stewart<\/a> spoke to ABC 612 Brisbane about new training for police and counter-terrorism tactics:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/queensland\/2015\/11\/queenslands-police-commissioner-talks-terror-tactics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland&#8217;s Police Commissioner talks terror tactics.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>When fire-ant dogs retire<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to Mikey and Justin for 8 years of loyal service in Qlds fight against fire ants. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QldAgriculture\">@QldAgriculture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHsLyhKNYl\">pic.twitter.com\/RHsLyhKNYl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\/status\/666841294128349184\">November 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"LNPHasBeenDenuded\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(November 17, 2015) &#8211; LNP has been &#8216;denuded&#8217;<\/h2>\n<h3>Mark McArdle claims he&#8217;s been stripped<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsBrisbane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nine News Brisbane reported<\/a>,\u00a0&#8220;A Queensland MP accused of moonlighting as a nurse says the health minister&#8217;s knee-jerk reaction to the controversy is preventing the opposition from being able to properly scrutinise the government on health-related matters.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/2015\/11\/17\/12\/18\/qld-mps-furious-at-reduced-hospital-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qld govt restricting MPs&#8217; hospital access.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judithkerr1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judith Kerr<\/a> reported, &#8220;Health\u00a0Minister Cameron Dick has come under fire after banning Opposition members from Redland Hospital&#8217;s Emergency Department.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au\/story\/3497765\/mps-barred-from-redland-wards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MPs barred from Redland Hospital wards.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leoniemellor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leonie Mellor<\/a> reported, &#8220;Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick has been accused of &#8220;vindictiveness&#8221; for restricting Opposition MPs&#8217; access to a hospital.\u00a0LNP health spokesman Mark McArdle said he and other Opposition backbenchers wanted to see 10 areas of Redland Hospital on Brisbane&#8217;s bayside, including the emergency department, renal unit cardiac wards and surgical wards.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-11-17\/health-minister-accused-of-vindictiveness-lnp-hospital-access\/6948544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland Health Minister branded &#8216;vindictive&#8217; for limiting Opposition MPs&#8217; hospital access.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMcArdleMP\">@MarkMcArdleMP<\/a> says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camerondickqld\">@camerondickqld<\/a> has &quot;denuded the oppn from the right to enter a hospital&#8230;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qWbO0pV8BD\">pic.twitter.com\/qWbO0pV8BD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris O&#39;Brien (@COBrienBris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COBrienBris\/status\/666460274895884289\">November 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30857\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tenplay.com.au\/news\/brisbane\/2015\/11\/17\/bates-under-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30857\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30857\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/YouWakeUpInEmergency.jpg?resize=190%2C142\" alt=\"Tegan George reported: The State Government is being accused of restricting politicians' access to their local hospitals.\" width=\"190\" height=\"142\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tegan George reported: The State Government is being accused of restricting politicians&#8217; access to their local hospitals.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Premier attends 100 plus Christmas party<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Premier at 100+ Club Xmas party. 150 members and growing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBPOudFU5W\">pic.twitter.com\/HBPOudFU5W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/666444470112514048\">November 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fantastic afternoon hosting the 100+ club luncheon at Parliament House today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yozE9qzedx\">pic.twitter.com\/yozE9qzedx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\/status\/666530024854564865\">November 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>LNP finally supports reading<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A love of books starts young! Presenting preschool reading awards at Albany Ck Kindergarten w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimManderMP\">@TimManderMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ml9UxPlpAL\">pic.twitter.com\/Ml9UxPlpAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lawrence Springborg (@SpringborgMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpringborgMP\/status\/666399683867074560\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Seven government departments delaying Barrett Inquiry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastTMoore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Moore<\/a> reported, &#8220;Seven Queensland government departments are dragging the chain in providing information to an independent Commission of Inquiry required to report to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk by January 14.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/seven-government-departments-delaying-commission-of-inquiry-20151116-gl0f6v.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seven government departments delaying Commission of Inquiry.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"TheQueenStreetWharfDeal\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(November 16, 2015) &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0The Queen&#8217;s Wharf deal<\/h2>\n<h3>First installment signed off<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastTMoore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Moore<\/a> reported, &#8220;The Queensland Government is guaranteed $1 billion in revenue from the new $3 billion Queens Wharf casino development, which was finally signed off on Monday morning by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.\u00a0Most of that revenue &#8211; $880 million &#8211; comes after the casino has been operating for 10 years.\u00a0Ms Palaszczuk told reporters the first instalment of $272 million would begin to be paid to the Queensland Government on Monday.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/business\/queensland-queens-wharf-mega-casino-deal-finalised-20151116-gkzvei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland Queen&#8217;s Wharf mega casino deal guarantees $1 billion for state.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> Queen&#39;s Wharf DBC contractual close:&#10;$272m paid today.&#10;$880m casino taxes over 10yrs from 2022.&#10; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4WA98l3xJK\">https:\/\/t.co\/4WA98l3xJK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Marler (@Qldaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qldaah\/status\/666067543661092864\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First instalment QueensWharf contract $272m paid to govt today Will be used to pay down state debt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/re7U4wppoK\">pic.twitter.com\/re7U4wppoK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris O&#39;Brien (@COBrienBris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COBrienBris\/status\/666046729775542272\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Star showing of their model of the Queen&#39;s Wharf development to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnastaciaMP\">@AnnastaciaMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNrmjFjORx\">pic.twitter.com\/YNrmjFjORx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Wordsworth (@MattWordsworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWordsworth\/status\/666050685096427520\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Charlie&#8221; natural gas development, Wandoan<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brisbanetimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brisbane Times<\/a> reported, &#8220;Queensland&#8217;s natural gas industry has received a major boost with the announcement of a $1.7 billion development expected to create up to 1600 construction jobs.\u00a0QGC and its joint venture partners, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Tokyo Gas, revealed the proposed development, known as Charlie, of its natural gas tenements west of Wandoan on Monday.\u00a0&#8220;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/17b-qld-gas-project-to-create-1600-jobs-20151116-gkzu38.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1.7b Qld gas project to create 1600 jobs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mojgan Shamsalipoor forced removal sparks strike<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brisbanetimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brisbane Times<\/a> reported, &#8220;Brisbane teachers will take industrial action on a human rights issue for the first time, continuing their campaign in protest against the government&#8217;s detention of an asylum-seeker high school student.\u00a0Mojgan Shamsalipoor, 21, was months away from graduating at Yeronga State High School when she was forcibly removed in August from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation Centre and taken to a Darwin detention centre after a failed visa application.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/teachers-at-brisbane-school-to-strike-over-students-immigration-detention-20151116-gl0552.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teachers at Brisbane school to strike over student&#8217;s immigration detention.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>French flag at half mast<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastTMoore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Moore<\/a> reported, &#8220;Extra police will be sent to the Gold Coast as security against any terror threat during this years&#8217;s annual Schoolies Week, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.\u00a0However Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told Ms Palaszczuk in a Monday morning briefing that there is no known threat of terrorism in Queensland.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/palaszczuk-orders-extra-security-for-gold-coast-schoolies-20151116-gl0c6d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palaszczuk orders extra security for Gold Coast Schoolies.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_30831\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/video\/watch\/30111402\/terror-attacks-brisbane-queensland-vigilance-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30831\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30831\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/QldPausesToRememberParisAttacks.jpg?resize=190%2C104\" alt=\"Max Futcher reported: Queenslanders have paused to reflect on the atrocity of the Paris terror attacks, but police aren't taking any chances.\" width=\"190\" height=\"104\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Futcher reported: Queenslanders have paused to reflect on the atrocity of the Paris terror attacks, but police aren&#8217;t taking any chances.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flags at half mast at Qld parliament among them the tricolour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lczUSbtOo4\">pic.twitter.com\/lczUSbtOo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneDoherty9\/status\/666038624551473152\">November 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>LNP MP renews call for death penalty reintroduction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brisbanetimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brisbane Times<\/a> reported,\u00a0&#8220;A Queensland MP has renewed calls for Australian governments to consider the death penalty to deal with terrorists, in the wake of the deadly Paris attacks.\u00a0Moggill MP Christian Rowan sparked controversy last week when he used a debate about counter-terrorism laws to call for a reintroduction of the death penalty for &#8220;certain or specified terrorist acts&#8221;.\u00a0Dr Rowan today stood by his speech, insisting Australia needed to take &#8220;the strongest possible action &#8230; in relation to extremist criminal ideology&#8221;.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/queensland-mp-calls-for-debate-on-death-penalty-for-terrorists-20151116-gl05e5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queensland MP calls for debate on death penalty for terrorists.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LNP MP Dr Christian Rowan tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> he&#39;s had overwhelming positive feedback to call for death penalty debate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris O&#39;Brien (@COBrienBris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COBrienBris\/status\/666126409400643584\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Another push to extend and unify retail trading hours<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_30833\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/video\/watch\/30111665\/retail-trading-pushed-to-extend-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30833\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ExtendTradingHours.jpg?resize=190%2C105\" alt=\"Lauren De Joux reported: South East Queenslanders could soon have more time to get their shopping done as a fight begins to extend trading hours.\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren De Joux reported: South East Queenslanders could soon have more time to get their shopping done as a fight begins to extend trading hours.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Newman brother-in-law Nic Monsour to run in Federal election<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brisbanetimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brisbane Times<\/a> reported,\u00a0&#8220;Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman&#8217;s brother-in-law will contest the next federal election in the Brisbane seat of Moreton.\u00a0Nic Monsour has been pre-selected by the Liberal National Party to take on incumbent Labor MP Graham Perrett in next year&#8217;s election.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/monsour-to-contest-moreton-for-lnp-20151116-gl0cwf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monsour to contest Moreton for LNP.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><a name=\"QueenslandsOldestDomesticViolenceShelter\"><\/a><\/h6>\n<h2>(November 15, 2015) &#8211;\u00a0Queensland&#8217;s oldest domestic violence women&#8217;s shelter<\/h2>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s House turns 40<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@kristian_silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristian Silva<\/a> reported, &#8220;When Queensland&#8217;s oldest domestic violence women&#8217;s shelter was set up in 1975, its creators hoped the doors would close five years later.\u00a0Women&#8217;s House, whose office is based in Woolloongabba, provides emergency refuge for women and children in fear of their lives and also offers an outreach support service.\u00a0Each year, about 70 women and their children seek accommodation from Women&#8217;s House, and they are put up for a maximum of three months in three safe houses across the city.&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/queensland\/womens-refuge-anniversary-a-bittersweet-reminder-of-domestic-violence-20151114-gkyxgd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women&#8217;s refuge anniversary a bittersweet reminder of domestic violence.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Campbell Newman book sales going well?<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Price is dropping.  I predict less than $5 by Xmas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qldpol?src=hash\">#qldpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CantDo?src=hash\">#CantDo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mJZLvIwGl5\">pic.twitter.com\/mJZLvIwGl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Col Smith (@Dangerman_2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dangerman_2\/status\/665742223552589825\">November 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging the week in Queensland politics and news. Table of contents Jump to comments section. (November 18, 2015) &#8211; Anti-terrorism tactics for Queensland. (November 17, 2015) &#8211; LNP has been &#8216;denuded&#8217;. (November 16, 2015) &#8211; The Queen Street Wharf deal. (November 15, 2015) &#8211; Queensland&#8217;s oldest domestic violence women&#8217;s shelter. . 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