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Opinion

Pauline Hanson Vs Warwick Capper?

March 2, 2009

Late last week Queensland’s (and possibly Australia’s) most divisive politician Pauline Hanson announced that she would be throwing her hat in the ring of this year’s state election, contesting the seat of Beaudesert. This morning, at her official campaign launch, she was asked if she had become a serial campaigner, a fairly legitimate question after [...]

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

February 26, 2009

Actually it is more like Buses, Trains, Ferries, City Cats and Automobiles. The last few days has seen Brisbane traffic in true gridlock. Accidents, train issues, road works – you name – we have seen it, and when you put it all together you get a day like today. On Tuesday, Shadow Transport Minister Fiona [...]

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Will social networking rule this Election?

February 26, 2009

While many scoff our politicians in their attempts to ‘connect’ with constituents by using the latest internet-based thingy or iFad, both the Labour and LNP marketing teams have been somewhat on the ball in ensuring their key candidates for Premier are all social-networked-up. Given the success Obama had in using things like YouTube and Facebook [...]

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Unpowerful Reflections

February 25, 2009

I am used to ridiculous amounts of spin. I think we all are. But there are still times where I have to take a step back and get my breath. According to some pundits, Queensland Labour Party has 300 in the spin team – perhaps LNP should hire one to oversee what their current team [...]

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The Snap Election Misnomer

February 24, 2009

All over the media last night and this morning was the term “snap election.” From the UK to the US and even here, snap election dominated the headline or first copy sentence. This saw me wondering: ‘Is there really such a thing as a snap election these days?’ Politicians and their respective parties start campaigning [...]

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