This evening I went along to the campaign launch of my local member Grace Grace. To be upfront, I have been a huge fan of Grace Grace for some time – a ground breaker for women in Brisbane, who also can’t believe in this day and age, there is still a need for her to be a pioneer. I like that.
Over the course of the event, I spoke with party staff members, volunteers, a federal member, local councillor and many of the party faithful. Probably the greatest surprise of the evening was the truly eclectic representation of people in attendance. That has always been both the true spirit and vulnerability of the ALP – the wide variety of people and position it represents. This was reflected in a complaint I heard from another member’s staff, who told me he was frustrated with the lack of cohesion of message between the ALPQ, the campaign and what was happening on the ground. Obviously he felt that this was the reason that the “message” wasn’t able to get through, and therefore the Galaxy Poll results.
I said yesterday that I was waiting for the excitement of this campaign, and tonight I felt it in the grass roots of inner city Brisbane.
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