CONFUSION reigned in City Hall at yesterday's council meeting as conservative councillors tried to determine which party they represented.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman denied the councillors were members of the new Liberal National Party, saying they were to be referred to as "Administration" or "Liberal" councillors.

However, his views were disputed by Speaker Margaret de Wit who said she thought they were LNP councillors as of July 26.

"I'm not quite sure why he (Cr Newman) said that," she said.

Further attempts by The Courier-Mail to clarify the situation were made, with Neighbourhood Planning chairwoman Amanda Cooper adamant the new Coalition party was still to be ratified.

It was a sentiment shared by Public Transport chairwoman Jane Prentice.

But Cr Prentice admitted she wasn't sure because she had been "out of the country" on a trade mission.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24136277-3102,00.html

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/first-casualty-for-new-conservative-party/2008/08/07/1217702224952.html

“Liberal National Party (LNP) president Bruce McIver told The Australian newspaper the 2006 ban on broadscale tree-clearing could be scrapped if the party won the state election, due late next year. ”

They need to get their act together, with the LNP president indicating the ban will be scrapped.

Think of all the koalas that will be left homeless, oh the humanity.

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Regional Rorts MkII the Nat just love regional partnerships.

Here, from http://www.springborg.com/lawrence-views.php?id=1 is a sample of the new thinking, which shows clearly just how clever they are, so clever in fact, that I doubt that many of you lot will even be capable of recognising the sheer genius of it all.

“Our capacity to generate renewable power isn’t to be measured as a quantity – as our vast reserves of coal and minerals, prime agricultural land, or fishing grounds have been measured in the past.”

So there you have it, brand new thinking, and no more of that old hat quantity rubbish.

Springborg doesn’t oppsose a bam Rod:
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/LNP-urged-to-clarify-tree-clearing-stand-H74WQ?OpenDocument

“Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg late last week indicated the ban would stay in place.

“That issue’s gone, the laws are in place, and the laws are staying there in place, there is no issue,” Mr Springborg told reporters.

“It’s a furphy that some people have been dragging around based on previous statements of certain people. What’s done is done.”

But, he said, property owners had not been properly compensated under the deal and the LNP would address how the government could better respect property rights.: