http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/chris-bomber-bombolas-quits-politics/2009/02/19/1234632960541.html

The Main Roads Minister was the eighth Labor MP to answer Premier Anna Bligh's call for party renewal ahead of an expected early election.

Education Minister Rod Welford and former health minister Ken Hayward confirmed last September they would not stand.

They joined already-announced Labor retirees Pat Purcell, Jim Pearce and Linda Lavarch.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25071816-5006786,00.html

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25068366-3102,00.html

Four-Year Fixed Parliamentary Terms
Ms JONES: My question without notice is to the Premier. Can the Premier please explain to the House the process required to enable Queenslanders to vote on a referendum for four-year fixed parliamentary terms?

Ms BLIGH: I thank the honourable member for the question. It does give me an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment I made in my ministerial statement to all sides of politics that I am committed to a bipartisan process that will allow us to determine jointly a suitable question to be put to the people of Queensland and a suitable time to put that question. That question would then need to be incorporated
in a bill that the House would vote on. Every member of this House would have an opportunity at that point to declare themselves as either a yes or no voter.
I do think it is important that people understand that there will be no box that says, ‘yes maybe’, ‘yes if’, ‘yes but’ or ‘yes with my fingers crossed’. It will be ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and every member of this House will have to put their views forward in a forthright and honest way and then commit to that during the time we talk to the electorate about it.
I have to say that I left this chamber last night with a great sense of optimism. It is very rare in party politics around the world that we see unanimity on an issue in what can be a difficult policy area. In this case what we had was a unanimous vote of the parliament on an unconditional motion to go forward with a referendum on four-year fixed terms.
So imagine my disappointment when I learned that, within minutes of that vote, the member for Southern Downs, the Leader of the Opposition, was up in the press gallery briefing journalists that he did not really mean it. He did not really mean that vote. What he meant was that the conditions he really wanted were still part of what he really meant. So what we know about the member for Southern Downs
is that his firm resolve and leadership on these issues did not survive his exit from the chamber. That is how long it lasted. When we get a decision out of the Leader of the Opposition he cannot even make it last a lunch hour. Thirty seconds is a long time.
I do wonder where the Liberals stand on this issue. I am sure members would like to have been a fly on the wall during the party room discussion on this. I suspect there are a number of Liberals who do want to support four-year fixed terms and they do not want to see it compromised and have politics played with it and have it drawn into a murky debate about other partisan issues. I would encourage them to show some leadership if the member for Southern Downs is incapable of that.
With that kind of jelly running down his spine it is not surprising that we have seen no action at all on the Leader of the Liberal Party. I welcome into the gallery today Mrs Joyce Baker. I join the minister for public works in encouraging the Leader of the Opposition to meet with Mrs Baker to hear her side of this very sorry story. I am convinced that if he does the right and decent thing and listens to this
woman’s story—just take the time to have one conversation with this one Queenslander—I would be very surprised if he did not come back into this chamber and tell us exactly why the member for Caloundra will no longer be in a leadership position in his team.
There it is, the mighty leadership grunt of the member for Southern Downs. He cannot sustain a policy position for as long as it takes to get out of the chamber. He cannot determine his leadership team.

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