November 16, 2009 – 2:03 pm
Well, my summer is looking a whole lot more straightforward since Peter Garrett overruled Anna Bligh, vetoing the Traveston dam project. The idea of having to camp out near Gympie with a bunch of irrititing hippies really didn’t appeal, but such is my love for lungfish and turtles that I would have gone to any [...]
October 13, 2009 – 12:51 pm
Asylum seekers in boats are all over the news again, this time for a boat that was stopped rather than one which arrived. Philip Ruddock has provided a bit of nostalgia, talking about ten thousand people heading for Australia – exactly the same figure he was using ten years ago.
This latest boat, reportedly stopped by [...]
October 5, 2009 – 12:07 am
The failure of current Liberal frontbencher Peter Dutton to win Liberal National Party (LNP) pre-selection for the seat of McPherson has reportedly led to calls from Malcolm Turnbull for the party in Queensland to do “whatever it takes” or “everything it can” to ensure Mr Dutton is not lost to federal parliament.
Queensland has caused grief [...]
August 25, 2009 – 11:19 am
The Queensland government has tried their best for a quite a few years to ignore the calls to change the state’s laws on abortion. However, whatever your views are on abortion, the issue in Queensland can no longer be avoided by the Queensland Parliament.
The situation for individual women seeking an abortion and for doctors prepared [...]
Last weekend saw a festival held in Brisbane to mark World Refugee Day. Over the last 30 years, south-east Queensland has seen a big increase in the range of ethnic communities with a refugee background. A growing number are from our region in South-East Asia. One of the newest emerging communities in Brisbane is the [...]
Any brief glimmer of satisfaction at the Queensland government announcing the environmentally and economically sensible decision to scrap the state’s eight cents a litre petrol subsidy was immediately countered by the statement that the planned sale of Queensland Rail’s coal assets “will maximise the amount of coal that Queensland can export to the world.”
If only [...]
It will be difficult for anyone who resides in Queensland to get to the end of this year without being made well and truly aware that 2009 is the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Queensland as a separate colony.
The Queensland Premier has released a list of 300 potential Queensland icons, across ten different categories. [...]
