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the new Queensland Party
Jun 22^nd, 2010 at 7:13pm

Anyone know anything about it? I would like to get some details on their policies.

Ten more join maverick MP

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/ten-more-join-maverick-mp-20100622-ysqn.html

Well, not yet, but they are going to, according to Aidan McLindon.

McLindon's new party 'a jigsaw puzzle'

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/mclindons-new-party-a-jigsaw-puzzle-20100607-xpkl.html

Liberal National Party defector Aidan McLindon says his new political party has no policies yet, but members will be free to vote however they like anyway.

Mr McLindon, a first-term MP from Beaudesert, announced today he would be the leader of a new "moderate" force in state politics called the Queensland Party.

New party will split vote: Bligh

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/new-party-will-split-vote-bligh-20100607-xott.html

A new political party will fracture the conservative vote in Queensland in the same way One Nation did, Premier Anna Bligh says.

People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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Re: the new Queensland Party
Reply #1 - Jun 22^nd, 2010 at 8:06pm

Former MP forms new political party

Queensland could gain its second new political party in a month.

A former state Labor MP and a former media adviser to the Liberals have announced the formation of a centrist party - the Republican Democrats.

Party CEO Peter Pyke, a former police officer and Labor MP, said the "RepDems" will be unfettered by the "outdated left-right models of the past".

Former MP forms new political party June 22, 2010 - 8:14AM

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Queensland could gain its second new political party in a month.

A former state Labor MP and a former media adviser to the Liberals have announced the formation of a centrist party - the Republican Democrats.

Party CEO Peter Pyke, a former police officer and Labor MP, said the "RepDems" will be unfettered by the "outdated left-right models of the past".

Advertisement: Story continues belowMr Pyke said the new party heralded the end of "Ford versus Holden" politics in Australia.

Co-founder Graham Higgins, previously an adviser to a Liberal federal minister and party president, said the Republican democrats will be a moderate force in national politics.

"(We'll) appeal to people in the broad centre, including Australians on the intelligent left and the compassionate right.

"We constitute a party for thinking voters who take their politics seriously, as well as those of us who no longer see value in former affiliations," Mr Higgins said.

The party needs 500 members or a sitting MP to become a registered political party.

Rebel state MP Aidan McLindon broke from the opposition Liberal National Party and announced the formation of the Queensland Party - a federation of independents - on June 7.
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That could make things sligthly more difficult, to see future outcomes?

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Re: the new Queensland Party
Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 11:54am

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"(We'll) appeal to people in the broad centre, including Australians on the intelligent left and the compassionate right.

"We constitute a party for thinking voters who take their politics seriously, as well as those of us who no longer see value in former affiliations," Mr Higgins said.

The party needs 500 members or a sitting MP to become a registered political party.

Got my interest!

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 52933 At my desk.	Re: the new Queensland Party Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 6:50pm Me too. It would be nice to have a bit more choice than two old parties and a few looney independents. The republican democrats email failed: info@republicandemocrats.org.au
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Re: the new Queensland Party
Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 9:53pm

freediver wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 6:50pm:

Me too. It would be nice to have a bit more choice than two old parties and a few looney independents.

The republican democrats email failed:

info@republicandemocrats.org.au

The most ominous combination of three otherwise innocent words: new Queensland party.

The echoes are inescapable:

Hello, my name is kevin, I am from Queensland and I am here to help. (heard that one before?)

now it's replayed as

'Hello, I am Kevin, I am from Queensland and I caould do with some help'. (h/t Kudelka)

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