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Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election
Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:18am

Heard on the radio news this morning: Over the weekend, in Brisbane the Coalition has been returned with an increased majority in a thumping rebuke to the QLD Labor government. Labor had been expected to take over Brisbane for the first time in 13 years but instead suffered a heavy defeat in Australia's biggest local government area. This can only be seen as an attack on the incompetent QLD Labor government. A referendum on four-year terms seems certain to be successful, with just over 50% of voters in favour of it. Yes, it works in NSW but we have an Upper and Lower House. Whether it would work in QLD remains to be seen.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election Reply #1 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:21am BRISBANE could end up with its first Greens councillor, a former performance poet who says residents should be able to paint yellow lines in their street if the council ignores their request. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/council-elections/brisbane-council...
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Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election
Reply #2 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:24am

____ wrote on Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:21am:

BRISBANE could end up with its first Greens councillor, a former performance poet who says residents should be able to paint yellow lines in their street if the council ignores their request.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/council-elections/brisbane-council...

Gee wow, a poet for the Greens. You must be so proud.

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Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election
Reply #3 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:25am

Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:24am:

____ wrote on Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:21am:

BRISBANE could end up with its first Greens councillor, a former performance poet who says residents should be able to paint yellow lines in their street if the council ignores their request.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/council-elections/brisbane-council...

Gee wow, a poet for the Greens. You must be so proud.

Yes I am.

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Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election
Reply #4 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:58am

A local government election? Not a STATE or FEDERAL election, but a LOCAL government one. So a silvertail gets elected as a councillor and this is a rebuke to a STATE government? Well, I suppose any victory no matter how small is a victory. I know he is a green but, how many LNP are left up there anyway? I doubt if they could even fit in Labor's old Tarago, same as the LNP here in victoria - they are using an old minivan they rent on a weekly basis - such is the support they have from the masses.

I hope he gets to Lord Mayor and they give him a credit card like they did to failed Liberal Leader , now Melbourne Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle. He only run up over 25K in kid's school fees, nosh ups, and rides in the local Merc.

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Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election
Reply #5 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 9:57am

Armchair_Politician wrote on Mar 21^st, 2016 at 8:18am:

A referendum on four-year terms seems certain to be successful, with just over 50% of voters in favour of it.

OK so just a few thousand people decides whether there's going to be a permanent change to the length of parliamentary terms. How can that be democratic ?

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41330 Gender:	Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election Reply #6 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 10:24am The labour guy was an airhead. We experienced the left here too much, then saw the damage rudd and Gillard did.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election Reply #7 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 10:58am not sure why armpit is so excited .. brisbane has long been a liberal stronghold
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 28516 Gender:	Re: Labor thumped in Brisbane LGA election Reply #8 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 10:58am Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 21^st, 2016 at 10:24am: The labour guy was an airhead. We experienced the left here too much, then saw the damage rudd and Gillard did. The Labor chick is an airhead too.
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