Warwick Parer, and others, have been referring to a supposed convention that a spill motion must be accepted as carried by the chair of a parliamentary party meeting when the vote is in fact even. While this seems unlikely, it has been uncritically accepted by a number of commentators.
David […] Continue Reading…

This is the text of a media statement made this afternoon:
This afternoon I am informed that the Queensland Liberal Party State Council purported to expel me from the party of which I have been a member for over 30 years.
This decision has not been properly arrived at, as stated […] Continue Reading…

The decision to flouridate Queensland’s water supply gives Premier Anna Bligh a signature achievement that should easily define her premiership for generations to come. Former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Clem Jones, is most remembered for sewering Brisbane. Former Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen had the street marches and being tried for […] Continue Reading…

I love the way climate scientists like to make predictions rather than measurements. Halfway through this year I read a report in the Adelaide Advertiser that 2007 was going to be the hottest year ever. Now Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia, one of the alarmists in […] Continue Reading…

It’s fascinating how lies infect one organ in the media, and then get transmitted on. Here’s one that first invaded The Courier Mail and then spread around both the mainstream and alternate media.
If you believe The Courier Mail, the current deadlock in the Queensland parliamentary Liberal party could have […] Continue Reading…

We ratified the Kyoto protocol and received a standing ovation. If you’re into instant gratification it was a moment to savour for a couple of seconds. If you’re not, you should ask yourself what was actually achieved.
The Kyoto protocol is in tatters. Most of the signatories are in breach […] Continue Reading…

One of the most striking things about the Queensland Liberal Party Parliamentary stand-off is the way that the organisational chieftain, Warwick Parer, has tried to assert superiority over the parliamentary leadership. He even wanted a casting vote in the parliamentary meeting.
But, unlike Flegg, Parer doesn’t even appear to be […] Continue Reading…

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An election for the House of Representatives was held on 24 November 2007 at which the Coalition Government led by the Prime Minister, the Hon John […] Continue Reading…