Queensland Election

[nero_bolt]

For a few weeks this is a good place for all the Qld election stuff..

Both sides and even Clive 

Labor will lose they have nothig and are a policy free zone

So post away.

[polksaladallie]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Already there is some in-fighting in the LNP in Queensland.  A meeting to choose a new leader has been cancelled, and the contenders are seeking air time to push thieir cause and denigrate others.

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A reflective Mr Seeney said there would be years of analysis of what had gone so wrong for the Newman Government.

But even as a leadership spat appears to be brewing within the party's ranks of long-term leaders, Mr Seeney thinks he has some idea of where the mistakes were made – and he is not looking at those still standing.

"Well, a lot of people, including me will reflect on that for a long time, but I think it is was something of an experiment to bring a leader from local government into the state government sphere," he said, referring to the "Newman experiment"

"I think that was very successful in winning the election initially but I think we underestimated the challenge of bringing not just the Premier, but all of his associated staff and senior advisors into a situation where they weren't familiar with the accepted norms and weren't familiar with the processes.

"It was a huge step to make, coming into a situation where all of those things were new and on reflection I think that we underestimated what a challenge that was.

"There is a whole culture around state government that those of us who serve our apprenticeship in state government, we all learn it. It is very difficult when you have a large group of people who come into that culture without understanding it.

"...It is not a matter of being ready for the challenge. There were a lot of very capable people. 

"But there were a lot of very capable people that came into a situation they were not familiar with. And there is no way of explaining to somebody the parliamentary processes and the parliamentary systems and the accepted modes of behaviours and the accepted norms and the inter-relationships that exist.

"But when you bring a large group of people into a situation that they are not familiar with, I think it led us to do things in a way that people did not think was acceptable for a state government.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/jeff-seeney-reflects-on-what-went-wrong-for-newman-govern...

The claws are out.

[debra9275]

It's currently looking as if Pauline Hanson may win a seat 

Pauline Hanson now ahead by 365 votes in Lockyer. @LNPQLD no hope of minority govt if she wins. #qldvotes

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

It's currently looking as if Pauline Hanson may win a seat 

Pauline Hanson now ahead by 365 votes in Lockyer. @LNPQLD no hope of minority govt if she wins. #qldvotes

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Yay go Pauline!

[debra9275]

Lol if she wins a seat, she might request an investigation into Tony abbotts slush fund that resulted in sending her to jail. Now that could be interesting 😀

[vicr3000]

That i good news.

Should liven up Parliament Lol

[gleee58]

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@debra9275 wrote:

It's currently looking as if Pauline Hanson may win a seat 

Pauline Hanson now ahead by 365 votes in Lockyer. @LNPQLD no hope of minority govt if she wins. #qldvotes

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Antony Green says not likely. She'll get roughly 30 grand for the effort though.

[donnashuggy]

She's very quiet lol https://twitter.com/paulinehanson1

[debra9275]

here's some more on that now

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-02/pauline-hanson-takes-lead-in-count-of-lockyer-seat/6064278

Antony Green doesn't expect her lead to hold as you said Gleee

[donnashuggy]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-election-2015-pauline-hanson-could-make-politi...

[iapetus_rocks]

. . . "A reflective Mr Seeney said there would be years of analysis of what had gone so wrong for the Newman Government.

But even as a leadership spat appears to be brewing within the party's ranks of long-term leaders, Mr Seeney thinks he has some idea of where the mistakes were made – and he is not looking at those still standing.

"Well, a lot of people, including me will reflect on that for a long time, but I think it is was something of an experiment to bring a leader from local government into the state government sphere," he said, referring to the "Newman experiment"" . . .

They really need to do years of analysis?  Really?

Why can't the LNP understand that it is not that they failed to communicate or explain or justify their policies which is the problem . . . it is the very policies themselves which act as a poisonous and corrosive element, eroding their electoral support.

They are truly fools.

The LNP are not failing to communicate their policy messages at all , , , they communicate them all too well, and the electorate rejects them en masse as being unpalatable and unacceptable.

Do we expect the LNP to change and become sensitive to what the voters want?

We live in hopes, but we exist and we vote in a Reality.

LNP . . . listen up. Truly listen. But more than that; change your policies to ones which are more reflective of the needs of society as a whole and give up pursuing policies which favour the big end of town.

It's their choice. let's see if they are capable of genuine understanding and genuine listening and genuine response.

So far, they have chosen self-interest and maaates-interest and the electorate has become (understandably) disinterested in them.