. I wonder how many Q'landers will admit that they have stuffed up

I rather think they admitted it  yesterday - and decided to to correct their mistake...

Pal-az-chook? Wrong.

Pal-a-shuk? Wrong again.

Pa-lask-chek? Not even close.

Pal-a-shay

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/queensland-election-2015-how-to-pronounce-annastacia-palaszczuks...

Queenslanders have no problem with the name.  We've had it before.

Heinrich "Henry" Palaszczuk (born 12 January 1947) is a former Australian Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and minister of the Beattie Government of Queensland. He was elected as the member for Archerfield in 1984, and held that seat until his election as the member for Inala in 1992. Palaszczuk retired from politics in 2006,[1] and was succeeded in his seat of Inala by his daughter Annastacia Palaszczuk, who has been the Leader of the Opposition in Queensland since 2012.

It's a nice name and now the whole of Australia knows it.

“PAL-A-SHAY”. (Palaszczuk) sounds like 'paperchick' ?   Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Pretty sad one has to pick on someone's surname.. bit like school bullies?

That's what they do with the names of women achievers.   

A word that begins with M, perhaps.

Does that apply to people calling the prim minister "tone" and "rabbit"? 🙂

Oh ye of double standards 🙂

Whats wrong with Tone? Short for Tony.

I have never called him rabbit,  I usually refer to him as TA or Abbott.... so I feel justified in pointing out  that picking on someone's surname is like school bullies. A person who has just been appointed Premier of QLD and hasn't been given 5 secs to prove herself in anyway.

I haven't seen any of the regulars calling him rabbit recently either.

 Juliar ring a bell?

double standards?

Applies to both sides of the political spectrum  both in real life and on these boards

Doubly boring ! 

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It's a nice name and now the whole of Australia knows it.

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Yeah I wonder if she'll be challenged about her Australian citizenship the way I've seen Mr Abbot's on this forum?