Queensland local government

Property Council of Australia

The Australian laments outcome of Queensland local government elections

Sun, 2008-03-30 03:06 — James Sinnamon

Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspaper ponders how Queenslanders' opposition to over-development can be thwarted.

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population

Propaganda Watch

Anna Bligh

The Australian

Gympie Times fabricates evidence to hurt candidate

Sat, 2008-03-29 02:26 — Greg Wood

At the last minute on Friday 14 March the day before the Queensland local government elections, in a desperate bid to harm the chances of Ron Owen a candidate for the Integrity Gympie team contesting the election for Mayor of the Greater Gympie Council, the Gympie Times newspaper fabricated a story based on a fraudulently altered screenshot of a Google search. The story claimed that Owen had purposefully connected his campaign web-site to community group web-sites and identities so as to improperly claim their support for his campaign.

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Cate Molloy calls on all Sunshine Coast Super Council Candidates to boycott OSCAR

Mon, 2008-02-25 13:01 — admin

Media Release: Cate Molloy calls on all Sunshine Coast Super Council Candidates to boycott OSCAR

24th February 2008

Ms Cate Molloy, Division 9 Candidate for the Sunshine Coast Super Council (and former Member for Noosa) today called on all Council and Mayoral candidates to boycott the group called OSCAR (Organisation of Sunshine Coast Associations of Residents).

OSCAR claims to represent the interests of the residents of the Sunshine Coast and is interviewing candidates with a view to promoting those it favours.

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Cate Molloy

Sunshine Coast

Keep Brisbane liveable - stop the destruction of Kalinga Park

Sat, 2008-02-23 01:30 — admin

Labor and Liberal plans to bulldoze a beautiful stand of mature hoop pines and gums at the eastern end of Kalinga Park are unacceptable and unnecessary, says Green Candidate for Hamilton Ward, Tristan Peach.

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The Greens

Brisbane City Council

Kalinga Park

Airport Link

Community activists and Greens to stand in Townsville local government elections

Tue, 2008-01-29 10:50 — admin

Today Greens Mayoral candidate, Jenny Stirling unveils her team ‘Community Voices’ at the Palmetum at 12.50pm Tuesday 29th January in a bid to win office in the local government elections in Townsville.

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Community Voices

Townsville

Independents to challenge pro-developer Gympie Council

Sat, 2008-01-26 20:09 — admin

The launch of the bid of group Integrity Gympie to win control of the Gympie Council chamber is to be held at the Gympie Bowls Club at 2.00PM on Saturday 2 February 2008. Integrity Gympie was formed by independent community activists together with three currently serving councillors who were concerned that the current Gympie Regional Council led by Mayor Mick Vernados favours the interests of developers at the expense of their own constituents.

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South East Queensland

Save the Mary River

Integrity Gympie

Federal elections and Queensland local government amalgamations

Mon, 2007-11-26 13:33 — James Sinnamon

Australians, finally able to rejoice at the demise of the hated Howard government, can count themselves lucky that the Queensland Labor Government's undemocratic local government amalgamations program enacted at the behest of the Property Council of Australia did not fatally undermine Federal Labor's election campaign.

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Throw Howard Out

Greens and Douglas Shire Mayor to talk on fighting amalgamations

Thu, 2007-09-13 14:18 — James Sinnamon

Australian Greens lead Senate candidate for Queensland Larissa Waters will today meet Douglas Shire Council Mayor Mike Berwick to discuss how the Greens can help to overturn the decision to amalgamate local Councils.

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local government

The Greens

Howard's paper thin hypocrisy on amalgamations

Thu, 2007-08-16 13:47 — James Sinnamon

The Coalition Government has exposed its hypocrisy on council amalgamations with its current attack on the Queensland Government according to Independent Member for Calare, Peter Andren.

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local government

Throw Howard Out

Peter Andren

Queensland mayors defy dismissal threats to consult their communities

Sun, 2007-08-12 14:28 — James Sinnamon

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and his Local Government Minister Andrew Fraser have forgotten the meaning of the word 'democracy'. Mayors who consult with their own constituents over the question of the abolition of their local governments face instant dismissal. These provisions were added to the legislation which forces many Queensland local councils to amalgamate with neighbouring councils at the last minute when the legislation was rushed through in the early hours of Friday 10 August.

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local government

Andrew Fraser

Don't let Peter Beattie save John Howard's political hide

Fri, 2007-08-10 02:11 — James Sinnamon

Those who have read "The Latham Diaries" will have found startling confirmation of the fact the State Labor Premiers are cynical enough to deliberately damage the electoral prospects of their Federal counterparts in order to better ensure their own survival at the state level.Adapted from an article cross-posted to Online Opinion. Also, see article on webdiary "Peter Beattie bent on destruction of Rudd's chances" by Margo Kingston.

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Peter Beattie

Mark Latham

Bob Carr

Gold Coast residents still don't know how their suburbs will grow

Tue, 2007-06-26 09:09 — James Sinnamon

Residents of Mudgeeraba and Reedy Creek still don't know how their suburbs will grow following a public meeting on the Gold Coast's Local Growth Management Strategy held in Mudgeeraba last week.

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Queensland

South East Queensland