News and views on the 2008 Queensland election. http://qlddecides.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:43:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://qlddecides.com/images/M_images/rsss-logo.jpg http://qlddecides.com News and views on the 2008 Queensland election. http://qlddecides.com/Latest/Bartlett-on-Queensland-results.html Senator Andrew Bartlett gives his take on results in the rest of the State. Being a lifelong resident of Brisbane, I feel best qualified to give some comment on the results in that city. While I know less of other areas, it is still worth looking to lessons from some of them. News - Latest Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:27:16 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Brisbane-City-Council/Bartlett-on-Brisbane.html From Senator Andrew Bartlett, an in-depth assessment of the Brisbane results. Despite the Liberals running as Campbell Newman's 'Can Do' candidates, rather than as Liberals, they will pleased that they now have the buffer of six very safe seats - McDowall, Chandler, Walter Taylor, Macgregor, Hamilton and Pullenvale - with a margin of over 20 per cent, plus another five with a margin of more than 10 per cent. In contrast, Labor now have very few safe seats, with only one – Morningside – clearly above a 10 per cent margin. LGAs - Brisbane City Council Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:41:33 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Brisbane-City-Council/Newman-returned-VOTAY-s-take.html Sarah from The Voice of Today's Apathetic Youth (http://todaysapatheticyouth.blogspot.com) gives her take on the BCC wash-up. Yesterday, Brisbane returned Campbell Newman along with a Liberal majority council for the first time in 15 years. LGAs - Brisbane City Council Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:45:32 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Brisbane-City-Council/Bartlett-on-the-Council-Elections.html Senator Andrew Bartlett (http://andrewbartlett.com) gives his take on the local elections in Brisbane. Local government elections were held around Queensland yesterday. As with most elections over the last 20 years, I spent a large chunk of the day at a polling booth. LGAs - Brisbane City Council Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:55:23 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Latest/Newman-s-victory-one-for-Campbell.html Joe Hockey reckons that Campbell Newman's win is the first step on the comeback for the Liberal Party. Baloney News - Latest Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:26:54 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Latest/Big-changes-throughout-the-State.html Well, the local elections have come and gone, and there have been some big changes throughout the State, with long-serving incumbents losing and majorities tumbling. Here's a brief summary. I have just wrapped the major centres - please email us updates from your neck of the woods - j5.wilson@qut.edu.au News - Latest Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:57:54 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Cairns-Regional-Council/New-order-in-Cairns.html Mike from Cairnsblog (http://cairnsblog.net) considers the rise of Cairns' first female mayor, Val Schier. Although neither Byrne or Schier has conceded or claimed victory, it looks likely that within the next 48 hours, Cairns' will usher in it's first female mayor in 130 years. Schier holds the lead on 27,509 votes or 47.11%. Incumbent Mayor, Kevin Byrne, gained 25,843 on the election night count, 44.26%. LGAs - Cairns Regional Council Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:30:24 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Latest/Big-results-Statewide.html Brisbane: Campbell Newman looks like he might win a majority on council, and has romped it in for the mayoral vote. Townsville: Tony Mooney looks to be out, Les Tyrell in. Cairns: Val Schier looks to be in ahead of Kevin Byrne Sunshine Coast: Bob Abbott is romping it in. Gold Coast: Ron Clarke seems to be holding on. News - Latest Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:43:57 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Cairns-Regional-Council/Cairns-elections-and-independent-media.html On election day, Mike from Cairnsblog vows to soldier on with his online independent journalism. I've been looking forward to writing this column. It signals the end of the line for questioning and battling what we see as this local Council's inability and incompetence to work with the people. I started this exercise only mid last year, and was spurred to do so from many far from satisfactory interactions with the Cairns City Council. LGAs - Cairns Regional Council Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:09:33 +0100 http://qlddecides.com/Cairns-Regional-Council/Judgement-in-Cairns-Byrne-not-fit-for-office.html Mike from Cairnsblog (http://cairnsblog.net) makes his judgement in the Cairns Council race. I was looking through the files, and saw some interesting leaflets that I thought I'd share. I moved to Cairns just before the 2000 election, and quickly settled into Yorkeys Knob. There were promises from Big Kev that he would deal with the Northern Beaches access roads if he was elected. They have a history of flooding and blocking residents in almost every wet season. LGAs - Cairns Regional Council Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:26:48 +0100