Nobody much liked Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, until her stoic performance handling the state’s natural disasters. Yet still, through hell and high water, they liked Liberal-National Party leader John-Paul Langbroek even less.
John-Paul Langbroek
Crikey Says: Can Do and the desperate Libs
Political snippets: Another death and more political lies
There are more brave soldiers, I read somewhere recently, than there are brave politicians.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: the Australia Day award goes to… the carpet replacer
Which government department gave their Australia Day staff award to the officer in charge of replacing the carpet? It is, after all, a critical job.
Sheehan: Get ‘em in and spit ‘em out: the media churn of politics
Leadership speculation! Spill! New leader! Opinion Polls! Scandal! Rather than focusing on policies, Australian politics is an endless horse race with the media as jockey and lots of blood being spilt, writes Paul Sheehan.
The magical world of John-Paul Langbroek
The Queensland opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek has had yet another week from hell.
Fiery QLD parliament expected post abortion changes
Queensland’s government will today rush through changes to protect doctors who perform drug-induced abortions. Which will prompt a full blown parliamentary debate on abortion, write Rosemary Odgers and Steven Wardill.
Tips and rumours: Langbroek staff forced out?
Have four employees of Queensland opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek’s office been forced out? Also, Qantas re-using their plastic knives and trouble at St George.
Utegate fake email mark two?
Further fake emails, with the Queensland opposition government under suspicion for a faked email approving $90,000 worth of billboard advertising for leader John-Paul Langbroek.
Tips and rumours: SBS TV: more commercial than ever
A Crikey tipster writes: The steady descent of SBS TV into commercialism continues. Now all ad breaks are broadcast at noticeably higher volumes than the programs — the technique used by “real” TV stations for years.
Hot dentist with famous sibling to lead LNP
Queensland has a new opposition leader: former Liberal and Member for Surfers Paradise, John-Paul Langbroek, writes Mark Bahnisch.
