According to the proposed Liberal National Party Constitution “No Member shall make any statement or comment, either on or off the record, to any journalist or media organisation about the affairs of the party without the prior approval of the State President or the State Director”. So my informants are getting in first. I have […]

I’m still ploughing through the proposed Liberal National constitution, and I’m not sure that the National Party know what they’re letting themselves in for. A number of the features that make the Liberals prone to branch stacking are present, albeit as variations of the way they appear in the Liberal Party’s constitution. So it’s interesting […]

Mal Brough favours amalgamation of the Liberal and National Parties, but only on the right conditions. Speaking today at the Queensland Media Club lunch Brough stressed that an amalgamation should only happen after proper input from the membership and if it improved the chances of the current National and Liberal Parties winning state and federal […]

I’ve only just started to plough through the proposed Liberal National Party constitution, but there is already one remarkable thing about it. It bans a very small number of us from membership of the new party. Under the definitions “Member” is defined as: Member means a financial Member of the Party and includes any person […]

I’ve been sent a copy of some of the Liberal Party’s Agenda for its Convention this weekend. Never in the history of the Liberal party has an agenda arrived so late. Too bad if you actually wanted to research your reply to a motion. Although, one might ask what is the point in having motions […]

Phillip Adams does a riff on some of the same themes about the Henson controversy that I attempted in this post. I have to admit it’s the first Phillip Adams column I have read all the way through in decades, and as a result, it’s the best I’ve read in decades. And when you put […]

David Fraser is a recognised expert in Queensland elections and electoral boundaries, having been involved in most Liberal Party redistribution submissions since the 1970s. This is his take on the Queensland redistribution. Thanks to David for preparing it for the blog. With the release of the proposed Queensland electoral boundaries it might be useful to […]

I couldn’t help thinking watching Q&A that as a Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a good Opposition Leader, and that whatever his Mandarin speaking skills, he’s a creditable Mandarin. Large numbers gushed in answer to every question, and at one point he even referred to the Opposition as the Government. So it was billions of […]

I have received better information on the Liberal National Party, so I’ve uploaded a few files. Make of them what you will. The major difference between what I was told, and what appears to be the case is that there will be four regions in the south-east, not two. I’m not sure that it will […]

According to The Courier Mail, and confirmed from sources, the Queensland Liberal State Council decided last night to bring their plebiscite on the amalgamation forward, and to reject calls to postpone thier convention. However, according to the Courier Mail, the convention won’t be taking a vote on the merger proposal, although it will discuss it. […]