"I think for the first time the people of Queensland have seen behind the (Beattie) personality smokescreen, have seen behind the slick political media conferences, have seen behind the stunts," he said.
Sorry Bob but the electoriate has seen through Premier Beattie's slick style and excrement-eating grin for a long time. Many know he's so full of it he should be flushed but it's just that they don't see the fractured Opposition as a viable alternative.
The Liberals particularly seem to be having a hard time coping with the fact that Queensland is different when it comes to conservative politics. The city-country/Liberal-National divide is almost insurmountable. But the Liberals would rather disappoint those on the right generally and remain in opposition than forge an effective partnership with the Queensland Nationals.
Meanwhile, Quinn's party is talking up the idea of running a ticket at the next Gold Coast City Council elections. Way to go - party politicise another tier of government at a time when the electorate locally is complaining that blocs fail to properly represent the interests of individual areas.
Prime Minister John Howard, while pulling Queensland National Senator Barnaby Joyce into line over the final sell-off of Telstra, recently commented that local concerns must be sacrificed for the party line.
Quinn's desire to have a Liberal local government may well be seen as just replacing one special interest group (the current Developers Bloc) with another (political parties).
Meanwhile, Labor commentator Tony Koch's assertions that:
There is little doubt that the next conservative premier in Queensland will be a Liberal...
is simply a snide attempt to keep the wedge driven between the Queensland Liberals and Nationals. If they could only forge a united front, Labor would almost certainly go down at the next State election.
-- Nick
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