Heirs to Exile
Posted by Jacques Chester on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Annabel Crabb in today’s SMH says that Josh Young is the second most senior Liberal in office in the country. Josh is President of the University of Queensland student union.
It’s a pity that:
a) Annabel didn’t bother looking around a bit more — not a few Liberal students become council members, including Gareth Ward in Shoalhaven, and
b) that the Liberals are in such a precarious place.
Incidentally, the CLP had a party-room spill yesterday, and today Terry Mills is again Leader of the Opposition. In a 2-vs-2 split, Jodeen Carney fell on her own sword to move things along.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 9:00 AM and filed under Politics - national.
Follow comments here with the RSS 2.0 feed.
Apologies. Comments and trackbacks are both currently closed.
Stop wasting time and get back to studying for those exams. This is the voice of your conscience.
Posted on 30-Jan-08 at 11:23 am | Permalink“not a few Liberal students become council members” I do not understand this phrase, can someone translate it please?
Posted on 30-Jan-08 at 2:41 pm | PermalinkAnnabel Crabb should find something actually relevant to write about.
Posted on 30-Jan-08 at 3:42 pm | PermalinkScott Farlow is the Liberal Mayor of Strathfield in Sydney.
Posted on 30-Jan-08 at 5:22 pm | PermalinkBut yeah, Annabel Crabb should shrug off the comic role she’s been thrust into before she becomes the Maureen Dowd of the Canberra press gallery.
They run for council positions — in most places called “aldermen”, sometimes “councillor”.
Posted on 30-Jan-08 at 5:40 pm | PermalinkJohn Flowers (Liberal) is the mayor of Rockdale, Sydney. I’m sure there are many other Liberal mayors around the place. Is there something special about the office of the Mayor of Brisbane that makes it higher office than other positions of Mayor? Seems like the media are reminding everyone how prone they are to reporting rubbish.
Posted on 31-Jan-08 at 1:15 am | PermalinkBy what authority do you place council members at a higher level than presidents of a student union? Is there some sort of Debrett’s Guide to help us work out the pecking order?
Posted on 31-Jan-08 at 7:16 am | PermalinkBecause city councils are, to a small degree, less about circle-jerking and peacock posturing than student unions.
Posted on 31-Jan-08 at 11:55 am | Permalink