Premier Beattie was today challenged by the Queensland Greens to implement proportional representation in Queensland and to announce his intention to do so at the launch of the International Conference on EngagingRead More…
The Queensland Greens will not direct preferences to any party in the Chatsworth or Redcliffe by-elections. Queensland Greens Convenor and Spokesperson, Howard Nielsen, said major factors that influenced the decision were theRead More…
“May the best man win” said Peter Beattie yesterday to Liberal candidate for Chatsworth Michael Caltabiano when they met on the campaign trail, clearly forgetting the existence of a female candidate inRead More…
The Environment Minister’s release yesterday of a new Sustainable Housing Code is a step forward, but is brimming with missed opportunity. Queensland Greens candidate for Chatsworth Elissa Jenkins said it did littleRead More…
I am running for the seat of Chatsworth in the state by-election to be held on August 20. Below is my candidate statement. Please do feel free to post me a messageRead More…
This morning a whole stack of Brisbane folk converged outside the Liberal Party headquarters to protest against Howard government’s inhumane and shameful policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. A bunch ofRead More…
Tonight’s fundraiser at The Zoo was an incredible success with an amazing turn-out. I was so impressed. Proceeds go to Refugee Action Collective’s campaign to close Baxter Detention Centre, so it wasRead More…
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Today I attended a Leadership Workshop held by Howard Nielsen. It was a great afternoon and discussed the concept of Servant Leadership which I really appreciated and could relate to. We talkedRead More…
Received a heartbreaking e-mail in my inbox today. All it’s done so far is make one of the local papers, so to push things along I sent the story to Brisbane Extra,Read More…
Tonight I attended a fundraiser at The Zoo to raise money towards the court costs of those Brisbane folk who were arrested while at Baxter 05. Enjoyed groovy music, caught up withRead More…
I went to a seminar this morning put on by Ross Irvine, a Canadian-based public relations consultant. I dressed all nice and respectable and donned my “activist” badges for a neat contrast.Read More…
This evening I attended an open discussion forum for Baxter 05 which was designed for anyone who was interested in learning more about what happened at the Baxter convergence. There was aRead More…
This week I wrote and today I sent off thank you letters to all those who donated funds to Refugee Action Collective for the Baxter 05 Convergence. This generous financial support helpedRead More…
My dear friend Luke humoured me today, taking me to the park to fly my kite. I wasn’t able to fly it at Baxter because I didn’t want to get arrested, soRead More…
Arriving home was wonderful, but very unfair. We got to come home. The innocent remain in prison. I passed on the invitation to go to the pub and jumped in a cab.Read More…
On the final day I wandered down to the Centre for the final hurrah. On the way there, I watched as police charged on a group of protesters who were holding upRead More…
It was a long day on Friday. Didn’t have enough energy or enough daylight to write. When we arrived at Port August we made contact with the Perth bus. I was textingRead More…
Almost at Port Augusta. Most people are sleeping. It’s an easy thing to do on a bus. Helen, who is documenting the trip for The Greens, hasn’t filmed any of the journeyRead More…
I wrote this on the bus to Baxter: Journey begins… I couldn’t fit the marquee in the car to bring along. This will be sorely missed. Shade will be scarce in theRead More…