An occasional round up of Queensland politics by Italian journalist Nino Culotta , a brickie whose home made pizzas are repeatedly condemned by health inspectors, blamed for frequent outbreaks of Montezuma's Curse on building sites throughout Australia .
Holy macaroni with lashings of spaghetti ! Where to start ? Keeping up with the comings and goings of politicians and would be politicians in Queensland is more involved than War and Peace , except in Tolstoy's great novel you could rely on a train running on time now and again to run over a key character. Talking of trains , it seems an Italian is needed to fix up the rail timetables in this state .
The Liberal National Party , made up of arm wrestling Liberals and Nationals , united in alleged holy matrimony not so long ago under the aegis and steam iron of Lawrence Springborg, who recently decided to vacate the scene , rumoured to soon be made CEO of Lawrence Drycleaning , is showing clear signs of domestic violence .
The Liberal National Party , made up of arm wrestling Liberals and Nationals , united in alleged holy matrimony not so long ago under the aegis and steam iron of Lawrence Springborg, who recently decided to vacate the scene , rumoured to soon be made CEO of Lawrence Drycleaning , is showing clear signs of domestic violence .
There were cries of traitor and stone the crows! when Steve Dickson (LNP ) , junior minister in the one term Campbell Newman Government , polishing the Sunshine Coast seat of Buderim , announced he had jumped ship and would stand for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party , which plans to contest the entire 89 seats in the next Queensland election . It was even reported that Dickson said he sees himself as Deputy Premier in a Hanson state government . Strewth !
Ousted premier Campbell Newman flung fuel/dung on the fire by stating neither the ALP nor the LNP could form government in Queensland without One Nation . As the biblical prediction that the meek shall inherit the earth , with the help of the dumbed down massive Murdoch media monopoly in Queensland , shock jocks and assorted boofheads in high office increases each sabbath , fear of One Nation grows , despite the fact that there seems to be regular resignations or sackings from the party, bizarre tweets .
In an unsolicited testimonial , Senator George Brandis , the illustrious federal Attorney-General, was heard say the LNP in Queensland is less than impressive , presumably including himself in that megatag as he has not covered himself with glory in recent months .
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The unpopular LNP leader ,Tim Nicholls, and his attack dogs, have been dashing about the state barking at Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her government, terrified that the election will be called as soon as April Fools' Day .
Nicholls lobbed in Cairns recently and promised to save the state from plastic bags . Now he is in Townsville for a few days where the three ALP seats are under attack. No sooner had he landed than an obvious LNP Marconi telephonic political poll disturbed the evening TV viewing . I responded by telling the caller I am much younger , named Sophia Loren , a spaghetti ambassador .
