#qldpol — Public Fediverse posts
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A prominent Brisbane private school is reviewing how it vets guest speakers after an evangelical ministry trainee told year 7 and 8 students, during a chapel service, that they would go to hell if they were gay.
The trainee, from St Lucia Bible Church, spoke at St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly. Head of college Tim Kotzur said the college regretted the comments and that, as a Lutheran school, it believes each person's dignity is not conditional on their sexuality.
The episode is a reminder of what religious instruction can carry into schools — including faith-based colleges that draw public funding — and of how damaging homophobic messaging can reach children under the banner of chapel and pastoral care.
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"David Crisafulli: Centrist Queensland premier is a Liberal Party role model", or so says the headline of a puff-piece by George Brandis in the Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
This can mean only one thing: David Crisafulli's career is in decline.
Even the Liberal Party backroom power-brokers know it, so they've wheeled out George Brandis to show support. What's next? The kiss of death in the form of a glowing report by Amanda Vanstone?Redistribution of electoral boundaries, and an upcoming by-election for the North Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook are going to make matters worse. Recent two-party polling says the ALP leads 51.5% over the LNP with 48.5%, which is a big swing since the last election (53.8% to 46.2% in favour of the LNP).
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There’s almost certainly archaeological evidence buried in Moreton Bay that would likely be destroyed were Port of Brisbane to proceed with its plans to dredge. #archaeology #qldpol #auspol #FirstNations #CommercialShipping www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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LNP leader David Crisafulli walks back election promise to resign if crime victim numbers increase under his government
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-25/david-crisafulli-walks-back-crime-victim-number-election-promise/104517750Make stupid election campaign promises, win stupid prizes.
David Crisafulli has poor foresight and is untrustworthy —not desirable qualities for a Premier.
David Crisafulli made that promise as a stunt, and now he's worried people will hold him to his word, so he's adding qualifiers/conditions. Curiously, his metrics are now based on victims reporting crimes, and not on the number of criminals, which shifts the onus onto victims and perversely makes his promise stronger if Queensland police have dubious integrity. -
Queensland LNP leader criticised for use of phrase considered derogatory term for Aboriginal children
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/17/do-not-publish-queensland-lnp-leader-accused-of-adopting-derogatory-online-phrase-for-aboriginal-children-ntwnfbI believe I'm not going out on a limb when I say it: David Crisafulli knows exactly what he's saying with his racist dog whistles.
David Crisafulli is a racist leader of a racist political party, and he's saying the quiet part out loud to racist people because he wants their votes.
#AusPol #QldPol #QldVotes #DavidCrisafulli #Racism #FirstNations
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David Crisafulli vows to repeal ban on developer donations and ditch ‘corrupt’ full preferential voting system
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/16/queensland-election-david-crisafulli-lnp-developer-donations-banDavid Crisafulli is blatantly attacking a key aspect of our democratic voting system, and trying to normalise property developers buying politicians with political donations.
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In response, #Labor Premier #AnnastaciaPalaszczuk has said that the process of truth-telling and treaty negotiation won't be pursued without #bipartisan support.
So, what lessons might be drawn from this development?
1. If voters say they don't want their government to listen to the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, then voters are probably also saying they don't want to hear the truth themselves.
2. Supporters of the Statement from the Heart who advocated for #Voice before #Truth or #Treaty often did so explicitly on the assumption that Treaty would be the hardest, and so it is better to start with the 'easier' ask of a #VoiceToParliament in order to build momentum. Yet in Queensland, the failure of this 'easier' step at a federal level now means the process of truth-telling (which had been moving forward and could have helped build lasting community consensus) has been thoroughly derailed.
3. Ironically, the Voice referendum was defeated via the noise created by the various 'voices to parliament' that have been long established for rich corporate colonisers (Murdoch press, Minerals Council, Macquarie Bank, etc.). So now that its been confirmed that these old voices remain supreme, #DavidCrisafulli is just tidying up leftover mess.
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In May, the #Queensland Liberal-National opposition provided bipartisan support for legislation establishing a 3-4 year #TruthTelling process, as a necessary precursor to the (extremely belated) negotiation of a treaty or #treaties with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples. And they did so in response to the #UluruStatementFromTheHeart (that had called for #Voice, #Treaty and #Truth).
At the time, opposition leader #DavidCrisafulli had personally encouraged people in his state to "embrace this [truth-telling] wholeheartedly". On the day the legislation passed, he said: "I believe in truth-telling and to me that means telling it like it is. […] We cannot shy away from the real experiences of #Indigenous Australians throughout history. We must tell the truth about the real challenges they are facing today."
But now, five months later yet before any of the formal processes of truth-telling have begun, he's withdrawn #LNP support for the legislation, promising to tear it up should his party be voted into government at the next election.
He claims he is doing so because he *is* listening—to the voices of the 'No' voters, who outnumbered the 'Yes' voters at last Saturday's #referendum.
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