Indooroopilly 89 years ago and 89 years from now
One of the deepest rewards of campaigning is the opportunity to meet some remarkable people. Today I door-knocked (within a lengthy stone's throw of Indooroopilly Shopping Centre) a gentleman who still lives in the same house he was born in on Moggill Road - 89 years ago. At that time, Moggill Road was a simple dirt track rather than today's congested arterial:
Serious preventative health initiatives key to a healthy Queensland
As a person who has spent nearly 30 years working on health research, including Parkinson's disease, stroke and other movement disorders, as well as cardiac rehabilitation and exercise for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease, I'm especially proud of the health initatives t
Plans to build Queensland's largest coal mine are unsound economically and environmentally irresponsible.
The purchase by Indian tycoon Gautam Adani of the Moray Downs cattle station and his announcement of plans to build the largest ever open-cut and underground coal mine complex in Queensland's Galilee Basin will be seen as good news by some.
The Australian feels "No need to panic about global warming"
On Wednesday The Australian reprinted from the Wall Street Journal the now infamous Open Letter “No Need to Panic About Global Warming”, prompting me to write the following letter, but although t
The mood of the electorate
The "mood of the electorate" is hard to pin down. As the average of a broad range of opinion, it doesn't really represent individuals, it's not easily captured by polls, and it's as much about feeling as thinking. Nevertheless, it's a significant ingredient in every election - which is why the pundits try so hard to capture it.
