Tag: LNP

Queensland Senator Gerard Rennick Moved out of Winnable Spot in State Conference

Queensland Liberal Senator Gerard Rennick has been removed from the party’s senate ticket for the next election following a preselection held on at a state convention. Mr. Rennick lost his spot to long-serving party treasurer Stuart Fraser. After a close vote against former federal Young Liberals vice-president turned consultant Nelson Savanh, Mr. Fraser won with only…


Survey Finds 50 Percent of Australian Youth Experienced Negative Mental Health, Worse in Lockdown States

A 2021 survey led by Mission Australia and Orygen on Australian youths has found around half, or 50 percent of those surveyed, found their mental health was affected by the pandemic, with high lockdown states such as New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria having the highest reports of adverse mental health. Victorian youths, who experienced…


Anthony Albanese Decries Web Address Redirect to LNP as ‘Childish’

Australia’s Labor Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has decried a move by the Liberal-National coalition party (LNP) after it registered a web address bearing his name. The web address albanese.com.au is registered to a “Sam Jackson” from the LNP. But in a trick Albanese referred to as a “childish,” the site redirects visitors to the LNP’s…


Crime and Corruption Watchdog Chairman Resigns One Month After Damning Report

Alan MacSporran has resigned as the chair of Queensland’s Crime, and Corruption Commission (CCC) after a damning report released in December made his role “untenable.” MacSporran, who was a Queen’s Counsel and criminal barrister for four decades before joining the Australian state’s corruption watchdog, said he wrote to Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath, tendering his resignation effective…