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Ray Smith

Public Question To Dr. Paul Williams. Re: Australia’s Republic Debate

15 June 2012

Below is a copy of the email that I sent Dr Paul Williams, Senior lecturer at the School of Humanities on Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus, three days ago. At the time of publishing this post, it still has not been replied to. Whilst I am not naive enough to think that he would personally [...]

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Is It The System That Is Broken Or Only Those Within It?

29 April 2012

With polling booths now closed on another Queensland election weekend, this time the vote was for the Local Government representative, though the lucky people of South Brisbane did have the privilege of queuing up twice, as they had to vote in the by-election caused by the resignation of former Labor leader Anna Bligh. This campaign, whilst not as exciting [...]

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Is A Political Party It’s Leader Or The People Within It

16 April 2012

Last week saw the resignation from Australian politics by the Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown. Since the announcement, there has been all sort of speculation as to the future of the party without him at the helm. Whilst the reasons behind his departure have been wide and varied, ranging from saying that it was due [...]

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Be Wary Of A Pleading Politician

11 April 2012

With recent opinion polls suggesting that Federal Labor is in dire straits, and the Queensland State election following through with it, banishing Labor to the political wilderness for at least the next decade, things are looking pretty grim for the ALP’s candidate for Brisbane Lord Mayor, Ray Smith. Things appear to be that dire in [...]

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Wouldn’t You Hate To Be In Ray Smith’s Shoes In 2012

31 December 2011

I don’t know about you, I actually do feel a tad sorry for Labor’s Brisbane Lord Mayoral candidate, Ray Smith. With the Brisbane City Council elections due to take place in 3 months time, on 31 Mar 2012, apart from the odd billboard and roadside wave, we haven’t really seen or heard that much from [...]

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