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If I recall correctly MCM was elected off the back of some flight path issue? Anyone know if he has fixed it? If not he may be seen to be ineffective.
I’m pretty sure he was elected because Terri butler was a lame duck who was taking Griffith for granted
Adam
He advocates for a night time curfew and cap on air traffic movements. If he got his way he would financially cripple the airport – especially as they have just built a new runway – and by extension severely affect the Queensland economy. For the greater good, it is a good thing that he is ineffective. Another example of the Greens being off with the economic pixies.
Given the greens were elected on a protest vote it is highly likely all 3 will lose their seats. These areas aren’t as solidly left wing as Melbourne CBD. At least separately anyway. I’m sure if you combined the 3 of them across the Brisbane river they could manage to hold it but not separately. MCM is the one likeliest to hold his seat the other 2 will likely lose to Labor or the lnp
New YouGov poll released claiming all 3 Greens QLD seats will fall to Labor.
This was perfectly said over in the Brisbane QLD page:
“It leads to the question about the wiseness of a strategy that relies on the professional class for votes while at the same time advocating a political approach that the professional class are increasingly uncomfortable with.”
We saw it with the state QLD election, the Prahran byelection and probably this federal election, despite a few Greens supporters claiming more locally motivated reasons for why they lost. It is so obvious that this brand of “radical” is losing them votes amongst the highly educated, “feel-good” Greens voter and the Greens higher-ups are too blind to see that these voters are necessary to win.
If I was typically a Greens voter and lived in a seat like Griffith, Brisbane or Ryan, I tactically would vote 1 Labor 2 Greens this time, for the reason that in a hung parliament situation, Labor doesn’t appear to have a cosy or encouraging relationship with the Greens, and may be unwilling to acquiesce to their steep demands. Labor needs as much of a leg up as possible in order to form minority government at all, and prevent Dutton from grasping that same opportunity.
Yes, it would be interesting if this tactical scenario plays out in the voters’ minds.
@Adam he was elected partially off a NIMBY flight noise issue, involving wealthy residents in the affluent (but flight-adjacent) suburb of Bulimba complaining that the planes were too loud going over their houses. Nevermind that the airport has been there for decades. His curfew plan is economically and logistically unsound.