David Marler

David Marler

Queensland reporter at No Fibs
David is a full time Queensland carer for his son and in quiet times contributes to NoFibs.
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(January 19, 2015) Day 14 – Save the Newmans

News, opinion and analysis

https://twitter.com/bkjabour/status/556979096207364097

No daylight saving policy from LNP and Labor

  • Amy Remeikis reports, “Both sides again ruled out the issue that the sun refuses to set on, falling back on the “we will not split Queensland” line”: No to daylight saving.

Acland mine approval – Alan Jones attacks Newman

4BC: 'Bully boy stuff': Alan Jones attacks Newman & labels LNP 'prostitutes'.

4BC: ‘Bully boy stuff’: Alan Jones attacks Newman & labels LNP ‘prostitutes’.

Rocklea – Apprenticeships

  • Amy Remeikis reports, “The Labor party continues to beat the “jobs, jobs, jobs” drum on the election campaign, having not made a new announcement in three days.Labor stays on message on jobs”: Labor stays on message on jobs.

Ten News Qld: Annastacia Palaszczuk to restore apprenticeship levels & lower youth unemployment.

Ten News Qld: Annastacia Palaszczuk to restore apprenticeship levels & lower youth unemployment.

Tourism

Ipswich – Crime and police

  • “When Premier Campbell Newman turned up at the Ipswich home of Helena Woods and her two kids at morning-tea time yesterday, he arrived with a teeming press pack, four media advisers, his chief of staff, a government minister, two local MPs and one candidate — and cupcakes for the children”: Casual cupcakes delivered with a slick and snappy service.
9 News Brisbane: "Alan Jones is a bloke from Sydney": Newman promises new iPads for police.

9 News Brisbane: “Alan Jones is a bloke from Sydney”: Newman promises new iPads for police.

Ashgrove army

Absent Abbott

Ten News Qld: Pre-polling opens: People line up to vote as unions tie Newman to Abbott.

Ten News Qld: Pre-polling opens: People line up to vote as unions tie Newman to Abbott.

CommSec – State of States report

  • CommSec reports, “Last quarter NSW stood on top of Australia’s economic performance rankings for the first time since July 2011. And NSW has maintained its position this quarter. But it has been joined on top by the Northern Territory with Western Australia slipping to third. The next grouping is Victoria and Queensland. ACT has now overtaken South Australia into sixth spot while Tasmania is ranked eighth. Over the past quarter, NSW has improved its position on retail spending to consolidate its position at the top of the economic performance rankings”: State of the States 2015 – January.
  • Amy Remeikis reports, “Queensland has retained fifth position in the CommSec report, but unemployment and population growth continue to pull it down”: State ranks fifth in CommSec report.

Pre-polling opens

https://twitter.com/GlenElmesMP/status/556987906825277440

Media watch

Cartoons

https://twitter.com/ZanettiCartoons/status/557077600598634496