Crank the Croc
What about us!
FELT like embracing my inner Shannon Noll and scream ‘what about me!” after reading the new member for Caloundra’s maiden speech (well yes, someone had to do it).
As you will be aware Kendall Morton knocked off one-term Labor MP Jason Hunt at the October state election, on the back of a big blue wave. So I was interested to read the new MP’s thoughts on her vision for the hinterland and her constituents of Beerwah, Landsborough, Glenview. I think the answer is: stay tuned. Apparently Caloundra is all about the congested coast roads and Pumicestone Passage.
There was no mention of Landsborough, one reference to having visited Beerwah State High and zilch else about the hinterland (or Aura for that matter). In fact the seat was described in terms that can be best described as ‘coastal’. Ms Morton spoke of its past as a beachside town and holiday destination, concluding with frustration that “Caloundra has always been treated like an afterthought by all levels of government”. Just imagine being an afterthought of an afterthought. Other than that there were the usual suspects in the crosshairs of Ms Morton’s speech: red tape, education and youf.
While Mr Hunt got punted, you can’t fault his presence in the hinterland. He’d go to the opening of a wound, as one pundit quipped.
Look at me rockin’ out
I was wondering what all the hoo hah was about this Enclave development in Maleny when somebody played me a recording of the thudding breaking of basalt rock.
Okay, that would be pretty annoying day in, day out.
Had to have a chuckle at Winston Johnston’s take on the matter who to paraphrase, said at least residents aren’t living next to a quarry. That’s certainly hard to argue with.
