Megan #FREEAssange · @GraffitiExpert
25th Mar 2013 from TwitLonger
Bob Katter MP does democracy 101 on the Gold Coast
"We've got to take the last few months of weather as a wake up call," said Mayor Tate at today's launch of the Gold Coast City Council's Draft Ocean Beaches Strategy.
"I need your help."
And following speeches and a DVD presentation Bob Katter MP did just that - sort of.
Immediately garnering the attention of the 100 or so hacks, advisers, groupies, about 10 members of the public and a handful of lunchtime diners at the Southport SLSC, Katter professed his love for the Gold Coast (particularly the Broadwater) and endorsed the Mayor's Ocean Beaches Strategy - which currently takes the form of another glossy brochure filled with weasel words.
"What we do not support is what he's doing in the Gold Coast Broadwater," he said.
Meaning a cruise ship terminal on the Gold Coast Spit.
Flanked by KAP Queensland Senate Candidate Keith Douglas, Katter MP explained that he supports the idea of a terminal but it should only be constructed offshore.
Trouble is only the Gold Coast's political and media class (i.e. 1% of the population) actually support a cruise ship terminal.
Locals know whether onshore or offshore a cruise ship terminal spells ecological and economic disaster for the region.
In any case, it was refreshing to have yet another suffocatingly stage managed media/PR event gatecrashed.
This country could definitely use more of it - and in that respect Katter MP sets a stellar example.