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\n2:06 Queensland – Cue banjo music
\nLNP state convention.
\nLiberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington says she would consider a resolution passed at the LNP state convention to establish an \u201cOffice of Science Quality Assurance\u201d.
\nAre we living in some sort of dystopian novel?
\n5:46 It’s very Orwellian when the title is the exact opposite of the nature of the institution.
\nRemember 1984? The Ministry of Peace was concerned with War. The Ministry of Love maintained Law and Order. The Ministry of Truth concerned itself with news and entertainment.
\nNow we have the fucking Office of Science Quality Assurance!!!!
\n… Former state LNP MP for Hinchinbrook Andrew Cripps brought one such motion urging a future LNP state government to establish the science office, which would have the ability to ratify or reject scientific reports handed to the government.
\n\u201cWe want this passed so our parliamentary members can point to this policy and say this is how we are responding to the challenge of people with alternative views to make sure we\u2019ve got good data to back up rational decision-making,\u201d Mr Cripps said.
\nIn particular, he was concerned about the laws brought before Parliament by the Labor government in February, which seek to tighten regulations around farming and mining run-off into Great Barrier Reef catchment areas.
\nMr Cripps claimed the science behind the legislation was \u201cflawed\u201d and a science office would be able to \u201cobjectively\u201d rule on scientific advice handed to the government.
\nMs Frecklington said she wasn\u2019t ruling out the idea.
\n\u201cIt is something which my parliamentary team are keen to have a look at and we will certainly be having further discussions,\u201d she said.
\n8:06 Battle lines drawn as LNP faces internal struggle over control of the party
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\nFrom The Courier Mail
\nThe LNP is in the midst of a civil war as the \u2018religious right\u2019 seeks to gain control of the party in the wake of the contentious abortion decriminalisation vote.
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\nTHE first real signs a civil war was brewing within the LNP became evident last year when about 100 unexpected faces turned up to the party\u2019s Metro West AGM to turf out then chair Leigh Warren.
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\nHer backers were blindsided.
\nIt happened again just days later at the party\u2019s Metro South AGM.
\nMany described it was the march of the \u201cChristian soldiers\u201d, those within the party who want the LNP to lurch further to the right on issues like abortion, euthanasia and religious freedom.
\nIt was not until after this month\u2019s North Brisbane AGM on Monday, July 1, however, that they were moved to act.
\nIt was standing room only at the meeting at the Aspley Hornets football club as more than 100 new faces once again flooded into the meeting to replace newly appointed Brisbane councillor Tracy Davis as chair.
\nThose on the other side were ready this time, however.
\nThey too ensured everyone who could attend was on hand to support their preferred candidate for chair \u2013 Lilley candidate Brad Carswell.
\nSuch was the influx of voters that the meeting was delayed 45 minutes. Mr Carswell eventually won by a single vote.
\nIt was these scenes that LNP president David Hutchinson slammed as \u201cunedifying\u201d on Sunday as he successfully moved to change the rules to \u201cprotect the ...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}