What Queenslanders think about politics and links to other interesting news and views

Voters see through Turnbull, but cool on Shorten: Queensland research - The Conversation
Malcolm Turnbull’s cancellation of next week’s House of Representatives sitting has been received sceptically by Queensland “soft” voters, but they still prefer the Prime Minister over Bill Shorten, according to focus group research ahead of Saturday’s state election.
Participants were dismissive of Turnbull’s claim he was rearranging the sitting times to concentrate on the same-sex marriage bill. Nor do they believe the marriage issue will boost his fortunes.
But when pressed, these voters don’t agree Turnbull is a dead duck for the next federal election. They think Australia is headed in the right direction, and there is still some hope for him.
The four groups of 10 people each were conducted on Monday and Tuesday, two in Brisbane and two in Townsville. There was a mix of gender, age and socio-economic characteristics. They were run by Landscape Research for the University of Canberra’s Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis.
The Adani lobbyist and Labor insider who smoothed the way for the mega mine - ABC
Adani's lobbyists resigned recently after a job well done.
Headed by Cameron Milner, a former Queensland ALP state secretary, the lobbying firm Next Level had helped Adani get pretty much everything it wanted — through an extraordinarily intense campaign.
Adani began using Next Level to provide lobbying services in Queensland in February 2015.
Alongside Mr Milner, the firm features David Moore, formerly chief of staff to the LNP premier Campbell Newman.
Learning to code will eventually be as useful as learning Ancient Greek - Quartz
Evidence suggests that coding will increasingly be implemented, even planned, by AI systems. This is part of a natural progression from computer-friendly to human-friendly systems.
A new study confirms liquor makes you confident and gives you all the feels - Quartz


Inconvenient Truths About Migration - Robert Skidelsky at Project Syndicate
Standard economic theory says that net inward migration, like free trade, benefits the native population after a lag. But recent research has poked large holes in that argument, while the social and political consequences of open national borders similarly suggest the appropriateness of immigration limits.

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