Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

No, not Maxine McKew, but that is a possibility. Mr Trevor has good form: his scare tactic campaign performed well for Labor at the last state election, and I believe he is scooting around Gladstone in a four wheel drive with a billboard on his vehicle. It is little wonder that the opposition leader rang Mr Trevor and urged him to seek preselection. I know that Labor is hoping that Flynn preselection will have a fairytale ending but, forgetting about the cinderellas of the story, the rank and file members are very much out of the picture. The biggest cinderella of them all, and quite unfairly so, is Daniel Rochford, who has sought preselection twice in the past 12 months and has been rejected on each occasion by factional interests. All he could muster for his own defence was: ‘It is not for me or any other member of the Labor Party to comment on internal Labor affairs.’ But Dave Burns, a former councillor, said, ‘What a slap in the face this is for Labor supporters in Gladstone.’ The question has got to be asked: what has Labor got against Daniel Rochford? (Time expired)

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