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Loyalty doesn’t matter for Parliament’s party hoppers

27 Nov 05:40am

Filed under: Bob Katter, Loyalty, Politics, Ray Hopper

I remember an MP saying to me once that we were due for a death of an MP or Senator. We hadn’t had a death for a while, and statistically we were due one.

Ray Hopper (left):Katter wooed me with promises of more wide brimmed hats. Photo: NWN

I couldn’t help but think that we were due the defection of an MP, when I heard about Ray Hopper jumping ship. There hadn’t been a defection since Peter Slipper up here and statistically it was always going to happen.

Ray Hopper is the state MP for Condamine, which is the area out the back of Toowoomba. He was elected to Parliament as an independent – a dairy farmer who made his name at the local dairy cooperative, and prior to that a meatworker who was very active in the Meatworkers Union.

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fairsfair says:

06:35pm | 27/11/12

looking at it from an internal point of view Dave, it would be down to who brings in the most political donations. the libs will always rake that in due to their alignment with business. I think its a reality the Nats have just grown to accept. like if Energex… Read more »
TheRealDave says:

03:38pm | 27/11/12

I totally agree Fairs but the point still remains that the Nats have always been the driving Conservative voice in Qld. Even now if you broke it down there are far more Nat elected members in the LNP than Libs. I’m jsut wondering how the Nats allowed themselves to be… Read more »

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