Chris Hooper.
Chris Hooper attended the draw wearing a pineapple-themed shirt and said in a statement he was âdefinitely the underdogâ and that he would finance his own campaign rather than accept money from âself-serving peopleâ.
âThe Palaszczuk Government has spent millions of dollars of tax payer money to prevent me from being mayor,â he said.
âI am really pleased that a lot of people have suddenly showed a lot of interest in running for council: this could best be described as âThe Pineapple Effectâ.
âIt would be even better if the new candidates spent some time and effort in developing some policies first other than claiming to be an honest, community-minded, hard worker.â
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A perennial candidate for local government elections over the past decade, Leyland Barnett has joined a crowded field vying to be the Rockhampton region’s next mayor.
The prominent road safety campaigner was born in Rockhampton and has happily lived in the region his whole life with his wife of 37 years.
He’s worked in a “multitude of industries” including the rural and manufacturing sectors, as well as office administration, property development and self-employed running his own driving school for the best part of two decades. Leyland Barnett often appears in the media sharing road safety messages.
Public Service Support Well done to the public servants that fell for the bonuses promised by the ALP and voted them back in for another four years of hard labor. The public servants will be cut by $352 million and millions more are set to go. Think about the ALP Queensland Government raiding your super funds, I hope you have any money to be able to retire on when you eventually have to retire? Well done, Queensland, with believing in the COVID-19 scare campaign putting these sharks back into power. Campbell Newman will be nothing compared to these animals? You voted for them and good luck with that?