Qld: New party mocked in parliament

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2008
Qld: New party mocked in parliament

By Jessica Marszalek

BRISBANE, Aug 26 AAP - The Liberal National Party (LNP) has been lampooned as Queensland
politics' version of KFC on its first outing in Queensland parliament today.

It was the first parliamentary sitting for the LNP opposition, formed out of the two
conservative parties in July.

But Labor politicians today mocked the party, saying that besides its name, it was
exactly the same.

Treasurer Andrew Fraser led the charge, comparing the LNP's revitalisation to that
undertaken by a fast food outlet.

"All that the leader of the opposition has done is undertake the Kentucky Fried Chicken
(KFC) marketing overhaul of Queensland politics," Mr Fraser told parliament.

"A couple of years ago Kentucky Fried Chicken knew that people were no longer interested
in eating fried chicken, their tastes were changing and so they sat around the marketing
table and said 'Let's change our name from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC and maybe no
one will notice that what we're selling is oily, greasy chicken'."

He said the opposition had undertaken the same marketing plan.

"The leader of the opposition has gone out there and said, 'Well, no one really wants
to vote for the Liberal and National Party any more so I've got a great idea ... we're
not going to call it the Liberal National Party, we're going to call it the LNP and no
one will notice that it's the same group of people with the same old ideas, the same greasy,
good old boys," Mr Fraser said.

Premier Anna Bligh later said the LNP had failed to make an impact on their "big day out".

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