PARIS HILTON OF POLITICS?
John McVeigh: He has been in more parties than Paris Hilton and now he is jumping into bed with Peter Beattie’s Labor.
THERE is no love lost between former LNP stablemates John McVeigh and Ray Hopper.
Member for Toowoomba South John McVeigh unleashed on Mr Hopper during parliament on Wednesday, likening the Katter’s Australia Party state leader to an notorious American socialite.
“Sure, he has been in more parties than Paris Hilton and now he is jumping into bed with Peter Beattie’s Labor,” Mr McVeigh said.
Mr Hopper defected from the LNP in 2012 after accusing the State Government of not being interested in regional communities.
When he first came to parliament in 2001, he was registered as an independent.
He remains the elected member for Condamine.
Wednesday’s parliamentary outburst followed a decision by Katter’s Australia Party to give electoral preferences to the Labor Party.
“It begs the question: does the Katter party leader in this chamber also want Peter Beattie back in power – a man who demonised and terrorised farmers for a decade and did his best to destroy farming here in Queensland?” Mr McVeigh asked.
“Is the KAP leader, the ‘Katter’s Labor Party’ leader, the member for Condamine, wholeheartedly supporting Peter Beattie’s return through a grubby preference deal in Forde? “Is Ray Hopper serious? “Is this part of his plan, to join the Queensland Opposition?”