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Prepare for a Petersen comeback Coast MP, bikies join Brisbane rally FROM PAGE 1 Former Noosa Shire Council mayoral candidate Dr Patricia Petersen also addressed the rally, wearing a leather jacket from her “University motorcycle riding days”. Dr Petersen, who has not been seen in the media since her defeat at the Noosa Council elections, said she felt it necessary to attend the rally. “For today, something as important as this, I felt it necessary to come out and throw my support behind it,” she said. “I’m not an
adversary of the LNP State Government, far from it, and I consider many of the MPs that are in place to be my friends. “But friends sometimes disagree over ideological issues and matters. In relation to this issue, I’m very opposed to the new laws. I think they’re too far reaching. They impact not only on those people they’re supposedly targeting, they can impact all of us.” Other speakers on the day included the sister of the last “Yandina Five” member, Steven Smith, 28, who remains in jail; Independent candidate for Griffith Travis Windsor, and Zeke Bentley, who is leading the United Motorcycle Council’s High Court challenge of the new laws. Donations were collected throughout the rally and will be used to fund the High Court challenge.
JOLENE OGLE Dr Patricia Petersen hasn’t ruled out a return to Noosa politics, saying she will score the job of Mayor sooner or later.
Speaking exclusively to Noosa Today at the Brisbane Freedom Day rally on Sunday, Dr Petersen said people have been asking where she has been since her defeat in the Noosa Shire Council elections. Dr Petersen said she has been attending to her mother who suffered a stroke during her first election campaign and rehearsing with her band Miss March, who performed at the rally. “But in addition to that, just working behind the scenes,” she said. “I’ve taken some time out away from it all, I suppose, from being in the media so regularly and, I’ve gone back to helping people under the radar a little bit. “It feels really great.” When asked if she will return to run in the next Noosa Shire Council election, Dr Petersen said “possibly”.
Patricia Petersen speaking at the Brisbane Freedom Day rally in Brisbane “As someone said, politics is in my blood. For me, someone worth voting for is someone who really wants to do the job, someone who sticks their neck out time and time again.” Dr Petersen said political
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life was stressful and it could take more than one try to win a seat. “I’m quite happy to do it tough to get in and I think I will eventually get in,” she said.
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