This happened in my Adelaide suburb recently too. Most of the residents did nothing but complain to the council. And the council did virtually nothing, pleading that because these are native birds it can't take extreme measures, like shooting or poisoning them.

It is actually remarkably easy to move corellas on. You just go out in the half-dark just after sunset when they are settling in for the night, and preferably also just before dawn, and wave a torch beam up into the trees towards them. It only has to startle one into taking flight, and the whole tree full of them go too. After a few days of being chased they don't come back.

It has to be done by locals each dealing with the trees in their immediate area, because it only works during a narrow time window, and the council can't put the necessary number of people on the ground for those short periods at those times. It requires a powerful LED torch, but they are readily available. And it requires you having more perseverance than the corellas. If you only do it once, or occasionally, the ones you chased or others will just be back the next day.

With the newly elected member for Gilmore heading off to Canberra, buoyed by much fanfare from her party faithful, reality may soon bite.

Some may say a small fish in a big pond is our Fiona but please temper much of the support from the usual Labor faithful.

The fact is Labor is on the nose with many of the electorates as indicated by the election result.

All Gilmore has is the hope that a hard working local done good will help solve many of our region's problems.

Sorry, guys, reality politics is not like that but the embracing of reality is not a strong suit of Gilmore voters.

Fear not for redemption may not be far off as the next election may address the current anomaly and the conservatives again be returned to power.

People in Queensland need jobs. But that does not mean that they need jobs working on thermal coal mines. Queensland is already a huge coal exporter.

Yet disposable income in Queensland is no higher than in Victoria or South Australia, which export no coal. It is poor management to give resources away to foreign companies who play no royalties to produce a low value added commodity while damaging other industries. It is time to try something smarter.

This government does not have a mandate for more coal mines.

More people are in favour of strong climate action than in favour of coal mining expansion. Especially when the climate damage it causes comes with tax avoidance, taxpayer subsidies and damage to artesian water.

This government has understated the threat to Australia of climate change, misrepresented the relative costs of coal and renewable power, and presented a "coal or nothing" choice to regional Queensland.

You cannot claim a mandate if you have misled the voters.

Electricity benefits people in India. But this does not mean that the electricity needs to come from coal. Renewable power plus storage is cheaper.

Australia does not have sole influence over the climate. But that does not mean we have no influence. We are the world's largest coal exporter and a major renewables power.

We are big enough to influence decisions about how power is generated in the world, and hence influence how hot and dry our country gets.