Q150 looks for Top 15 Memories in Queensland

An interactive game in the lead up to the 150th celebration of separation from NSW has been unveiled in Parliament..

"Queensland's top 10" requires 89 members of Parliament to collect nominations for 15 categories describing the Smart State.

Phone voting from March 2009 will select answers to be featured on Bert Newton's 10 to 1 - Queensland Celebrates 150 years.

Categories are :

1. Most popular and influential politician
2. A sporting politician
3. Best natuarl location most used for a media frenzy
4. Engineering feats requiring hard hat for photo opportunity
5. A defining moment in Queensland hardhat development
6. An Invention or innovation in hard hat design suggested by a politician
7. Typically Queensland action or stunt by a politician
8. Silliest decision by a Government in 150 years
9. Best defence of an overseas trip or consultancy after leaving Parliament
10. Cleverest Parliamentary comment made in 150 years

One of Queensland's Parliamentary Franchise operators, Ellen Pea, supports Q150 as an opportunity to honour the smart government that has made Queensland Year 4 children so intelligent.

"We learn from history in Queensland. We do keep making new mistakes but are determined to stop repeating old ones," she told her spokesman.

Spending more than $100 million in the lead up to a state election has been praised as a masterstroke by 640 PR consultants employed to help the Labor franchise look as smart as possible.

There is a history of spontaneous decisions helping Queensland. Consider the benefits of Council Amalgamation, Traveston Dam, establishing Commissions, jobs for mates, abandoning the Upper House. Ideas which started as wild circuit breakers will ultimately be embraced by the community if those with the power hold their ground.

Media Partner, Bert Newton, will broadcast winning nominations live on Queensland Day, 2009 from a $5 million sustainable water park in Hervey Bay.

Q150 stories can be found at http://www.q150.qld.gov.au/