A late intervention by the state government will prevent a “glorified hippie” from becoming the rightful mayor of Rockhampton. Current Rockhampton mayor Margaret Strelow has resigned, leaving the mayorship to her runner-up in the previous election. Chris Hooper, an anti-coal activist known to locals as ‘Pineapple’, won 31 per cent of the vote. Pineapple protests … Continue reading Mayor ‘Pineapple’ ruled out of Rocky by Annastacia Palaszczuk