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	The World Today - Brisbane Mayor, Jim Soorley, to quit
		A former Catholic Priest, Jim Soorley fended off claims of inexperience and questions about his sexuality, to develop his own distinctive political style.
		JIM SOORLEY: Politics is a tough game and I think, the Mayor of Brisbane is an electorate of 600,000, and it's a big grind.
		JIM SOORLEY: Well it is. But I think you've gotta realise your own limitations and weaknesses and strength, and one of the things about power is that they say you know power sort of corrupts.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s856966.htm (698 words)

	Jim Soorley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soorley was known through the media as "Lord Mayor Jim", with local radio station B105 having a character by the same name on their widely popular morning show with Jamie Dunn.
		Soorley was not expected to wreste the Lord Mayoralty from the the very popular first female (and first Liberal Party of Australia) mayor of Brisbane.
		Soorley was a virtual "unknown" at that first election, but was one of the few Australian politicans to increase his popular vote in each of the next three elections in whiich he stood over the next 13 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Soorley (408 words)

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	Campbell Newman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Indeed, there was a belief that the Liberal candidate - Newman - was effectively serving the same purpose as Soorley had for the ALP before his election, running against a very popular incumbent (in Soorley's case, the incumbent was Sallyanne Atkinson, in Newman's it was both Soorley and Quinn) with no great likelihood of winning.
		Then-mayor Jim Soorley was dismissive of Newman's policies as he was from outside the Council and was believed not to understand the issues.
		Jim Soorley had announced that it would take buses, however Newman (and many Dutton Park residents) claimed that there had not been adequate consultation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Campbell_Newman (1323 words)

	Campbell Newman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Prior to the 2004 election, Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley (Jim Soorley: jim soorley (born 1951) is an australian politician....
		While such activity was legal and quite normal, there was a wide perception that the Brisbane City Council had become very undemocratic and that the 2004 election would be a surrogate referendum on the years of Soorley leadership, as well as on the manner of his leaving.
		Jim Soorley had announced that it would take buses, however Newman (and many Dutton Park residents) believed that there had not been adequate consultation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/campbell_newman (1248 words)

	Bastards Inc.: Surly Soorley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It's not hard to see Soorley strutting around the streets of Brisbane, living on past glories when he was feted and courted by journalists for his opinion.
		Jim Soorley likes to talk it up on Sunday mornings from the comfort of his quiet, sheltered existence in Brisbane's leafy suburbs.
		Jim Soorley would be better off haranguing the local councils to clean the streets, fix the roads, and put up more playgrounds.
	bastardsinc.blogs.com /bastardsinc/2005/07/surly_soorley.html (605 words)

	Ovations - Jim Soorley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jim Soorley was born in northern NSW in 1951.
		After completing high school, Jim went to Sydney to train at the Marist Seminary at Hunter's Hill and was ordained as a Marist priest in 1976.
		As a Marist priest, Jim's ministry was diverse and included teaching, vocational and youth guidance, media liaison and the management of social policy programs.
	www.ovations.com.au /bios/JimSoorley.shtml (572 words)

	Former Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley
		Jim Soorley was Brisbane's Lard Mayor from 1991 - 2003, and you can still ask just about anyone in Brisbane what they think of him, and get a strong opinion in response.
		Jim entered politics after careers in the priesthood and management consultancy, and now, despite fears by his family and friends that he'd find life post-mayoralty a bit tough, he's as busy as ever - still in business, and writing columns, and drinking a lot of coffee!
		One transforming experience Jim had as a priest was a trip to the Philippines, where he visited the slums and poor parts of Manilla under the Marcos regime.
	www.abc.net.au /queensland/conversations/stories/s1769830.htm?queensland (675 words)

	Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley addresses the Australian Labor Party at Redcliffe
		I had decided some weeks ago to attend one of Lord Mayor Jim Soorley's public addresses to the Labor Party faithful following a tip off that the Redcliffe branch of One Nation would be holding a silent protest at the event.
		Soorley as sweet as you would please (like the earlier comment that my company worked for the Brisbane City Council) had an answer which was beautifully presented but totally shot his earlier claim that what the allegedly right-wing Ackerman had said in the news paper would never happen.
		A short while after Soorley left the venue with Mary Philip the table at which I sat was embroiled in a very healthy discussion about the role of the United Nations in Australian affairs and I felt that I had at least got a few members thinking past the ACTU.
	www.gwb.com.au /gwb/news/soorley (1247 words)

	A Labor mayor but his own man - smh.com.au
		Twelve years ago, when nobody in the ALP wanted it, Soorley, an ex-Catholic priest (for seven years) about to turn 40, signed on as the Labor candidate against the Liberals' Sallyanne Atkinson, at the time the celebrity lord mayor of Brisbane whom everyone said, after six years in the job, was unbeatable.
		Soorley was reported having to deny claims he was a homosexual, that he was having an affair with a married woman, that he was a bankrupt, obsessive gambler.
		Soorley has never been coy about his poor relationships with the Goss and Beattie Labor governments and is stunningly candid about offering advice.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/05/16/1052885402894.html (1357 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jim Soorley
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		B105 FM is one of Brisbane, Australias main FM radio stations, primarily targeted at youth.
		Brisbane's former Lord Mayor, Jim Soorley, was elected for four terms and served in the office since 1991.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jim-Soorley (893 words)

	Our Queensland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Amnesty International demonstrators in a symbolic "cell" in King George Square in October 1980, from left; Father Jim Soorley, Rosemary Kyburz (then Liberal MLA for Salisbury), Margaret Nulty, Philip Tahminjis, journalist Hugh Lunn, Jennifer Woodhouse and then Railway Station Officers Union state secretary Peter Beattie.
		Jim Soorley, approaching his last days as Lord Mayor of Brisbane; Rosemary Kyburz, author Hugh Lunn and Premier Peter Beattie.
		Another was a fiery young priest named James Soorley, later to swap clerical cloth for lord mayoral robes.
	www.thecouriermail.news.com.au /extras/oq/book3march.html (487 words)

	Brisbane Institute: People - Jim Soorley
		Jim Soorley is currently serving his third term as the Lord Mayor of Australia's largest local government authority.
		With a background in management and community involvement, Jim Soorley has been transforming the Council into an efficient customer service oriented organisation.
		Prior to being Lord Mayor, Jim was a management consultant, advising a number of prominent businesses in both Australia and the United States on training, recruitment and organisational design.
	www.brisinst.org.au /people/soorley_jim.html (146 words)

	Financial Review - They're up and running for Brisbane City Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The election for Brisbane's lord mayor may still be two years away, but the announcement that Jim Soorley will retire next year, before the poll, has sent the major political parties into a spin and left the business community concerned about who is up to taking on the job.
		Soorley's subsequent decision to serve at least another 14 months has headed off the prospect of a by-election, with local government legislation allowing the serving political party to appoint a successor from its ranks until the election is due.
		Soorley's former chief-of-staff, Jim Reeves, was considered a strong chance after he quit a high-profile job in the Victorian Public Service amid a "jobs for the boys" scandal.
	afr.com /specialreports/report1/2002/03/27/FFXRUI8Q5ZC.html (703 words)

	3 December 2003
		Jim Soorley, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane (1991-2003), has been awarded the prestigious Redmond Barry Award by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in recognition of his contribution to the revitalisation of Brisbane's public libraries.
		Jim Soorley was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane City Council, Australia's largest local government authority, in 1991 and immediately made a commitment to improving Brisbane's public libraries.
		In less than ten years, under Jim Soorley's leadership, the Brisbane City Council Library Service was transformed from being regarded as Australia's 'worst metropolitan library service' to one that is today regarded as one of the best in Australia, if not the world.
	www.alia.org.au /media.room/2003.12.03a.html (468 words)

	Transcript
		SOORLEY: Well, I can actually give you the facts, and it might be good for this gentleman out of Melbourne who is known as a Right Wing…
		SOORLEY: In 1991/92 the total rates revenue for Brisbane was four hundred and thirty-three million dollars.
		SOORLEY: Well, no-one… no-one in Australia does it on a per head basis.
	www.ipe.net.au /Soorley.htm (1165 words)

	Tim Blair: Comment on PERSON HAS OPINION: REPORT
		Jim was a reasonably effective Lord Mayor, let it be said.
		Lord Jim, let it not be forgotten, had Brisbane declared a "nuclear free zone" some years ago, and I believe visitors to Brisbane are still afflicted with signs to this effect when leaving the airport terminal.
		My particular point is Jim's column in today's Sunday Mail, in which he gushes over his good fortune in being able to dine with Al Gore in Melbourne last week.
	spleenville.com /~lilith33/blog/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2851 (522 words)

	Recognising excellence and acheivement
		On 4 December 2003 Brisbane City Council Chambers were the venue for a ceremony where former Brisbane City Mayor, James (Jim) Soorley was presented with the Association's Redmond Barry Award, and the University of Queensland Cybrary, Ipswich Campus was recognised with an ALIA Award for Excellence.
		Jim is a man of vision who saw the big picture and delivered policies and resources to implement those visions.
		As a leader with an innate social conscience, Jim ensured that public library services would be available to all - he wanted the whole population of the City of Brisbane to have easy access to high-quality library services.
	www.alia.org.au /publishing/incite/2004/01-02/excellence.html (1144 words)

	Fluoride debate a 'gutless' diversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mr Soorley, a vehement and long-standing critic of adding fluoride to water, accused Premier Peter Beattie of creating a distraction from the problems of Queensland's hospitals.
		Mr Soorley said Mr Beattie would be happy that voters were concentrating on the fluoride issue, rather than hospitals.
		Mr Soorley accused Mr Beattie of "a fairly typical gutless response" to the Forster recommendations, by forcing local councils to implement the system and pass the costs to ratepayers.
	www.fluoridealert.org /news/2420.html (286 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Australia - Beattie cautious over Brisbane River tunnel
		Premier Peter Beattie says the State Government is naturally cautious about the Lord Mayor's ambitious plan to build a major tunnel and toll road under the Brisbane River.
		Jim Soorley says he is the man to make the tunnel work and may delay his early retirement.
		Cr Soorley says he will stay until the end of March 2004 if needed but Mr Beattie warns taxpayers will not foot the bill if the project fails.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/australia/ABCAPAustraliaLatestStories_713279.htm (152 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I was appalled this morning to hear that Jim Soorley - mayor of Brisbane - has taken it upon himself to fly the UN flag on city hall as a sign of protest against Australia's commitment of troops to Iraq.
		Soorley is a useless fool who should have been put out to pasture after his anti-firefighter comments a year ago!
		Now Jim is right into human rights - let's be honest, here is a man who threw open the town hall gates for the IRA only 2 years ago, and who was strangely quiet when a proposed refugee site was being vitriolically opposed by the good people of Brisbane.
	www2b.abc.net.au /news/forum/newsonline2/archives/archive10/newposts/7/topic7675.shtm (1236 words)

	Brisbane not the Bush - Some Federal Implications of the Brisbane City Council Election - On Line Opinion - 15/3/2000
		Lord Mayor Jim Soorley, known sarcastically around the town as Lord Jim, has been in power for 9 years.
		Polling shows that the electorate believes Soorley is arrogant and that it is ready for a change.
		Jim Soorley promised that he would run the GST as an issue.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=1833 (2061 words)

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		Cr Soorley on radio on 17 April maintained that the installation of the cats eyes would cost $3m, a far cry from the $2m he quoted in a recent Council debate.
		The propensity for Cr Soorley to avoid addressing the issue and simply attacking the messenger was highlighted on the morning of 17 April by his cowardly attack on firefighters, as well as his attack on the ABC radio presenter.
		In the interim - Cr Soorley, you are the weakest link...Goodbye.
	www.ufuq.asn.au /1.html (743 words)

	Mayor under attack for Bush joke - theage.com.au
		Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley has come under attack from opponents over his anti-war website containing derogatory comments about US President George W Bush.
		Mr Soorley, a former Catholic priest, has long taken a strong stand against Australia's involvement in a possible war with Iraq.
		Mr Soorley, who has already announced his intention to retire before the election next year, defended the website and challenged Mr Newman to reveal his view on the issue.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/11/1044725781379.html (294 words)

	Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online >> Editions > 1996 > May > Gold
		As Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Jim Soorley presides over Australia's largest Council.
		Popularly elected by some 534,000 electors, he represents the largest number of constituents of any elected representative in the three spheres of government.
		Jim Soorley believes that, to some extent, Local Government is its own worst enemy.
	www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net /editions/1996/may/gold/Deamalg.shtml (315 words)

	Brisbane Institute: People - Jim Soorley
		Jim Soorley is currently serving his third term as the Lord Mayor of Australia's largest local government authority.
		With a background in management and community involvement, Jim Soorley has been transforming the Council into an efficient customer service oriented organisation.
		Prior to being Lord Mayor, Jim was a management consultant, advising a number of prominent businesses in both Australia and the United States on training, recruitment and organisational design.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/20388/20010921/www.brisinst.org.au/people/soorley.html (123 words)

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