Tim and Sam: Brisbane and the Gold Coast look like they are one or two suburban subdivisions away from having their conurbations merge. Ormeau is on the Brisbane side, Coomera is the Gold Coast, and Pimpana exists uneasily in limbo between them. But they’re psychologically different. They have different voting patterns, for one. All Gold Coast seats are Liberal federally, while Brisbane has a mix of Labor and Liberal.They’ll never be amalgamated. One thing that prevents them is Logan City in the middle. Neither of them want it. |