In what was regarded as an unnecessary act ,internationally regarded musical activist Charlie McGee , of the Formidable Vegetable Sound System , who performed at the two polling stations on Magnetic Island , was forced to move on by police. He turned up in the island in a recycled former fire truck , run on biofuel, described as a Biosphere Emergency Vehicle , bearing a large STOP ADANI sign and sang to voters for hours . In the above photo he is performing outside the Arcadia polling station in the Bowls Club , in the afternoon . Somebody apparently claimed he was too loud and the police moved him on , much to the annoyance of a number of people handing out various how to vote cards. The formidable performer , well known throughout Australia, announced that a vote for the Coalition would be a vote against the planet .
In the battle for the minds of voters, Clive Palmer's United Australia Party , Katter's Australia Party and One Nation did not have anyone handing out how to vote cards on Magnetic Island , where ALP incumbent Cathy OToole got the majority of votes. Nobody in the mainland media picked up the fact that Palmer's uncle had been driving about Townsville in a Merc during the election campaign , plus other colourful reporter - type angles .
