The Queensland government is trying to prevent a climate change activist named Pineapple from becoming the new mayor of Rockhampton. The elected mayor, Margaret Straw, resigned after a scandal that meant her runner-up role in the election: Chris "Pineapple" Hooper. Pineapple is a local climate and peace activist who walks the city barefoot and sleeps on the CBD shopfront.
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