McGowan’s actions appear parochial, self serving and perhaps clouded by his unfortunate experiences in the Royal Australian Navy (I wonder whether that is why he is so segregationist and anti-Constitution Anti-Australia). That is notoriously hard to prove but was mentioned as part of the root cause of the grievances by 1930s EUropean parochial politicians who were failed artists.
Palmer, on the other hand, has been a supporter of the business based Queensland LNP before his falling out with them, appears Australian minded, at least on this issue and appears to have Australian law on his side.
McGowan seems like a 1930s EUropean politician, and Palmer a conscientious objector.
Even though the Europeans initially supported the parochial socialists, when Hitler was popular, when sentiment turned, elections were expunged, borders closed and spurious medical advice caused curtails to freedoms and the Constitution. that history at least in Queensland seems to be repeating itself.
McGowan, bedevilled by his poor experience in the RAN should not follow Palaszscuk into the gutter of anti Sydney anti Melbourne parochialism and fascist border walls unless he has already done so.
