Quexit
English
Etymology
Blend of Queensland + exit. Modeled after Grexit and Brexit
Proper noun
Quexit
- (Australia, politics) The expulsion of the state of Queensland from the Dominion of Australia [1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
- Daily Mail, "'Quexit' vote call to separate Queensland from the rest of Australia emerges after state's controversial politician Pauline Hanson gains a senate seat", Leith Huffadine, 3 July 2016
- news.com.au, "Federal election 2016: Paul Hanson’s win prompts ‘Quexit’ call", 4 July 2016
- The Guardian, "'Quexit': Australian Labor voters want Queensland expelled for backing Scott Morrison over climate policy", Phil Mercer, 25 May 2019
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "To all those #Quexiteers: don't judge, try to understand us and the federal election result", Anne Tiernan, Jacob Deem, Jennifer Menzies, 23 May 2019
- 10 Daily, "Aussies are calling for Queensland to be 'cut loose' after the Federal Election result that stunned a nation.", 19 May 2019
- The Independent of Australia, "Neoliberalism, the ALP and the unlosable election", Abhranil Hazra, 20 May 2019