Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper to run in Rockhampton by-election after retrospective law change

Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper says he will run in a Rockhampton by-election after his hopes of becoming the city’s “accidental” mayor were dashed when the Queensland Parliament passed retrospective amendments to the electoral act.

Mr Hooper says he expected the amendment to be passed, and his focus now is on changing some of his ways ahead of the by-election, which is…