The Liberal states are destroying themselves at such a rapid rate that we now need a new discussion page.
States of Destruction II
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The Liberal states are destroying themselves at such a rapid rate that we now need a new discussion page.
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No mention of Carbon Price or Mining Tax just Campbell Newman and his Royalties.
“Coal companies to cut jobs due to royalty increase
An industry survey shows Queensland’s top coal producers all plan to cut jobs and costs in response to the recently announced increase in State Government royalties.
The Queensland Resources Council conducted the survey of the state’s coal company chief executives.
“We were also concerned that people who weren’t hit by the budget – metals and gas producers – are now worrying about when might be their turn for a royalty increase.
“This uncertainty is not good for investment.”
He says the royalty hike came at a time when the industry was already under stress from the high Australian dollar, rising labour and material costs and falling commodity prices. ”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-14/coal-companies-to-cut-jobs-due-to-qld-royalty-increase/4312232
It will be interesting to see how O’Farrell responds to this request for re-instatement of funding
“Mr Jurd has lent his support to the re-establishment of a government-funded child sexual abuse counselling service for the Armidale region.
A proposal is currently before Community Services Minister Pru Goward to bring back the service which was closed last year when its funding was discontinued.”
http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/406782/family-tells-of-relief-as-former-priest-faces-court/?cs=471
How many other NSW regions had funding stopped for sexual abuse counselling?
Wow
This one didn’t last long…”The Liberal states are destroying themselves at such a rapid rate….
Could this be a reflection of true delusion?
Perhaps the troll could also consider the 386 comments on the original “States of Destruction” thread 🙄
https://cafewhispers.wordpress.com/archived/under-destruction/
FYI trollman, threads on this site get archived once they get a too big – makes it easier for those using mobile devices…
meanwhile in QUEENSLAND
given the absolutely vital ecological roles in many of these areas, it appears that the ideological rejection of science as a basis for informed management continues among the far right zealots.
Campbell Newman backflip on uranium mining, another broken promise. And the broken promises just keep on rolling
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-22/letter-shows-newman-uranium-backflip/4327902
Heard the minister say this morning, the government is not obligated to provide skill training. To ensure that this new scheme works, he has the man who puts the disastrous Victorian scheme, to put it in place in NSW.
He also said, that the fine arts have nothing to do with getting employment, and is only self development.
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“given the absolutely vital ecological roles in many of these areas, it appears that the ideological rejection of science as a basis for informed management continues among the far right zealots.”
Perhaps it has something to do with a dose of reality…
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379112003423
A new paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews is the “First synthesis of post-glacial sea level data around Australia in over 25 years,” and shows that sea levels around Australia were from about 1 to 2.5 meters higher than the present 7000 years ago during the Holocene Thermal Maximum [which lasted 4000 years between 9000 to 5000 years ago]. The authors note that Australia is relatively stable techtonically and thus sea level data is not complicated by post-glacial isostatic and other adjustments, which would add considerable uncertainty to sea level reconstructions.
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Click to access 08.10.12Extra32.pdf
The draft SPRP will take effect immediately from 8 October 2012 under section 73(2)(a) of the Act, for up to 12 months.
Area where the instrument applies
The draft SPRP applies to the coastal zone as defined by the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 .
Instrument suspends previous instruments
The draft SPRP, in accordance with section 19(2) of the Act suspends the operation of:
• State Planning Policy 3/11: Coastal Protection
• Part 1.2 of the Far North Queensland Regional Plan
• Part 3.3 of the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional Plan
• Part 2.2 of the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Plan
• Part 1.4.3 and 2.4 of the South East Queensland Regional Plan.
Inspecting or obtaining copies of the instrument
Further information and copies of the draft SPRP are available, free of charge, from the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning:
• online at http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au
• email info@dsdip.qld.gov.au
• phone 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
• Brisbane office, 63 George Street, Brisbane
• regional offices across Queensland – see list of regional
contacts: http://www.dsdip.qld.gov.au/contact-us/regional- contacts.html
Invitation for written submissions
Written submissions on the draft SPRP may be made by any person to the Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, from 8 October 2012.
How is this ideological rejection of science as a basis for informed management ?
There is a bill before the NSW parliament, increasing the margins of difference between electorates from 2 to 3 percent, I believe to 20 percent, or more. This would mean that country electors would have fewer people, while those in western Sydney more.
This would mean the country voter carries more weight than his city cousins.
Shades of Petersen and his famous gerrymanders.
“wankergate”
yep Shaw, who lied to an ombudsman, now appears to have lied to parliament.
“Wankergate: footage ‘appears to show MP simulating lewd act’
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/wankergate-footage-appears-to-show-mp-simulating-lewd-act-20121025-286jv.html#ixzz2AGmeqtG4
And all this happening on a day that Newspoll has Baileau as a loser. And Bailleau can not afford to have Shaw investigated by police in case it leads to a by-election.
And it looks like the first Liberal State is going to fall not long after it was elected, and aren’t the Liberals savaging their own on this poll. It’s like watching a bunch of seagulls in a frenzy over a chip.
After preferences 55:45 to Labor
Primary: 41:37 Labor
Wonder how much Newman is influencing this substantial move away from the Liberals.
And look what’s happening in Newman land.
This story revolves around the appointment of a Minister’s son, whose previous work experience was as a shop assistant with toyrus, to a job of $108, 000 plus.
“CAMPBELL Newman’s most controversial public servant, Michael Caltabiano is facing potential criminal charges for allegedly misleading State Parliament about his work history.
Mr Caltabiano told estimates last week, he had “no previous professional working knowledge or experience” of his departmental liaison officers in the past.
In his letter, Mr Emerson cited evidence put forward by The Courier-Mail as raising a “prima facie case that Mr Caltabiano may have misinformed the committee”.
“Reports have indicated that Mr Caltabiano was listed on a website for lobbying firm Entree Vous along with Mr Gommers in the past,” he wrote.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/transport-and-main-roads-dg-michael-caltabiano-referred-to-ethics-committee-over-claims-made-before-estimates-hearing/story-e6freon6-1226503315937
The best bit about Newman land latest is that the now stood aside Caltabiano was hand picked by Cando himself.
“a Liberal powerbroker and also a former state MP who was once touted as a future premier but lost his seat in 2006.
After the election in March, Premier Campbell Newman hand-picked Mr Caltabiano to become director-general of the Transport Department.
The appointment was criticised by prominent QC Tony Fitzgerald, who said “the jobs-for-the-boys gravy train has already started”.
But Mr Newman defended his decision.
“He has been a political player but he is totally qualified to do this job,” he said.
“The point is he will build roads, he will fix the public transport system with whoever the new minister is.
“He will deliver and I am taking this political risk by making this appointment.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-25/michael-caltabiano-ethics-committee/4334202
I don’t think trolls have the wit to understand that sort of technical stuff, Baccy.
Geez, looks like he won’t even be able to build a Russ Hinze Road, let alone plug Can’tdo’s multiple stuff ups.
O’Farrell continues the slide of relatively new Liberal governments who won in landslides, and that’s the only thing propping them up.
Latest NSW State polling has the LNP going back -6.1% and The TPP -4.5% for the LNP and +4.5% for the ALP.
If the State Libs are following Kennett’s lead in savage slash and burns for no sound reason and then throw in a few sweetners at election times then they are in for the same fate as Kennett but it seems the tide is turning against them earlier than it did for Kennett.
And I won’t even go into the disaster that is the Liberal Party in Victoria, a graph says it all. This is a graph where the context is self contained.
You have to laugh at the Newman mess, for his mate Caltabiano.
Caltabiano appoints a ministers son to a cushy well paid job, as others are sacked.
the minister and the son both ran a company with Caltabiano.
Caltabiano apparently lies to a parliamentary committee, that although he knew the youg man , they hadn’t worked together.
Then someone points out to Caltabiano that Newman had changed the laws so that if you lied to a parliamentary committee you could end up in gaol.
Panic button activated, Caltabiano stands side on full pay, while matter is investigated.
Thhe Minister, takes annual leave, so that ALP cannot question her about her business, Caltabano and her son.
Major PANIC. Who has heard of a Minister taking annual leave while a Qld parliament is sitting? They don’t sit that often or that long.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mp-ros-bates-takes-leave-as-michael-caltabiano-scandal-widens/story-e6freoof-1226504218444
That’s the second one for Newman. One of other ministers in the very early days after the election sacked three PS and replaced them with a relative of on hers as a consultant equivalent in pay to two the PS she sacked yet only producing a fraction of the output.
Yep no money for social services, health programs, youth programs, heritage buildings and the like plus sacking thousands, but plenty of money for gambling, horse racing, nepotism, jobs for mates and a new parliament building.
A sign of the times maybe.
Over 50% of the vote counted for Clover Moore’s seat in the Sydney by-election and a 6.5% swing against the Liberal, a 5% swing to the Greens and 12% to the independent.
Labor did not field a candidate.
The only party to record a negative swing in the Sydney by-election was the Liberals. The final TCP result was Alex Greenwich IND +11.8% Shayne Mallard LIB -11.8%.
If we go on the nonsense Zed Seselja said in Canberra then this is a rejection of the LIberals and an endorsement for the Indies and Greens.
Talking of Zed Seselja. Before the final election result when he thought he would win, and he’s still talking as though he won and should be in government, he said he would never deal with the Greens.
He’s now changed his tune and done a 180 degree back flip saying he’s willing to change policy and direction in negotiating with the Greens to form government.
WA premier not amused by cake gift
Another Liberal Premier nose deep in the trough.
Newman is also spending millions of tax payers money on a new palace for himself.
When State Labor governments did anything remotely like this the outrage from the wingnuts and right win media was deafening and vicious.
Now they are silent, thus condoning the behaviour they once condemned the hypocrites.
This appears to be the difference between women in parliament. The one who looks adoringly at her leader, the other who sets out to lead.
Pity Miranda is still sticking to the myth that when a woman stands up against sexism and sexual abuse, she is using the sexist card.
It takes a strong woman to clearly identify what is being aimed at her, stating clearly that enough is enough.
The days of women taking such behaviour silently, I hope has been discarded to the dust bins of history.
Miranda and the media are wrong. The PM’s speech has hit A CHORD IN MANY WOMAN,
I do believe that Mr. Abbott does love his women. Why not, he sees them as belonging to him.
He loves all those women around him, as they are there to serve him.
Does he like women who are his superior, or above him, I say not.
Mr. Abbott like many men, most who have remained back in early last century, believes there is a place for women, and that is where they should stay.
The problem for these men, women in general do not agree with them.
The PM is neither a man’s or woman’s woman. The PM is her own woman. That is what I believe most women desire to be.
No one should be judged by their gender.
It is not the PM that is continuing this silly debate. The PM said her piece and moved on. Time for the media to do the same.
Red Tape Cut For Packer
O’Farrell does it again, for his wealthy mates of course and not for the good people of NSW.
NSW has had a long history of corruption through the gambling history, which is why over time it has built up tough anti-gambling laws and oversights.
Not anymore under O’Farrell.
To help his very rich mate James Packer get a second casino O’Farrell is set to cut the red tape and gambling oversights to stop criminal activity through casinos.
This on the back drop of the corrupt and criminal activities going on at Star Casino that was under the stricter regulations.
And the Liberal supporters are deafening in their silence when they were so loud during the State Labor years.
We said the Liberal State governments would be no better than the Labor ones they replace and not only is that turning out to be true in spades, they are worse. Won’t be long until we see another lot of State to State long term Labor governments.
What a heap of utter crock, they found a billion because of accounting errors.
Come on Liberal supporters where’s your outrage over this? This Liberal government has lied and in a manner worse than anything the previous Labor government did. If Labor had done anything near as devious and corrupt you would have been all over the place shouting what a terrible government of liars yet notice how silent they all are on the miserably failing State Liberal governments and note the blind eye to the devious and corrupt activities by them.
They haven’t got a few hundreds thousand or a million for the treatment of heartbreaking illnesses, workers compensation, carers, disadvantaged eduction, the needy and hurting, but hey, a few tens of millions for their own palaces and a hundred million here and there for horse racing and casinos, no worries, blank public money cheques all round.
It’s the Liberals who the great liars and their supporters the great hypocrites.
The budget was tabled and the figures given by Labor when they lost power but just like Queensland the Liberals made up this bullshit story of missing billions and woe is the State.
The Labor figures were always correct as given and detailed by an independent auditor, not a Liberal hack like Costello who can’t manage a 5c a week piggy bank.
It is clear now that the NSW’s Coalition’s cutbacks in services have nothing to do with budget deficits or lack of money.
It is clear that it is an ideology that is driving these changes.
In Queensland, they have bought Costello in with his dubious accountancy practices to create a deficit. NSW, they just cannot enter the data.
No money for police compensation, health and education but hundreds of millions to spare for Packer and a casino.
And where are all the outcries from the right wingers here as O’Farrell undertakes the same practices and worse they constantly where bashing the previous State Labor government over?
“were” not “where”. Too fast on the post button.
So fitness trainers are not necessary in our modern society. It is more important to provide training fore industries, that in my opinion are wealthy enough to train many of their own.
What makes one job more important than another.
Suggest that governments are responsible for providing training for all.
My niece did a TAFE course in fitness that led her to at first get a menial job in a gym, then move up to a more renowned gym franchise with several regular clients under her belt to finally being where she is now as a sectional manager of a bigger gym whilst still having many regular clients under her for fitness training.
She did this as a single mum after moving from one shit job to another and having several major medical and mental problems.
Newman, as do the other State Liberals, want to throw this type of benefit to not only individuals but society on the scrap heap along with the self esteem and well being of those people it helps, not just the individual again, but their families, friends, workmates and the reduction on society in attempting to care for them. Even in that the State governments fail as they cut the health and social services that do just that job.
And does it make things better for the State. No it makes them much worse, but as always with Liberals they have their portfolio of blame shifting excuses at hand for when the shit hits the fan. In the end they expose themselves for the crook governments they are, and decade plus Labor governments get voted in.
State of destruction…what better place to pst this pearl…
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/investigations/gillard-call-would-have-led-to-fund-inquiry/story-fng5kxvh-1226511057960
ONE telephone call from Julia Gillard or law firm Slater & Gordon would have led to confirmation that a union slush fund she had helped set up was a mystery to its own branch and almost certainly fraudulent, says a former Australian Workers Union boss….In an internal review of Ms Gillard’s conduct, her partners at Slater & Gordon in August-September 1995 discovered she had given legal advice to help Mr Wilson and Mr Blewitt set up the slush fund in 1992, leading to its incorporation. However, she had told neither the AWU nor the firm about this work until fraud concerns were raised in 1995. She left the firm soon afterwards.
Pst!
Mobius, and look at the money she is now saving the government with the tax she pays. Also I suspect she can choose the hours she works, making life better for her kids.
I went to Uni at forty, with the aid of TEAS and supporting parent allowance. There was an anomaly at the time that allowed me to collect both. It was later plugged.
The point is, without that anomaly, I would not be able to complete Uni.
Every penny of the money was returned many times over, in the extra taxes I paid for the rest of my working life.
Liberals are so short sighted.
In NSW, they see fine arts as being recreational, not a way of earning money. So wrong are they. The artwork does sell.
Governments are there to provide the necessary environment for business to succeed. A trained workforce is a part of that, It is not a matter of whether the state can afford it. It is a matter of they cannot afford to spend the money. It will be returned many times. There is no better investment for them to make.
Tree, ask yourself why the MSM is not taking up your challenge. Could be that there is nothing in your story, but allegations and guilt by association. It is very boring. Bolt, the Austarlian, the Opposition and trolls have been trying now, I believe for at least three months. No progress. No one cares.
“ask yourself why the MSM is not taking up your challenge”
They are…unless The Age and SMH don’t count…
http://media.theage.com.au/news/national-times/gillard-its-personal-3758026.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/gillards-account-of-union-slush-fund-rejected-20121029-28dqt.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/slush-fund-questions-nasty-politics-pm-20121031-28kcf.html
http://media.theage.com.au/national/selections/gillard-its-personal-3758026.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/note-to-pm-meet-the-real-ralph-20121101-28mm8.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/gillards-account-of-union-slush-fund-rejected-20121029-28dqt.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/property-links-pm-to-stolen-funds-20121009-27bnm.html
and there’s more…
Tree, I believe the PM did answer those questions today very clearly. The PM took the time to point out the time line. Took the time to reinforce that she only acted as a solicitor
Did not hold any office within the union ot anywhere else.
Sounded real to me.
Of course the questions will not stop.
What a laugh, not a funny laugh though.
Origin Energy shares have plunged on the announcement of a profit downgrade.
Carbon tax or Gillard government mishandling of the economy?
No, and not something the right wing media are splashing across their headlines, especially in Queensland.
Origin lays the blame squarely at regulatory changes by the Queensland government.
So with big mining turning against Newman now big energy follows.
Has the wheels ever fallen off a government as quickly as they are for Newman’s LNP?
Dempsey ABC 21 7.30 a look at how t5ghis government is destroying the NSW TAFE system.
It is nothing short of criminal.
This government seems to believe that fine arts, is something one does for relaxation. This is not true. It is used in many different industries, all growing ones.
As I say, Labor builds, Liberals demolish.
Maybe a big mouth, but on this issue, I believe he may be on the money.
A one-term government? It’s rapidly strting to look that way 😀
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/flegg-sacks-second-senior-staffer-opening-can-of-worms-20121112-297ov.html
States believe it is OK to let education lag behind. Do you. is it not the states responsibility to provider adequate education. Is that happening or is Liberal ideology getting in the way.
Just as well they have a huge majority, otherwise they would be quickly running out of ministers.
I wonder if Dr Flegg charged his patients, while claiming his ministerial salary and supposedly doing electorate work?
Catching up @ 7:09 am
WIN News had two shocking stories on the failings of the O’Farrell government. One was on education where the latest figures for NSW show that since O’Farrell took office and especially after the education cuts a greater number of students are failing to move onto further education and a more are dropping out of high school.
This is exactly what the Liberals want, a nation of low educated low skilled labour for industry. Bring in WorkChoices and remove the minimum wage and they will be in low wage no condition heaven.
The second story of O’Farrell cuts even though he “found” a billion dollars and could give hundreds of millions to the gambling industry was of cuts to a community centre that helped victims of child abuse. The gall of this after O’Farrell made a lot of mileage out of lambasting the Catholic Church protecting their paedophiles through the confessional. Obviously that spray was just for the media and his actions to help the victims tell a different story.
The story ended that other community centres around NSW are also facing the chop under O’Farrell’s totally unnecessary cuts.
ME, I believe it has nothing to do with money or budgets. It is all to do with ideology, and making the PM look bad.
Headlines at next election. PM fails in her quest to improve education. Money wasted.
It is about the ideology of small government.
If one believes this is the way to go, they need to look at the USA.
While reading in the Brisbane times the comments rgearding Flegg and his now resignation, one blogger was stating even before Flegg had resigned that this was a conspiracy as follows.
1) Flegg occupies one of the safest LNP seats in QLD parliament.
2) Newman occupies one of the least safest and polls are going against him.
3) More evidence will be dug up against Flegg and he will resign from ministry.
4) Even more evidence will be revealed and in the end Flegg will retire before the next election.
5) Newman will be parachuted into Fleggs electorate to save him at the next election.
6) This has all be preplanned since this government started getting on the nose.
Now the rusted on LNP (must be employees) bloggers derided it as rubbish and demanded the blogger admit he is the biggest dickhead if it doesnt eventuate.
Well the forecast strategy has progressed form stage 1 to stage 3 with amazing speed and seems stage 4 being started possibly by the emails suddenly provided to the Courier Mail (funny it is the courier mail, are they in cahoots).
I have watched with amazement how this blogger seems 100% correct and look with interest to see what unfolds closer to the next state election.
Will the alleged job lost be noticed in this state. I suspect they will not be anywhere near the number that have occurred under his rule,
In fact, I suspect the new parks will create more jobs, than any lost. History has shown that when parks are created, the fish numbers grow. The fish do move out of the parks, I believe.
If I was a fisherman in those waters, I would be more concerned about the numbers of species moving south, all the way down to Tasmanian waters, it seems.
This really shows the conservative mindset at work – close down accommodation for the elderly and create a $300K pa job for your mates 🙄
They just cannot help themselves.
Typical Liar. He’s sorry alright; sorry he was sprung!
Baccus. the election of Newman signals that it’s fair game for the spivs. Santoro, for example, increased the number of his ‘clients’ from 11 to 27, including an Italian railway company whose technical expertise lies with ‘signalling’.
Guess what, The new DG of the Transport Department (the now suspended Michael Caltabiano) raised his ‘concerns’ re ‘signalling’ at his first meeting with QR heads.
Anyone prepared to argue that ‘signalling’ is/was a priority issue with those who actually run the syste?
The truth is that it’s now snouts in the trough time here in QLD.
This is exactly what the Liberals want, a nation of low educated low skilled labour for industry. Bring in WorkChoices and remove the minimum wage and they will be in low wage no condition heaven.
I maintain that politically-aware RWFs deliberately, and with full knowledge, vote for the conservatives, knowing that so doing will help to bring about a situation of Third World working conditions and standard of living for their own descendents.
RWF: “SerfChoice my grandkids!!”
Of course the auditor got it wrong. pigs might also fly.
Cu, I was reading that NSW is already behind in numeracy and science which O’Farrell has tackled by decreasing teacher numbers..plus heaven help the skills shortage..tackled by cuts to TAFE.
Large turnout in protest against O’Farrell’s education cuts.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/commuters-cajoled-and-corralled-in-a-bid-to-speed-trains-20121119-29l6l.html#ixzz2CeQu1dll
Is this what we really want in NSW. Yes, the trains might run on time. The problem is that one might not be given enough time to board them.
NSW has already changed the rules, making it hard for Labor to get support from the unions.
NSW education cuts remain, even though O’farrel was out by a billion dollars in his budget.
“Premier Barry O’Farrell has refused to restore $1.7 billion over four years to the education budget, provoking a likely voter backlash – a coalition of public, independent and Catholic schools has warned.
The coalition, representing 12 groups including the NSW Teachers Federation, school principals from all sectors, and Catholic and independent school parents, met the Premier and the Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, on Thursday to demand the education funds be restored.
The representatives, who form the NSW Education Alliance, said they left the meeting “astounded” the Premier would not retreat from the biggest cuts to education since the late 1980s, under the Greiner Government.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/backdown-or-backlash-premier-warned-on-school-cuts-20121123-29x5y.html#ixzz2D09hM5S4
I see in Qld the difference in 2PP has fallen from 28% to 12%, in 9 months
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/galaxy-poll-shows-newman-government-scandals-hurting-lnp-popularity-but-campbell-newman-avoids-the-fallout/story-e6freoof-1226523128335
One of the Queensland MPs has deflected to Katter.
Supposed to be four more following.
And now Newman has been accused of lying to parliament, by his own team
“A GOVERNMENT MP says the Queensland premier must explain misleading advice he gave to parliament about his removal from an ethics committee.
Alex Douglas says he’ll make a statement in parliament on Wednesday, outlining very grave concerns he has about his removal as chairman of the committee.
He said Mr Newman’s statement to parliament on Tuesday – that Dr Douglas was happy to move out of the role – “is untrue”.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/newman-statement-to-parly-was-untrue-mp/story-e6frfku9-1226525506968#ixzz2DSzy0x4q
Sue, why am I never surprised about anything pertaining to Mr. Campbell Newman….
It seems the LNP government in QLD is starting to fall apart, how many of the party have left over Newman’s way of running the party and the state.
LNP votes to disendorse first-term MP
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-28/lnp-votes-to-disendorse-first-term-mp/4397722
Here is another story on the same issue.
Government dumps LNP member from parliamentary committee
The Queensland Government has removed one of its own MPs from Parliament’s ethics and crime and misconduct committees.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-27/government-dumps-lnp-member-from-parliamentary-committee/4394540
I suppose Barry O’Farrell can say they won’t have to fly-in fly-out for work
“UP TO 66 coal seam gas wells (CSG) would be drilled in south-west Sydney under a revised proposal being considered by the state’s Planning Assessment Commission.
The gas company AGL wants clusters of six wells each at 11 sites between Campbelltown and Liverpool, many of them within a few hundred metres of suburban streets in Currans Hill, Varroville, Kearns, Eschol Park and Denham Court.
It is the first major coal seam gas plan assessed under new ”state significant development” planning rules, and represents the first expansion of gas drilling into suburban Sydney. ”
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/state/agribusiness/general-news/csg-plans-for-66-wells-in-southwest-sydney/2633602.aspx?storypage=0
The shameful LNP government of QLD rushed through legislation to make sure any party that did not have 3 members actually elected at the previous election will not receive official party status. This was to ensure Katters Australian Party and any party created by Clive Plamer with defections, will also not be recognised. The sad thing is, just to ensure they can also shore up their own side in the future, the just as shameful ALP, sided with this legislation. I am so sick of the two major parties simply siding with each other to destroy our democracy by destroying any opposition ot the two party state we live in. It seems to be the only time they join foces. To protect their duopoly and for pay rises to MPs. Despicable.
I agree with you on that one shane.
The two majors only every side 100% in bipartisanship when it comes to pay and entitlement increases and in legislation that diddles any minor parties and indies.
It is something I’ve always hated about our system that can be fixed but again in a show of bipartisanship the two major parties always knock down reform to fix it.
“This wasn’t flagged before the election”
Or another day in beautiful Newman’s Qld
“Around 300 positions across Children’s Health Queensland and Queensland Health northside to go in job cuts
Most cuts will be of clerical and administration staff, although some positions filled by nurses and doctors may be among the redundancies
Queensland Nurses Union secretary Beth Mohle said the cuts were “another blow” to the health sector, and the government was intent on withdrawing from providing preventative and community health services.
“It’s devastating for our members but it’s devastating for the community as well,” she said.
“This wasn’t flagged before the election.”
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/around-300-positions-across-childrens-health-queensland-and-queensland-health-northside-to-go-in-job-cuts/story-e6freoof-1226529157460
Should we be scared. Yes we should. This is not only happening in Queensland abut NSW as well.
It should be easy for anyone to stand for elections, To do this, one needs fund. There should not be laws that make this impossible.
Labor should be ashamed to be a party to this action.
“Former LNP MP Alex Douglas plans to run 700 television advertisements across Queensland accusing Premier Campbell Newman of lying to parliament.
‘‘(As ethics chairman) I have to be guaranteed that one, you accept my word and two, you accept that I have to keep all matters confidential, the whole system fails when anyone, and I mean from the Premier down, when anyone does not abide by the ethics committee chair,’’ he said.
‘‘To remove the chair and invent an excuse is tantamount to interference in the process.’’
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/mp-to-run-hundreds-of-ads-against-government-20121204-2as2p.html#ixzz2E2WEJpXv
Alex Douglas…an aggrieved ex employee….
Nyaaaaahahaha, Tree troll has learnt how to state the bleeding obvious, 😆
I hope Newmann backed down on his cuts to local bushfire brigades.
Shame he is out of the country today othetrise he could have seen first hand their value.
When the going got tough during Queensland’s floods they were lucky to have Anna Bligh to step up.
Now most of the State is burning and they have Newman, the man who wanted to cut Bushfire Fighting resources. Of course Brisbane is not under threat so Campbell does not need to do anything.
Sue, sadly as in NSW their value is only if fires or other emergencies happen during regular working hours, and where they threaten their own patch.
Wixxy wrote a piece a week or so ago about the cut backs to overtime for the emergency services, by O’Farrell, and I am sure that Shambles Screwman will do the same if he gets half a chance. (if he hasn’t already) 👿 👿
Cheers
TruthSeeker
Yes I am a fan of Wixxy’s .
i had read that Newmann had cut the regional bushfire monies, but received so many complaints that even he couldn’t withstand it. I think he quietly reversed it by saying that everyone had misread what he meant about funding cuts.
They are also talking about merging councils, which they promised not to do before the election.
Mr Douglas’ TV ad
http://vimeo.com/atomicpixel/review/54741066/b7b943597e
Pick the state with a Labor government
Qld cuts TAFE
NSW cuts TAFE
Vic cuts TAFE
SA free TAFE courses
“A MOVE to make many TAFE training courses free in South Australia has lifted enrolments and will help grow jobs, the state government says.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/big-boost-in-training-enrolments-in-sa/story-e6frfku9-1226530598196#ixzz2E9QOEsYS
Yes, Mr. Bradbury Lyndal Curtis yesterday, saying that people forget about technology when talking productivity. He said that most of the gains have come from that area. It appears they also forget about having a clever and trained workforce.
The cuts in the States is criminal. Will have the same results as Mr Abbott, under Mr. Howard, cutting the number of training places for doctors.
A massive shortfall in the number of doctors, leading to importing from overseas.
Yes, it does not make any sense. It is a waste of resources. What’s more they are destroying what is now in place.
NT now following suit with cuts to PS and services.
The right wingers can’t help themselves . 👿
Look what can be achieved through TAFE or before the Qld TAFE cuts have taken hold
“Queensland design students have created a new clothing collection designed specifically for people in wheelchairs.
Many disabled people have a hard time finding clothes that are comfortable, look good and are practical.
But students from Brisbane’s Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE have teamed up with the Spinal Injuries Association to create designs that are eye-catching and fit properly.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-05/fashion-students-help-empower-wheelchair-users/4410168
Barry promised to fix it but
‘THE NSW government has come under fire after a report revealed a record number of complaints against Railcorp and a drop in the overall number of on-time trains.
The Auditor-General’s NSW transport report, released on Wednesday, found complaints about on-time running were up almost 18 per cent on 2011.
On the roads, the report also shows there’s little joy for Sydney’s road commuters, as average speeds slowed on five of the city’s seven major roads.
Auditor-general Peter Archterstraat said only nine of the state’s 16 rail networks achieved 92 per cent the on-time running target, down from 14 previously
Complaints about hygiene have increased by 26 per cent, with 35 complaints lodged every week”
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/sydney-train-complaints-rise-in-report/story-e6frfku9-1226530482245#ixzz2EAeMRCoE
Funny thing. It takes people to clean trains.
Queensland economy in recession. Down 1.6 per cent in the September quarter. LNP government.
Nationally, economic growth of 0.5 per cent in the same period. Labor government.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/public-service-job-cuts-mining-slowdown-start-to-bite-as-queensland-economy-goes-in-to-reverse/story-e6freoof-1226530816026
LNP = Recession
Labor = Growth
Cuppa
It’s logical. LNP has to drive Qld into recession now, so that the voters will have tin 2 years and then Newman can rescue Qld. Well as long as no qlders need hospital, schools, old age care, ndis, public services in the bush etc etc.
Sue,
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it”. Yes, that sounds like RW thinking. Wreckers. It was always going to happen, given their ideological crusade against employees. Looking back, there was a rise in Qld joblessness in August 2012…
Unemployment increases in Brisbane as jobs dry up
http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/heavy-blow-for-brisbane-as-jobs-dry-up/story-fnefl294-1226457693662
Cuppa
Headlines in Qld spruiking the fall in unemployment from 6.1% to 6%. Headline writers must think Qlders trust them to report honestly.
Possum puts it so clearly 🙂
Perhaps this will show possum’s graphs more clearly:
http://t.co/3QyFRTdR
http://t.co/cOoJ3WnW
This article is misleading. It is not until you get to the middle of the article that you realise, Canberra Health ie that provided by the ACT is not to blame for the change for specialist oncology services so it must be NSW health, although NSW is not mentioned.
This is how it starts
“Cancer patients in the Young district say they are devastated by the looming end of regular visits from Canberra Hospital oncologists.
Two ACT oncologists visit the Young Oncology Centre each month but patients were told this week the visits would cease due to service demands in the ACT”
Then half way through, after concerned statement from a patient, we read this
” The ACT government said the Territory’s Health Directorate did not directly provide health services to Young.
”The Murrumbidgee Local Health District contracts the two doctors that are from the ACT as visiting medical officers and they work under their rights to private practice,” a Health Directorate spokeswoman said.
”They may be Canberra-based but they are not working at Young as employees of ACT Health Directorate. It is important to note that this decision is not as a result of a directive from the Health Directorate.”
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/cancer-patients-battle-cuts-20121206-2ayna.html#ixzz2EKgHK5hz
Just what is Bailleau’s majority in Vic? I bet the ATO will investigate as well.
“BAILLIEU government MP Geoff Shaw is under police investigation over allegations of misconduct in public office.
The Victoria Police investigation follows an opposition complaint made about Mr Shaw. The complaint came in the wake of a damning Ombudsman’s report in October into the Frankston MP’s conduct.”
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-investigate-liberals-shaw-20121207-2b0w4.html#ixzz2EPKTsEqI
The MP who used his parliamentary car for his business. Yes the MP who runs a hardware business had his employees drive the car and use the fuel card.
Sue, do not you know, it only matters if they are Labor.
He doesn’t have a phonecard and a son with a lot of mates, by any chance, Sue?
Are we heading back to the days, when Howard, Costello and Abbott were in control of health. Are the states pulling their weight.
Queensland, clueless on day, toothless the next.
MORE than a third of Newman Government MPs are behind a push to rid the state’s water supply of fluoride, according to its main opponent.
First-term Nudgee LNP MP Jason Woodforth claims he has secured the backing of 31 MPs who “don’t agree with mass medicating people” and want the “brain-altering poison” removed.
The Newman Government handed councils the power to decide whether fluoride is added to water supplies under law changes passed last week.
At least four regional councils, Cassowary Coast, Blackhall-Tambo, Balonne and Tablelands, will opt out of introducing fluoride.
Queensland, the portent to an Abbott government.
ME. Problem it is not medicating, mass or otherwise.
It is just replacing a mineral or element that is missing from our soils because of the age of this continent.
It is found naturally in the waters of most other countries, that are found on new continents..
It is like saying, adding super to the soil to grow vegetables is also medicating.
How stupid can people be. So they do not care about the teeth of their kids.
ME, people shudder at minority governments.
The stupid people should fear those with great majorities more.
They are a law unto themselves, where ratbags seem to reign.
ME, Is the state government going to pick up the cost of repairing the kids teeth,
Painful procedures that are unnecessary.
” want the “brain-altering poison” removed.”
As it is found naturally in the waters of Europe. That must be because all its populaces have their brains altered.
They will when the dental bills start rolling in and they’ll care even more when their kids give them a boot up the fundamentals for allowing their teeth to be ruined.
And I’ll bet a silk pyjama that Newman will ensure that public dental care will be non-existent.
Just as well Labor will introduce a dental scheme so that we all have access to affordable dental care. Once again, the Liars are proving that they don’t give a toss about health care for low income earners, the disadvantaged and the disabled.
If states opt out of fluoride, then the cost of free dental provided by the federal government should become a component of the health funding.
I was born in London in the mid fifties, where fluoridated water was the norm and milk was supplied by the schools.
I still have most of my own teeth, which seem to thrive despite an insatiable appetite for lollies and a visit to the dentist once every decade or two.
The last time I visited a dentist, sometime last century he looked disappointed that he couldn’t charge me thousands for work, as there was bugger all to do.
It may be a mind altering chemical though as I turned out to be a tradesman, small business owner, leadlight artist, lover of reading, a singer songwriter, musician, poet and author, not to mention a looney lefty.
So in the minds of the rabid right there is reason enough to have it banned.
What a shocker? 👿
Cheers 😀
TS, I wish my parents and I had had access to fluoridated water. I would probably still have a head full of decent fangs.
Jane, yes genetics plays a part, but if they could add fluoride safely in the fifties, you’d think that they could do it in the 21st century.
Cheers 😀
Tell Barry O’Farrell you care about TAFE
TAFE is vital to giving NSW a skilled workforce that can deliver for the needs of our community.
Barry O’Farrell and the NSW Liberal Government are making dramatic and cruel cuts to NSW TAFEs that will damage skills and jobs in NSW.
These cruel cuts will be bad for students, see teachers lose their job and make it harder for those still teaching to meet the educational needs of their students.
Let Barry O’Farrell know this isn’t good enough. Show your support for the future of NSW TAFEs below.
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Virgin is threatening to pull out 1200 workers from Queensland to Sydney.
Makes a lie out of Newman’s claim he is motoring their economy along and getting new investment into the State.
TS @1.49pm 11/12, water was fluoridated in Adelaide for a while in an effort to improve dental health, but was discontinued after a scare campaign, conducted by dentists, no doubt. 😦
A slightly younger friend of mine who lived in the city was part of a group of primary school children who took part in a fluoridation study in the fifties. Hasn’t got a filling in her head.
I suppose i should say that a lot of my current dental issues are due in greater part to loss of bone in my jaw. Quite common, I’ve been told. However, if country children had also been part of that stud, i may still have better quality fangs than I currently do.
ME, nice to see Newman doing what all tory governments do so well-slash and burn.
Jane, yes apart from regular cleaning( with Sensodine) mine seem to thrive on neglect, including what some would consider a terminal passion for lollies.
I can only put it down to the fluoride in the water and the compulsory milk we had as kids.
Cheers 😀
In an unprecedented for any Australian leader almost vertical plunge of approval the impossible is happening to Newman, his approval has plunged further in the latest polls.
As the wingnuts have been constantly calling for Gillard to be dumped because of her low approval numbers, though still better than Abbott’s by a long shot most of the time, where are their cries for Newman to be sacked?
Let’s not forget Abbott states that Newman is doing a great job and will do much the same if he becomes PM.
Malcolm Turnbull has spoken out against the O’Farrell government over that helipad approval.
It appears that ambulances are going to ne replaced with Health taxis. They will dump you off in the out patience waiting room. Anything to save money. Good news, ambulance fees will not rise. It matters not, that you will not get an ambulance for your money.
Yep, one gets more for your money under a coalition government.
Newman refuses to anti up to the ant- ant program. Will fire ant defenders get same response as volunteer firies?
Will the c/wealth and other states cut funding in response?
“The Newman government has cut funding and jobs from the Queensland arm of the national program aimed at eradicating fire ants.
But Mr McVeigh said the downsizing would not hamper the state’s ability to fight the introduced species, however the program would focus on achieving “greater efficiencies”.
the state’s contribution to the program was $1.125 million this financial year, less than half the amount spent by the Bligh administration in the previous two budgets.
Mr McVeigh told Fairfax Media the total number of budgeted positions in the program had reduced from 181 in 2011-12 to 126 in 2012-13.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/fire-ant-eradication-faces-funding-cut-20121218-2bl8s.html#ixzz2FRMecvpX
‘However he outlined a need to continue to negotiate more support from other levels of government.
“The Newman government will continue to work with its national partners to secure ongoing funding for the eradication program for future years,” he said in a statement.
Funding for the national program, which was introduced in 2001 as an emergency response to the discovery of Solenopsis invicta fire ants, is drawn from Australian states and territories as well as the commonwealth government.
Annual allocations are negotiated through a national cost shared framework with the shared Australian budget for fire ants currently standing at $15 million – the same as it was in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/fire-ant-eradication-faces-funding-cut-20121218-2bl8s.html#ixzz2FRNAaDBr
Sue & CU, I can sense the Liars on SA licking their lips at this latest attack on the most vulnerable in our society. What next? Babies with disabilities put out on hills to die?
O’Farrell and Newman should be chucked out asap as this pair suck up to the wealthiest at the expense of the least well off. Typical Tories-bleed the poor white to prop up their millionaire mates. They couldn’t give a toss about the welfare of their state or the country.
Qld beautiful one day, the next……..well Cando won govt and let the facts speak for them self
” OPPONENTS have leapt on bad news released by the Queensland Treasurer to land some blows over widespread cost-cutting which included the sacking of 14,000 workers.
The latest data showed unemployment at 0.25% higher than forecast in the September budget figures, rising to 6.25% as growth fell from 4% to 3.75%.
Both the Queensland Labor Party and public service union Together Queensland attributed both to what they described as the State Government’s attacks on workers, frontline services and its own negativity about government debt.
These cuts were not enough to stop the government going deeper into debt – $11.2 billion from the September prediction of $10.7 billion. ‘
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/unemployment-rate-attributed-qld-govt-cost-cutting/1693308/
Leaked report warns against national park hunting
O’Farrell promised many times before he was elected he would not be like the previous government by being secrative and non-transparent.
Just add this to his very long list of broken tenets with the NSW people as O’Farrell’s is turning into one of the least transparent governments NSW has seen.
O’Farrell hits turbulence over airport
Haha. According to the right wing media O’Farrell was going to wedge the Gillard government over a second airport for Sydney. Instead he’s wedged himself. He can’t even get that right in a display of another State Liberal government failing on all levels.
And the right wingers lamely attempt to infer the Gillard government as a failure. Methinks they should look in their own backyard at the State Liberals. And if they want to project as is their want then project the failings of the State Liberals multiplied many times onto Abbott and the current Federal L&NP and you have a projection of a balls up Coalition government.
And the Queensland LNP has nose dived even further in the latest polls, which The Australian has ignored.
If you thought it wasn’t possible then think again as we are in territory never experienced by a political leader in this country. Newman’s personal rating has gone down even more.
I will repeat it for it’s worth repeating. When you look at Newman you are looking at Abbott lite. Abbott has praised Newman and has stated he will do the things Newman is doing, that despite the fact Newman is sending Queensland backwards as the latest economic figures for the State show.
The rabid right here could not come up with any lucid reasons why Abbott should be PM, well here is one massive reason why he shouldn’t. He will be Newman magnified.
Abbott today in the AFR:
No wonder they call him Idiot Boy.
I don’t think I’ve said this here, but OMFG.
I’ve heard some say that Abbott really isn’t stupid but only appears that way or he plays at it.
After that I’m telling you he’s a fucking idiot.
Mo, can you imagine that mob of incompetent buffoons trying to tell Treasury what to do?
I actually think he’s playing simple, populist politics. Public Service bashing has always been popular among the electorate. Abbott’s cashing in. A bit early though, me thinks.
Miglo, most new ministers learn very quickly why their brain farts have not been introduced previously. Mainly because similar things are already in place, or their ideas have been tried and failed.
An prudent minister will take the time to look at what is working, before throwing anything out.
One thing I do know, if a minister does not earn the \trust of the PS, nothing will be achieved.
It is hard to believe, that a man who has been a minister would make such stupid statements.
One wonders how this man ever became a Rhodes Scholar. I have read, it could be about knowing the right people, getting the right backing.
It appears not to be about what one has achieved. The right references are the key that open the door. I believe that Abbott was supported by Jesuit priests and studied some theology while at Oxford. Maybe people were the key that opened that door, or could have been Santamaria.
Cannot see any evidence outstanding academia that would have led him to go to Oxford. Surely, it could not have been his boxing skills, which I believe are more those as a slugger, not a boxer.
Infrastructure the NSW. Barry O’Farrel way: the north-west rail link’
” When it opens, single-deck trains will run on the new line from Rouse Hill to Epping, and then to Chatswood on the existing Epping to Chatswood line.
Running the line as a stand-alone shuttle means people who use the northern line between Epping and Hornsby will have to use at least three trains to get to the city when, at the moment, they get a direct run into town.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/minister-faces-resident-backlash-over-changes-to-train-services-20121227-2bxur.html#ixzz2GHoiMwFa
Now doesn’t that sound a winner, the commuter gets to get on and off 3 times instead of once. But then this could be the reason Barry and the Liberals prefer this
“Running the trains as a shuttle between Rouse Hill and Chatswood makes it easier to privatise the line, rather than have it run by RailCorp.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/minister-faces-resident-backlash-over-changes-to-train-services-20121227-2bxur.html#ixzz2GHpBhbmr
The latest deal between O’Farrell and the Shooters’ Party involved privatizing the electricity operators in exchange for privatizing culling animals within National Parks. Most commentators complained about the stupidity of the National Parks side of the deal, but failed to comment on the stupidity behind the whole concept of privatization.
If you get a chance have a look at O’Farrell’s 20 year transport plan. It’s almost totally about cars and building billions on tollways with a secondary plan of getting buses off the roads and into tunnels within the city area.
There is precious little on rail or other public transport.
When the transport minister was quizzed on this he said there’s plenty on public transport, buses. He stated that a large number of commuters are moved around by bus and they had a plan to help that. But buses are only used because the rail system in NSW is so shit, something O’Farrell promised many time to fix when he was in opposition, and again something he constantly attacked the Labor government for not addressing. Now he’s not going to address it.
And no that 20 year plan did not included putting more and better buses on the road, it meant getting the existing ones off the road but only in the Sydney city areas.
Welcome to the Liberals short sighted look at strategic planning that will screw Sydney for many more decades to come.
More Liberal incompetence…
This is the sort of outcome you can expect if CONNED into voting CONservative…
ME, Liealot really is that stupid. Are NSW voters waking up to the appalling failure that is the O’Farrell government? It seems Qlders have well and truly had their rude awakening courtesy of the Newman government.
I just hope voters in SA will heed the message about the folly of electing a Liars government. I already know how bad they are, I don’t need 4 years to have my nose rubbed in it.
Weeties packet, CU.
Jane, it’s probably a ROADS scholarship, a piece of paper found in the gutter of one of the roads he happened to be riding his pushie down.
I heard he also has an economics degree, it’s amazing what you can buy if you’ve got the money! 😉 😉 say no more.
which just goes to prove these qualifications aren’t necessarily worth the paper they’re written on.
Cheers 😀
Truth Seeker, :lol:. He probably got Sloppy to do the economics exams. He no doubt figured that Sloppy would bamboozled the poor sod reading his papers that he got a pass to prevent a nervous breakdown!
Möbius Ecko
DECEMBER 23, 2012 @ 8:10 AM
Leaked report warns against national park hunting
O’Farrell promised many times before he was elected he would not be like the previous government by being secrative and non-transparent.
Just add this to his very long list of broken tenets with the NSW people as O’Farrell’s is turning into one of the least transparent governments NSW has seen.
Meanwhile the Gillard administration winds transparency back…
Labor accused of giving up on ideal of open government
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/foi/labor-accused-of-giving-up-on-ideal-of-open-government/story-fn8r0e18-1226545903908
“THE information watchdog has called on the Gillard government to recommit itself to transparency and allow greater public scrutiny, declaring Labor has lost the drive for open government.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner wants the government to push for the cultural change Labor promised following the freedom of information reforms it introduced last term. “A great deal has been done across government in the last two years to embed those reforms in government practice,” the OAIC states. “However, there has not since been the same explicit promotion of open government reform and cultural change by government as occurred in 2009-10.”
The OAIC made the comments in its submission to a review of the FOI Act by former bureaucrat Allan Hawke. In announcing the review, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon made specific reference to the cost of administering FOI and the need to ensure public servants and third parties were not dissuaded from providing “frank and fearless advice”.
Having itself been the victim of government cost-cutting, the OAIC used its submission to plead for an exemption from the public sector efficiency dividend, warning further cuts would cause delays in processing external FOI reviews. It also called on the government to focus on releasing more information, ideally without the need for FOI, and to take a vow of commitment to openness and transparency.
“An ideal context . . . would be the adoption by government of a national plan that restated the government’s commitment to open government, identified the key agencies with responsibility in this area and their relationship to each other, and selected key projects to be undertaken across government,” its submission says.
While FOI was a key issue at the 2007 election, it has since drifted off the political agenda, with Ms Roxon now tipped to wind the reforms back and make FOI more expensive for applicants. The opposition’s spokesman on FOI, George Brandis, has shown little interest in the issue, leaving only the Greens campaigning for improvements.
The OAIC has recommended changes to the appeal mechanisms and reiterated its support for a 40-hour cap on processing time and changes to the fees and charges that apply for non-personal requests.
Three parliamentary departments have criticised the OAIC for finding they were within the scope of the FOI Act.
Ms Roxon blamed the situation on a legal “anomoly” that would need to be corrected, but the departments argued in a joint submission that the law should “reflect the intention of the parliament, which is subject to interpretation by the courts”. The OAIC, however, wants them to remain within the full scope of the FOI Act, which should also be extended to intelligence agencies.
The review coincides with two recent decisions that have drawn attention to the limitations of FOI: the Full Court of the Federal Court ruled documents about the Australian system of honours were not subject to the act, while the Administrative Appeals Tribunal found the ABC had applied its program material and data-casting content exemption too broadly”
So Scramble Screwman wants to do away with compulsory voting in QLD!
I am sure that all RW governments would like to do the same, including Abbott given half a chance, as I know that they have already talked about it.
Instead, lets do away with Scramble and his RW nutjob mates! 👿
With Screwmans efforts to destroy QLD, the question needs to be asked;
Would an Abbott gov look like this? 👿
http://truthseekersmusings.wordpress.com/qld-beautiful-one-day/
Cheers 😯
HERE’S a bit of good news from Victoria as court rejects push for Alpine grazing in Victoria.
😳 sorry about the redundancy
Newman’s latest, he wants to disband the very successful cadet Emergency Services program and make cuts to Emergency Services.
Yep more disadvantaged kids on the streets and people in peril.
Note all the things that Newman is attacking, things that help the disadvantaged and payback in the future for the State. So both socially and environmentally he is destroying Queensland whilst sending it backwards economically.
Now think on this. Abbott has openly praised everything Newman is doing and has indicated he would do much the same.
So whilst Newman is only stuffing up Queensland in a big way with some spill over Nationally, Abbott will well and truly stuff up everything.
Does one get the impression, those from the right seem to know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The money they believe they saved, amounts to very little.
It just seems to be all about cutting. No sense of the consequences of their actions.
Yet Cu they really don’t even know the price of things either. They may be able to quote you the current money amount but they are so short sighted they can never tell you the long term cost.
It’s the closed minded short sightedness predicated on their immediate greediness that’s the problem with the Right.
Well is the worm turning. Channel 10 severely canning a Coalition pollie.
Charlie Pickering on The Project just called Campbell Newman a “dictator.”
Queensland’s credit rating downgraded under the Liberal Nationals…
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/fitch-ratings-agency-downgrades-queenslands-credit-rating-to-aa/story-e6freoof-1226473673639
This Labor government knows the value of good polling.
‘THE Gillard government spent a record $35 million on market research last financial year as it tried to read – and bend – the public mood on issues such as the carbon tax, broadband, smoking and private health insurance.
‘Analysis by The Australian of taxpayer-funded opinion polling, focus groups and customer surveys by federal government departments and agencies found Labor had racked up a bill of $126m over the past four years trying to finesse its political and policy messages.’
Tom Dusevic in the Oz
‘But federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has said he has no plans, if elected, to build an airport at Badgerys Creek and may even not back a second airport at another site.
‘Premier Barry O’Farrell, after initially saying a second airport should be at Canberra with high-speed rail to support it, now says Mr Albanese and Mr Hockey need to stump up the $7 billion to $11 billion to build a second airport before the issue can be seriously considered.’
Andrew Clennell in the Daily Telegraph
Quoting The Australian, tch tch, and not even a link to the full article so we can see the full article and what his actual data is.
I very much doubt that the government spent $35 million trying to read “and bend” the public mood, something Ltd News does all the time in putting out false reports and headlines that don’t match the story.
Unless you can supply to us a break down of that money and what departments spent it, like Defence etc. then it’s just more piss in the wind from the right wing media and you posted it in the wrong thread.
On topic for the thread.
O’Farrell might be “travelling well” according to a right wing opinion from the last Newspoll but buried in it was that already up to that poll O’Farrell will lose nine seats with more reducing their margins, and the Coalition members of those seats are not happy. Grumblings and fractures appearing like those in Queensland, only in NSW O’Farrell is doing it in slow time, but in the end the result will be the same for both States.
and what his actual data is.
hahahahahha
data 😯 It’s the oo ME, data is a swear word there 😉
Well we all know the right have written a new dictionary. They have evolved new meanings for many words. So many new meanings, that they now speak a language we do not understand. Gets around being accused of lying.
Funny this person accepts the alleged accusations of one man, while at the same time rejecting similar data and facts of the majority that talk about carbon emission and the effect it has on climate.
Whatever this government spends, it would be small in comparison to the Howard years, who took this to heights never dreamt of by previous PM’s.
I use public transport a lot. In fact, it is all I used. I can get people to talk about O’Farrel easily, and none complementary. Get blank stares if I mention the PM.
No, the actions of the NSW government are not being ignored or liked by many.
If the MSM done its job and reported on the legislation this government has put in place, market research would not be needed in getting the message out to the public.
Suspect record level of new legislation requires extra spending.
Just a thought.
‘Whatever this government spends, it would be small in comparison to the Howard years…’
Where’s nil when yer need him?
Where’s nil when yer need him?
Busy enjoying his middle class welfare courtesy of Howard?
As O’Farrell was in front of the news cameras today going on about how this will probably be the worst bushfire season in the States history not once did he mention his cuts to emergency services and the closing of fire stations around the State, some in the worst fire prone areas.
He didn’t mention the $300 insurance levy he put on us all that was to pay for the emergency services he cut but most probably went into his and his ministers pay rises and refurbished offices.
I bet if there are devastating fires in NSW, with some areas already burning, the MSM will not hold O’Farrell to task for his failure to the people of NSW, not even introducing a local SMS warning service that was a recommendation, instead they will show O’Farrell as a brave leader giving the people of NSW strength in a time of great tragedy.
And so the Conservative snow jobs continue where they directly or indirectly through lack of action and cut back cause or tumefy disasters they then spin how great they are in coming to the aid of the people in need.
“O’Farrell was in front of the news cameras today going on about how this will probably be the worst bushfire season in the States history not once did he mention his cuts to emergency services and the closing of fire stations around the State, some in the worst fire prone areas.”
An no-one here will admit that green madness has contributed greatly to increased combustible biomass…not bloody likely. The left never accepts any part of the blame and the green left that holds the balance of power today should be dying of shame!
MO. I wonder if Mr. O’Farrell realise he has scared the wits out of many tonight. Even those not in fire areas.
One lady, in a region where it is unlikely ever to be in danger of fire, is demanding the dog trailer be hooked up, so they can get out quickly. In real panic mode. Warning is one thing, scaring people is another.
Oh c’mon off it Treeman that furphy has been debunked long ago and many times.
Another Right Wing say it often enough it makes it true.
What about Tasmania where forest clearing has helped increase the dryness of the remaining pockets and forests. That’s a known and measurable, it happens in the Amazon, Indonesia and other normally wet areas forests as well.
But of course you will never blame industry who support your beloved Liberals for doing anything wrong, it’s all the Greens fault. What a dunce.
With ‘catastrophic’ fire warnings currently in place for NSW, we should remember that budget cuts of the Liberal state government threaten fire stations. Story from 08 July 2012:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cuts-may-create-parttime-fire-stations-20120707-21nsw.html
Just what is needed in this region. More liquor outlets, opening longer hours.
Was this a Cando election promise?
Or is Cando just saying, you, the police, are no different to the other 14000 public servants!
“Queensland’s Acting Premier says the State Government could change the law to force senior police out of the service.
Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart has announced a restructure of the service, with up to 110 commissioned officers to take voluntary redundancies.
Jeff Seeney says the Government would consider changing the law if they will not go”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-08/queensland-police-could-be-forced-into-redundancy/4456970?section=qld
sue
Promises Broken, Lies Told, Arrogance Given and Ignorance in Bucket Loads. Thats the new government of QLD.
There comes a time when one has to take their head out of the sand. Good governance is ensuring the infrastructure is in place to support industry.
Did the 2 qld police unions openly support cando at the election?
If they did than these comments seem remarkable less than a year into the cando govt. Then again for Cando, sycophants is probably the level of commitment required.
“The QPUE (Queensland Police Union of Employees) will never tolerate or cop any type of legislation change to force redundancy upon sworn police,” Mr Sycz wrote.
“The Commissioner’s got rocks in his head if he thinks police will take this lying down. He seems to be gunning for frontline police.”
The union initially gave cautious support to a service restructure, putting it at odds with commissioned officers who condemned the cuts as “catastrophic”.
Upping its opposition to the cuts, the separate Commissioned Officers’ Union warned the service’s independence would be lost if police could be forced out of their jobs.
“It means the only people you are left with are sycophants and ‘yes people’ who are prepared to do whatever the government or department bids for fear of getting the sack,” president Superintendent John Pointing said.”
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/we-wont-cop-redundancies/story-e6freoof-1226550712974
More Cando promises in action
” A BATTLE is looming over the closure or loss of services at Moura Hospital.
A group of community members, led by Jim Pearce, held a meeting on Wednesday to plan its strategy in a campaign against the cuts.
The Queensland Government has unleashed a stinging response to Mr Pearce’s role in the campaign.
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney said the government would support the health board as it “worked to ensure sustainable health services for the region”.
“The hospital and health board is a true representative of the community in contrast to so-called, self-appointed advocates such as former Labor MP Jim Pearce,” Mr Seeney said.
Rural doctors are concerned the possible closure of Moura Hospital is just the start of moves to shut down a string of small rural hospitals across Queensland.
The hospital services a town of 3000 people but Rural Doctors Association of Queensland president Adam Coltzau told News Ltd that was expected to double in the next decade with energy sector growth. ”
“If a township the size of Moura is vulnerable to having services withdrawn, we hold that no small hospital in Queensland is safe,” Dr Coltzau said.
http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/battle-over-the-hospital/1712164/
While in Ted Baileau’s Victoria,
BUDGET cuts will close 45 to 50 beds at Eastern Health, which includes the Box Hill and Maroondah hospitals, however it is unclear how many jobs could go as a result.
The new cuts follow the closure of a 32-bed surgical ward at Box Hill Hospital just over a year ago due to a lack of funding for its services at the time.
It comes as hospital chiefs meet Victorian Health Minister David Davis on Thursday to discuss how they are managing a sudden cut of $107 million this financial year. The reduction is the result of a federal government adjustment to Victoria’s health funding based on changing population data, which the Victorian government has rejected.
However, it also coincides with the state government slashing $616 million from its last two health budgets.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/eastern-health-closes-more-beds-20130109-2ch53.html#ixzz2HW5Zasyc
Does one recall that all of Mr. Howard’s funding to NGO’s included an undertaking that they would not launch or join in any protest again the Howard government.
Bligh pledged, Newman cut , Gillard choses not to forget.
“Last year, the Queensland Government promised to spend a modest amount to build a statue in honour of the Mud Army – a promise that didn’t survive the change of government.
I’m proud to say on the second anniversary of the Brisbane floods the Federal Government will deliver this project, not to score a political point but to ensure the story of the Mud Army is told to future generations. I look forward to working with Premier Campbell Newman and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk to find a suitable location for what I believe will become an important symbol of generosity and spirit.
Time passes but the Mud Army – and what it symbolises – must never be forgotten.
As a nation, we kept our promise to stand with the people of Queensland through the rebuilding. Australians paid $6 billion partly through the Flood Levy so Queenslanders weren’t left to foot the massive bill alone. It’s hard to imagine anyone regretting a single cent.”
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mud-army-a-symbol-of-the-best-of-humankind-says-prime-minister-julia-gillard/story-e6freoof-1226552344389
50/50 whether Newman will work with the PM, but as the Federal govt is paying he may turn up for the photo op.
So much for O’Farrell’s promise of being open and transparent. There goes his number one attack when in opposition that business was telling the government what to do and calling the shots.
Of course the difference here is that when discovered under the previous government it was splashed across the headlines for weeks denigrating the government on how underhanded it is. O’Farrell with get another free kick or even praise.
Mobius ecko
Its simple really , Packer is Lachlan Murdoch’s mate. Murdoch press will never criticise a Packer or Packer interests.
This thread will soon be archived. So far it has received great comments but it’s probably time to absorb talk of the Liberal state failings into Café Talk.
The Liberal Nationals are axing school nurses from all State Schools in Queensland.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/queensland/school-nurses-axed-20130123-2d7rb.html