tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post2953853405919593640..comments2023-04-20T04:34:11.624+10:00Comments on CAIRNS HILLBILLY WATCH - DAILY LIFE IN CAIRNS, QLD EXPLAINED BY RATIONAL, THINKING PEOPLE: QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS EXPOSE DEMOCRATIC FLAWS IN ELECTION PROCESS THAT THE LNP SHOULD RECTIFY FOR THE GOOD OF QUEENSLAND VOTERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-66988325305463809962012-04-11T15:55:17.068+10:002012-04-11T15:55:17.068+10:00Rudd,Swan,Garret have always been working for the ...Rudd,Swan,Garret have always been working for the liberals,little Johnny's plan has worked like a dream,,,,,,,,suckersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-70800545020030155432012-04-02T21:18:15.280+10:002012-04-02T21:18:15.280+10:00Proportionally, there are more females in the Afgh...Proportionally, there are more females in the Afghani parliament than in the new Qld parliament. And we have the nerve to criticise them about the Taliban. I blame Howard's middle class welfare, maintained bu the federal ALP, for pushing women back into the kitchen to remain bare foot and pregnant. Interesting, that women now outnumber men in most university courses and also maintain higher grade point averages. I am male.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-15895774908679036412012-04-01T09:36:57.868+10:002012-04-01T09:36:57.868+10:00.Entsch campaigned on State issues when he went fo....Entsch campaigned on State issues when he went for Turnour. How could you forget the demonstration at BlueWater Estate when all the residents got up in arms over a State Housing Development there, blaming Turnour for it? Then when he got elected, Entsch just pointed the finger at the State Government. Then of course there was the dugong and turtle issue which Entsch also used to go after Turnour. Once he was elected, he just pointed the finger at the State Government. Entsch manipulates the voters who don't know the differences between State and Federal responsibilities. In fact Entsch has used that ignorance to the best advantage I have ever seen. Watch King follow suit.Bus.Op.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-5829449424334811202012-04-01T09:16:49.556+10:002012-04-01T09:16:49.556+10:00Steve Wettenhall did more than cut ribbons etc. H...Steve Wettenhall did more than cut ribbons etc. He worked hard for Barron River. The one to comment unfavourably on would be Enstch. Where has he been for the past 12 months. Still fighting the dugong case and swirling around at functions. I reckon we should be entitled to see their (MP's) diary once a month to just see what in fact they have done and where they have been. We should demand it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-11281042167290197582012-03-31T19:37:03.100+10:002012-03-31T19:37:03.100+10:00You reckon Pitt is useless, does anyone remember t...You reckon Pitt is useless, does anyone remember the former Member for Barron River? Wettenhall was great at getting his photo in the paper and quite good at cutting ribbons. But when the screw was turned where was he? Instead of being our representative in Brisbane he was Brisbane's representative in in Barron River.<br />Good riddance!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-89326248982987347702012-03-29T12:59:57.390+10:002012-03-29T12:59:57.390+10:00Jim was a fair representative for Leichhardt, agre...Jim was a fair representative for Leichhardt, agreed, athena. I'd like to see him back actually.Dinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-824003798421268162012-03-29T12:42:06.602+10:002012-03-29T12:42:06.602+10:00Athena, I agree with you about Jim. I have met him...Athena, I agree with you about Jim. I have met him several times and he has been very helpful. He is also a genuine nice guy. The point I was trying to make was that it was the local unions who initially put him there and then withdrew their support and basically dumped him. Who gives them the right to appoint our MP's? The MUA does not represent me. The AWU is a piss weak union providing very little benefit for their members. Why should they have a say in who represents us here ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-34114413204124921722012-03-29T11:08:55.113+10:002012-03-29T11:08:55.113+10:00Mr Ramsey, Jim Turnour was a very effective Federa...Mr Ramsey, Jim Turnour was a very effective Federal Member for the one term he was in office. He achieved far more in his three years than did Warren Entsch between 1996 and 2007. Jim lobbied for and got the Federal funding needed to build the Liz Plummer Radiotherapy Centre, and then put pressure on the State Government to cough up their funding. He then obtained the funding for the Dentistry School at JCU, then the Federal funding for the Marine College. He achieved Federal funding for all the schools building programs locally under the Federal Governments Stimulus Package. He followed through with Rudd's promise to deliver computers to every child in school and that program is currently underway in the area. I could go on. Jim was only a "oncer" but he served Leichhardt well. In fact he was a far better representative than the previous Labor Federal rep. Peter Dodds as well.athenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-23803088802797888452012-03-29T10:50:31.258+10:002012-03-29T10:50:31.258+10:00Anonymous, unions might not be ripping off the tax...Anonymous, unions might not be ripping off the taxpayers, they certainly are ripping off their members. It was local MUA rank and file that put forward Jim Turnour, then got rid of them. They then gave us Lesina. These overpaid and underworked bludgers are bleeding the country dry. Do you think we would have be better off without the mining boom ? After 20 years of Labor you'd think the working man would be much better off than is the case. They obviously could not deliver the goods. The high dollar obviously hurt the tourist industry. Insane wage demands do not help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-71575752299715215992012-03-29T07:48:56.382+10:002012-03-29T07:48:56.382+10:00I voted for Steve Wettenhall. I thought Anna Bligh...I voted for Steve Wettenhall. I thought Anna Bligh was a good premier and the last thing I wanted to see was a Newman government. However that was the outcome of a democratic election. <br /><br />Mr Ramsey is correct that things won't get as bad as they were under Joh because of modern communication and technology. Although with the gerrymander, Joh didn't need much more than 20% of the vote to retain power, the truth is most people had no idea of the corruption. When I lived in country Qld I didn't like their politics but it wasn't till I moved to Brisbane I found out how corrupt they were. That would not be possible now. <br /><br />As for Mr Palmer - he will take care of himself. He always overreaches - and that will be fun to watch.<br /><br />The LNP quickly morphed from a rabble wandering in the wilderness to ruling Rome once they found their Messiah - now he'll have all the fun of making the fishes and loaves stretch to sate them all. Unless he can walk on water, he'll be wallowing in sewage.<br /><br />A sizable percentage of Queenslanders did vote Labor in the election - many more than voted for Katter or the Greens. The remaining members can be a good opposition. I remember when Labor members of the Queensland opposition just accepted they were perpetual losers except for Kev Hooper, the member for Inala, who was virtually a one man opposition. As the sole crusader against LNP corruption he was demonised for years - even by his own side - but history proved him right.<br /><br />Lasbor needs to develop simple clear policies we all understand and explain them to us. They certainly need to never again put forward people for election whose only contribution to their community has been joining the party. Campbell Newman got one of the smallest swings - he was up against a good local member, well known in her community. I don't want to vote for people who I only know because a political party says they're worthy. I want to see a track record of community involvement over a period of years EVEN in unwinnable seats. I despise the bullshit of endorsing token candidates who've never even been in an electorate or only have some tenuous link, just to have a presence. It's little subversions like that which eventually make the bigger subversions acceptable.<br /><br />Lastly Labor have to get a handle on the internet. More people seem to be getting their information from Facebook and forum comments than from actual news and there is no accountability for the bullshit spread in those places. Utter crap becomes perceived wisdom because it is hammered home time and time again. I have lost count of how many time I have read that Val constantly has her hand out for pay rises when in fact she has consistently rejected them. And how many times have we all read the 'strategic port land' nonsense. If Labor wants people to know the truth they must counter this 'if you tell a lie often enough' strategy.Destiny Prophethttp://www.spentmemory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-65147174831126951292012-03-28T22:38:58.376+10:002012-03-28T22:38:58.376+10:00Mr Ramsey. The unions are not ripping off the taxp...Mr Ramsey. The unions are not ripping off the taxpayer. Miners are. Due to the "boom" we pay higher interest rates and the AUD kills our local tourist industry. They get richer while making us poorer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-19188091637765400082012-03-28T18:27:33.479+10:002012-03-28T18:27:33.479+10:00And ALP governments don't pay lip service to t...And ALP governments don't pay lip service to the unions that partly bankroll them with member's money ? And corruption ? Have a look at how the HSA has been pissing away member's hard-earned fees.I'm not saying that we should allow the new government to be corrupt or that that Palmer boof head should have a free ride. Just don't overlook the bad practices that exist under Labor governments. There is a reason why the Bligh government was annilihated. Blaming it all on Palmer's money is just too easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-57998954222576970852012-03-28T14:54:28.632+10:002012-03-28T14:54:28.632+10:00We are already seeing corruption Mr Ramsay. Imagi...We are already seeing corruption Mr Ramsay. Imagine if Labor had a sugar daddy bankrolling their election, and when they won, on the first day in office they announced they would be abolishing a Department which made it hard for the sugar daddy to conduct his business? Isn't Newman paying Palmer for services rendered? Then as pointed out above the CMC are still investigating one of the allegatrions against Newman,.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-17401629463001628992012-03-28T10:55:16.223+10:002012-03-28T10:55:16.223+10:00The problem for the ALP is that it has completely ...The problem for the ALP is that it has completely lost touch with the people it is supposed to represent. Labor MP's now consist mainly of lawyers and career politicians. The QLD Labor government has had more than 20 years to shape the State's future and has failed miserably. If the LNP does not deliver, it will get it's arse kicked at the next election, despite the ALP 's huge loss.They better not forget the Borbidge fiasco. I remember the Joh/Hinze days well, but I don't think we will see a return to such a corrupt, near fascist regime. People are much better informed and connected these days and simply won't stand for it.The LNP, including our local members, have made a lot of promises. Let's hold them to it and stop moaning about the election result. It might be time to look at an alternative to the ALP to represent the working class and the time to do so starts now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-75454703945115575912012-03-28T10:38:13.779+10:002012-03-28T10:38:13.779+10:00Whew - thanks for that Dina. Curly Joe made me fee...Whew - thanks for that Dina. Curly Joe made me feel for a few minutes that we had all been transported to Moscow or Liberia or some such place immediately after Saturdays elections. Ive been in and had a look at the website and yeah they have stated there is some matters to be cleared up still. I wouldnt worry about this Wooloongabba bloody developer, its Clive Palmer and his kind I worry more about to be quite honest.ECKERSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-82867558902072231242012-03-28T10:36:37.779+10:002012-03-28T10:36:37.779+10:00Hillbilly
Sounds like that's how candidates ar...Hillbilly<br />Sounds like that's how candidates are chosen in China? A good old Chinese system.Stats Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-90745798375062245672012-03-28T07:16:23.873+10:002012-03-28T07:16:23.873+10:00Curly Joe, I would hope to God your allegations ar...Curly Joe, I would hope to God your allegations are rubbish. For a start , there is no CJC. It is now the Crime and Misconduct Commission,and they have a website where you can check all the details of the election allegations against Newman. There is a Chairman and four commissioners and frankly I think they would all be above board and on the level mate. If you go into their website you will see that the allegation against Newman concerning the donations to the LNP from that developer for BCC approval for a Wooloongabba development in January 2011 is STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. It's a pity the media didn't emphasise this when they touted in screaming headlines that all the allegations had been finalised and dismissed, but that shows the media bias more than anything else.Dinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-20633754542601735292012-03-27T20:51:28.033+10:002012-03-27T20:51:28.033+10:00Curly Joe, you raised some interesting, but doubtf...Curly Joe, you raised some interesting, but doubtful, scenarios there. If there is any truth in what you say, any at all, then the next few years will make the Joh Bjelke Petersen era look as squeaky clean as the Brady Bunch. But, how will we know anyway? We won't, will we?Neilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-20703144357687184962012-03-27T20:44:40.998+10:002012-03-27T20:44:40.998+10:00nomooremike, that is the crunch...many Queenslande...nomooremike, that is the crunch...many Queenslanders no longer have any recollection of the Joh years. The backroom deals, the bribery, the secret collusion and the sheer level of corruption which rotted its way through the Queensland Parliament into the business and financial world and into the police force. For those of us old enough to remember it, it is a frightening situation in George Street right now. Newman has already demonstrated his lack of ethics. He is fully supported by the media who haven't made a fuss out of his leaving the Brisbane City Council with a huge debt. Imagine if that had been a non LNP Mayor? The media would have gone beserk!Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-82044839298862816002012-03-27T19:06:29.064+10:002012-03-27T19:06:29.064+10:00Wot's all this talk about "the Joh years?...Wot's all this talk about "the Joh years?"<br /><br />My memory serves me well.<br /><br />He smashed the union thugs and got Queensland up and running like never before.<br /><br />It took 20 years of Goss, Beattie and Bligh to bring it QLD to a crawl again.<br /><br />Campbell Cando will do.<br /><br />He's an engineer (common sense)<br />He's ex army (discipline) and<br />He's a leader (ex Mayor).<br /><br />Relax, you rusted on lefties and let Campbell Cando perform his magic.<br /><br />Queensland will prosper like it did during the 70/80's.<br /><br />Oh what joy !!!whale oil beef hookednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-14912214430070851242012-03-27T18:48:26.734+10:002012-03-27T18:48:26.734+10:00@ Liz
Most people have no idea just what those ye...@ Liz<br /><br />Most people have no idea just what those years were like.<br /><br />Take the Oxenford Tavern. Russ Hinze wanted the place but the owners wouldn't sell at the price he offered. They applied to have a pull-in off the main road, long before the present highway was built. As Minister of Main Roads, Hinze blocked it. They applied for the TAB licence, as Minister for Racing (?), Hinze blocked it.<br /><br />Finally he got the pub, and the pull-in, complete with street lighting, and then the TAB licence.<br /><br />He also bought the old race track opposite, which he then sold back to Main Roads to build the new intersection to Hope Island, that was after he had bought chunks of the place, of course, before he approved the new bridge.nomooremikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430287219237165635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-13783967788133212132012-03-27T18:40:31.949+10:002012-03-27T18:40:31.949+10:00If you accept that the differences between the maj...If you accept that the differences between the major parties are relatively small, I'm prepared to accept Campbell Newman as premier - I expect him to do a reasonably good job. He's done this before in Brisbane, and seemed to be well-accepted there. And you don't get to this level by being a dunce.<br /><br />And once you realise he's not a dunce, you'll then understand why he looks on Gavin King much the same as we all do here. How can a pollie trust an ex-journo? He'll do his best to keep him busy and away from all the levers of power. And any drinking women. . .Rick Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-555579210866225172012-03-27T18:07:31.660+10:002012-03-27T18:07:31.660+10:00So Trout Lilly wants to be the new tourism ministe...So Trout Lilly wants to be the new tourism minister, basing his position on running a cohort of flea ridden, malnourished horses at Blazing Saddles. Even Newman is not that stupid to ask this inarticulate dickhead to lead tourism futures in Queensland. I'm sure he'll consider much stronger talent from his large pool of MPs based in SEQ. God help us if Trout gets the nod, even as parliamentary secretary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-27093565791818978332012-03-27T17:31:02.085+10:002012-03-27T17:31:02.085+10:00People may as well have wiped their bum with their...People may as well have wiped their bum with their ballot paper when they voted for KAP. What good did it do them hey? They got no say at all. None. Now the LNP have got all the power in the world and gobsnot is now trying to control the local Council and get servile arselickers who will do what he wants.bogannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-91531626228132392082012-03-27T15:47:25.685+10:002012-03-27T15:47:25.685+10:00How the hell are we going to keep Newman honest? ...How the hell are we going to keep Newman honest? It's patently obvious that some of what Anna alleged during the campaign about Newman was true. I reckon the CJC shit themselves when they saw that Newman might become the next Premier because Borbidge when he was Premier in 1998 tried to close the CJC down. Thats why I reckoned the CJC members just tossed the allegations against Newman out. Look after Number One mate, lots of bloody public servants do that, by Christ. Newman has just demonstrated how crooked he is with his "deal" with Palmer. Christ, there isn't any parliamentary opposition to speak of, the media is all gung ho with the LNP and we got a Premier as crooked as a two bob watch. To make it worse, hardly any bastard in Queensland remembers the Joh years at all.Curly Joenoreply@blogger.com