by GRAHAM YOUNG – I WAS one of few political analysts who predicted Annastacia Palaszczuk would beat Campbell Newman in 2015. That fact alone may explain a lot about her long career. What was Palaszczuk’s defining achievement? Well, she managed to increase…
SHE’S promising to spend up big, green-light euthanasia and run cover for sexual predators working in school classrooms.This is the debased policy platform Queensland’s incumbent Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk believes will see her re-elected next Saturday week. And according to opinion polls, she might be right.
AFTER years of double speak and dragging its heels on mining approvals, Labor has now publicly embraced coal as Queensland’s 2020 election looms. Holding a slim two seat majority, ALP Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is targeting regional electorates to assist her retain government – albeit with a bet each way.
COAL will be around “for a long time yet” according to BHP chief executive Mike Henry as Labor fast-tracks approval of a massive new coal mine in central Queensland. Mr Henry, whose company mines both metallurgical and thermal coal, confirmed this week that BHP was committed to coal and that he expected ongoing demand.
AFTER a nail-biting wait of 20 days, Sarah Caisip finally received approval from the Queensland government to enter Queensland so she could farewell her dying dad. Sarah’s dad had already passed away, the Queensland government having overlooked the fact that death does not recognise bureaucratic timeframes.
A SPECTRE is haunting the world – the Mussolini syndrome where the leader addresses the populace based on a cocktail of alien, fashionable dogmas, announcing decisions taken which will significantly change their lives.No longer needing a Palazzo Venezia balcony like Mussolini’s to speak from, leaders today do this through electronic devices now found everywhere.
PRO-choice Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczcuk refused all choice for a young northern NSW couple – with her border closure denying life-saving care for their unborn twins. One of the twins, a girl, died after the couple were diverted to a Sydney hospital instead of nearby Brisbane Mater Hospital.
TOO many politicians seemingly embrace the moral low ground with almost every ethical decision laid before them. Whether its sexualising pre-teens in the classroom, giving the nod to late term abortions, watering down bestiality laws or allowing HIV-infected people to “hide” their condition from bed partners – they almost always manage to defile themselves.
