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basilio said:
In the world of real politick a leader who is so decisively beaten is expected to leave and give someone else the opportunity to regroup.

End of story.
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Someone who is elected by the people should not run away and hide, spitting in their faces, and cause another irritating and expensive by election.
 
The rumour has been strong that Anna's husband, Greg Withers, will be fired by Campbell Newman. (As we all know, she foresaw this potential little problem and legislated a huge payout for him should this happen.)

Well, instead Mr Newman has delivered some quite delicious justice for Mr Withers.
He will be kept on but will be required to dismantle all the Green Climate Change schemes he organised. :D:D:D
 
joea said:
Well it appears that they are still cleaning out the cupboards in Qld.
Should be finished shortly.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/red-tape-bungles-kept-secret/story-fn7kjcme-1226368735225

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From that article:

The Courier-Mail has highlighted many examples of red tape, including a requirement for piggery operators to install illuminated exit signs inside pigpens.
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Unbelievable madness. What does IFocus, Rumpole and other leftie supporters have to say about this? Do they really think pigs can read???...:eek:
 
sails said:
From that article:



Unbelievable madness. What does IFocus, Rumpole and other leftie supporters have to say about this? Do they really think pigs can read???...:eek:
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I know about this.
There are rules to ensure the human operators can leave under emergency lighting. If the power fails and there is no external light injuries can occur.
It is necessary for people to be able to get to the exits.
They wouldn't be on an individual pen unless the pens are greater than 500 metres squared.

Sounds like a beat up. hmmmm.. reported by Courier mail, definitely a beat-up.
 
Julia said:
The rumour has been strong that Anna's husband, Greg Withers, will be fired by Campbell Newman. (As we all know, she foresaw this potential little problem and legislated a huge payout for him should this happen.)

Well, instead Mr Newman has delivered some quite delicious justice for Mr Withers.
He will be kept on but will be required to dismantle all the Green Climate Change schemes he organised. :D:D:D
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Greg Withers resigned from his position today. He probably realised he now had to do some work for his $225,000 per annum after he was forced to dismantle the state government's climate change department.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...te-change-office/story-e6freon6-1226379756070
 
noco said:
Greg Withers resigned from his position today. He probably realised he now had to do some work for his $225,000 per annum after he was forced to dismantle the state government's climate change department.
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Yes, he resigned, but I heard on ABC radio that his contract would be paid out. How come.:shake:
 
Calliope said:
Yes, he resigned, but I heard on ABC radio that his contract would be paid out. How come.:shake:
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Mabe he was offered a voluntary redundancy, however if he resigned, I wouldn't have thought he should be paid out in full...:confused:
 
His wife foresaw this happening. It's my understanding she altered his contract to ensure that if he left the position by whatever means he would receive a lucrative pay out.

Thank god you're gone, Anna. Plus your husband.

I liked Jeff Seeney's remark today that "Mr Withers' departure was in the best interests of Queensland".:D
 
Julia said:
His wife foresaw this happening. It's my understanding she altered his contract to ensure that if he left the position by whatever means he would receive a lucrative pay out.
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If this is correct it is absolutely apalling. Are there any moves afoot in Queensland to challenge the change of contract?
 
Ferret said:
If this is correct it is absolutely apalling. Are there any moves afoot in Queensland to challenge the change of contract?
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Ferret, you've prompted me to check exactly what the deal was. I shouldn't have said "by whatever means". It applied if he was sacked as pretty clearly Ms Bligh would have expected when the new government took over. I remembered she stitched up something but clearly the Newman government have got round it by making his job a non-job.
Withers, a veteran bureaucrat, had been promoted by his wife to the rank of assistant director-general - earning $220,000 a year - after she controversially appointed him as head of the Office of Climate Change, which she created barely a month after she became premier in 2007.

Newman government sources have confirmed his resignation, effective immediately, and insisted there had been no pressure on him to quit the public service after the LNP swept into power.
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"The office of climate change was disbanded, he helped shut it down and was then given other duties," one source said.

Mr Withers, who could not be reached for comment, will receive a basic payout covering leave and possibly long service entitlements.

Just before the state election Mr Withers had his contract renewed for three years by his wife amid speculation he would be sacked if the LNP won power. If he had been sacked, the new government would have been bound to pay out his three-year contract.

Mr Withers' resignation follows the rejection by Mr Newman of a request last month from Ms Bligh for the state government to cover the costs of her phone, iPad and a staff member.

Despite falling six months short of rules requiring premiers to serve five years before gaining access to such ongoing taxpayer-funded benefits, Ms Bligh has requested the "entitlements" for the two months after her election defeat.

Ms Bligh, who retired on a lifetime pension of at least $150,000 a year, has argued the staff member is needed to help her deal with the correspondence and invitations linked to her former role.

Mr Newman rejected the request.
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"Don't think you are going to sit around the house doing nothing. I'll make your life a misery." :eek:

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Thanks, Julia.

So it was a very smelly deal right from the beginning. No doubt this sort of thing was one of the reasons Bligh became so unpopular amongst Queenslanders.

Good on Newman for refusing her ridiculous benefits claim too. I like what I see from Newman so far. Hope he keeps it up.
 
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