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SirRumpole said:
Watch out for Newman announcing an enquiry into Palmer in return.
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Why would Newman need to do that?

The Greens are doing it for him....Don't you see, the PUP are a threat to the Greens and the Greens want to destroy Palmer.

It is a vicious circle......it is a case of dog eats pup.

Newman will come out of this victorious.
 
noco said:
Why would Newman need to do that?

The Greens are doing it for him....Don't you see, the PUP are a threat to the Greens and the Greens want to destroy Palmer.

It is a vicious circle......it is a case of dog eats pup.

Newman will come out of this victorious.
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Quite a wise statement noco.

As anyone involved in politics will tell you, the Greens are different.

How Palmer ever got himself involved with the Greens in the upcoming Senate Inquiry in to Qld, has me beat.

The Greens destroyed the ALP under Rudd, and destroyed Gillard when she became the ALP/Green Party.

Poor ole Clive Palmer is going to go bare-arsed after this Senate Inquiry.

gg
 
There is no doubt Palmer has bitten off more than he can chew this time and is about to come off second best IMO.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...078189814?sv=66d1d97d902d140441a1678c6bd93a95

Clive Palmer has underestimated Campbell Newman

The Australian
October 03, 2014 12:00AM

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CLIVE Palmer is digging his own grave (“Newman inquiry may backfire on Palmer”, 2/10). Typical of those who embark on vendettas, Palmer has just taken a sip from the poisoned chalice.

All governments get a smell about them, especially when reform is needed, as there was in Queensland. Overcoming a huge debt was not something that could be done without hard decisions, some of which were going to hurt. Campbell Newman attacked this with vigour, knowing his popularity would be damaged, but not necessarily beyond repair.

Palmer, an opportunist, thought he could play Newman off a break. Newman saw through him on from day one and Palmer didn’t like it. Palmer discards his closest mates when he is rejected; Newman was smart enough to slip Palmer’s noose early and rejection took centre stage.

Palmer sees Newman’s decline in popularity as an easy target for his vendetta, but this time he has underestimated the strength of the tiger.

John George, Terrigal, NSW

THE antics of the Greens and Palmer United Party senators point again to the absurdity of the system used to elect the Senate (“Business slams PUP-Greens pact”, 2/10). There is nothing democratic about an 8.65 per cent party (the Greens) joining forces with a 4.91 per cent party (PUP) to give a shoddy political exercise the dignity of Senate approval.

The behaviour of the minor parties in the Senate is a growing impediment to effective government, and the electoral system of that house ought better reflect an essential purpose of democracy, which is to prevent minorities from wielding power.

John Francis, Lauderdale, Tas
 
noco said:
Why would Newman need to do that?

The Greens are doing it for him....Don't you see, the PUP are a threat to the Greens and the Greens want to destroy Palmer.

It is a vicious circle......it is a case of dog eats pup.

Newman will come out of this victorious.
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Campbell Newman himself could be history after the next election:-

Bruce Flegg says LNP does not believe Campbell Newman can win his seat of Ashgrove

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/bruce-flegg-speaks-out/5790044
 
SirRumpole said:
Campbell Newman himself could be history after the next election:-

Bruce Flegg says LNP does not believe Campbell Newman can win his seat of Ashgrove

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/bruce-flegg-speaks-out/5790044
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No need for the drama of the oversized capital letters, Rumpole.
The only mistake the Newman government has made re Flegg is not dumping him sooner.
He has been a complete liability to the government and the State of Queensland.

Once again, however, ABC TV seized the opportunity of broadcasting anti-LNP sentiment in allowing Flegg an extended period of whining and self-justification on "7.30 Qld" last night.
 
Julia said:
No need for the drama of the oversized capital letters, Rumpole.
The only mistake the Newman government has made re Flegg is not dumping him sooner.
He has been a complete liability to the government and the State of Queensland.

Once again, however, ABC TV seized the opportunity of broadcasting anti-LNP sentiment in allowing Flegg an extended period of whining and self-justification on "7.30 Qld" last night.
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Yeah...Flegg was just the beginning of the "DIRT" show by the Green/Labor socialist left wingers who are well and truly entrenched in the ABC......the mud will be flowing thick and fast up to the state election.....it is Labor history repeating itself in the run up to the 2012 election and look where that got them.....it is in their DNA to play dirty.....The state Labor Party, as are their Federal counterparts, don't have any economic credentials so they have to resort to the only method they know.
 
All this farce of a senate inquiry into Queensland is going to do is cost us tax payers heaps of money.
It is not Palmer's money, so why should he care?....he has no interest in the welfare of Queensland except what he can get out of it for himself.

The tailings dam at his Townsville nickel refinery is a disaster waiting to happen should we receive extraordinary heavy rains this summer.

I trust he will get all that is coming to him.

As the link below states, let the people decide for themselves at the next election.

Note : the latest poll shows Palmer's support has dropped form 8% to 4%....I hope he has taken note.


http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...ights-and-voters/story-fnihsr9v-1227080879240
 
When the mouthpiece for the Liberals gives the QLD a spray for corruption like "welded on" Alan Jones did there must be something of concern.

Bruce Flegg made the mistake of distrusting his untrustworthy masters and recording their intrigue, which resulted in star chamber investigations by the LNP loaded CMC into their own corporate LNP executive. A premier needed to be taught a lesson on who the real power brokers in the party are.... the same brokers who, in concert with the same premier, betrayed the handshake deals with their wealthy, but estranged, benefactor no doubt
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
Quite a wise statement noco.

As anyone involved in politics will tell you, the Greens are different.

How Palmer ever got himself involved with the Greens in the upcoming Senate Inquiry in to Qld, has me beat.

The Greens destroyed the ALP under Rudd, and destroyed Gillard when she became the ALP/Green Party.

Poor ole Clive Palmer is going to go bare-arsed after this Senate Inquiry.

gg
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I think you have some valid points there.

Of course the whole abuse of power thing has been used by both major parties many times. I seem to remember Tony Abbott giving an absolute no statement to funding, when asked about the One Nation witchhunt headed by a fella named Sharples and as it turned out there was a piece of paper that showed our "honourable" member was bare faced lying.

The LNP have pedigree of using the courts and parliament to discredit and sue the pants off their opponents, especially in QLD. Joh was the best at it and the Liberal Party's print organ, the Courier Mail applauded his every machination.

Yep all those "honourable members" should fear nothing if they have acted honourably and should welcome the positive publicity generated by the probe of their honourable peers.
 
Tisme said:
When the mouthpiece for the Liberals gives the QLD a spray for corruption like "welded on" Alan Jones did there must be something of concern.

Bruce Flegg made the mistake of distrusting his untrustworthy masters and recording their intrigue, which resulted in star chamber investigations by the LNP loaded CMC into their own corporate LNP executive. A premier needed to be taught a lesson on who the real power brokers in the party are.... the same brokers who, in concert with the same premier, betrayed the handshake deals with their wealthy, but estranged, benefactor no doubt
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Do you have some back up link or proof to confirm your accusations?
 
noco said:
The wheels of the PUP MOBILE are starting to fall off with no PUP rep in the Queensland parliament.

Palmer has goooooone, gooooone, gooooone.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...sun/comments/last_palmer_queensland_mp_quits/
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I would guess Clive has achieved what he had set out to do and is dissolving the party:

1) show how his money can buy seats, just like his money bought the LNP some seats
2) force an inquiry into Campbell Newman and his cohorts

Be interesting to see if he uses the inquiry to personally drop a bucket over his enemies with some party/meeting transcripts
 

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