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Queensland Election 2009

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The LNP did poorly in the Brisbane area. That could be a result of the poisoning effects flouride has on the population, implemented just recently. How convenient that would be!!
 

So Anna won for Labor on the back of the ususal Labor and Union propapganda machine in full swing. Tell enough lies and as often as you can and the naive people will swallow it.
Anna never explained where all the money from the mining royalties have gone.
Anna did explain why she lost Queensland 's AAA rating.
Anna did explain why she has over 600 "SPIN DOCTERS" ON HER PAY ROLL.
Anna still has not explained how she will pay off the massive debt of some $70 odd billion. Will she raise taxes and say she had a mandate to do it?

Well folks, that's democracy, so now we will just have to wait for the next exciting episode! Anna the magician, will have to pull the rabbit out of the hat to get out of this one.

Lets see what happens to the Townsville hospital in 3 years.

Good luck to all Queenslanders
 
I wrote in Ron Paul.

Crossed them all out, and wrote pro Liberty quotes on the ballot.

Fck em, no party was worthy enough to get my tax dollars (they get $.20? per no. 1 vote)

I just saved the taxpayer some money.
 
Conza88 said:
I wrote in Ron Paul.

Crossed them all out, and wrote pro Liberty quotes on the ballot.

Fck em, no party was worthy enough to get my tax dollars (they get $.20? per no. 1 vote)

I just saved the taxpayer some money.
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That`s clever, you are on to something there.Can I suggest next time a paper plane flying competition.
 


Please note correction; Ileftout a couple of not's.
 
Wysiwyg said:
That`s clever, you are on to something there.Can I suggest next time a paper plane flying competition.
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Sorry champ, standing by your principles isn't child's play. You can have your paper planes and rattle, I'll stick with my convictions and a clear conscience.
 
I see in todays paper (local rag, the TDB), there was a quip that 5,500 labor "supporters" voted for the LAB candidate in Hinchinbrook. The candidate lived on the Gold Coast, said he had only ever driven through Cardwell once, never intended to move there, never campaigned at all and never spoke to the media, yet 5500 voters actually voted for him...

These are the sort of people that vote in Government... one has to wonder.
 
grace said:
LNP lost the election on this point - stop wastage in govt was their Policy.
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Grace, the LNP didn't lose just on this point. In fact, it was one of the reasons I voted for the LNP. The reasons for their losing were otherwise and have already been discussed.

So what do you all want now? Do you actually want the Bligh government to tolerate excesses on the part of the public service, or do you want the most efficient use of your tax dollars by seeing unnecessary fat trimmed from said public service?

The ALP has won the election. Not much point in continuing to criticise everything they do, even when it exactly equates to what you liked in the LNP.

Although I didn't vote for her, I'm prepared to have an open mind about Anna Bligh and think she's off to a good start.
 

Julia, I ended up voting Labor because they had more mongrel in them than the LNP. I think the LNP will sort themselves out and get up next time, but the LNP are a rabble at present and people voted for the devil they knew.

Are the LNP , Libs, Nats or LNP, only time will tell.

gg
 

Ofcourse the Jobs compaign won them the election;
-Anna Bligh said on a TV ad 'jobs its in our DNA'
-ads saying Springborg would make jobs 'denecessary'.
-bligh to creat 100,000 new jobs
-construction projects. stadium
-etc, etc

Nothing wrong with reducing waste,

But if you go into an election with a standpoint of CREATING jobs and then less than a week after winning you cut jobs, its just a calculated lie.

Nothing less than what i expect from this goverment.
 
The version I heard of this announcement today came from ABC Radio which said that despite 23 government departments being amalgamated to 13 (may have those numbers not quite right but close enough), no jobs would be lost.
The basis for the change was said to be a more efficient functioning of the public service.
 


You should be aware that many in the Public Service in Queensland are there because their parents or grandparents worked there.

It is a very incestuous environment.

It is virtually impossible to get sacked from Q Govt. Departments e.g Queensland Health.

Should there be a rationalisation there would be a huge impost on Centrelink, and Kevin Rudd realises this having tried to weed out the incompetents from the gardeners up to the mandarins when he worked for Goss.

gg
 
Conza88 said:
I wrote in Ron Paul.

Crossed them all out, and wrote pro Liberty quotes on the ballot.

Fck em, no party was worthy enough to get my tax dollars (they get $.20? per no. 1 vote)

I just saved the taxpayer some money.
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As one of the many that "scrutineered" the count, we laughed at the idiots that are incapable of understanding the electoral process and prefer to spoil their ballot. Informal votes outnumbered total votes for 2 of the candidates at the booth I attended.
Most of the people that spoiled their votes would also have failed a spelling test. Micky Mouse and Goofey (sic) got votes, again. So did Pauline Hansen (sic) despite not being on the ticket.
Next time you don't want to vote, just don't come along, and provide your legitimate excuse for not voting to the electoral commissioner. That way you save your time and money, plus the $1.54737 that eligible candidates receive per primary vote.
Better still, if you think you can do a better job, nominate as a candidate and have a crack at exploring what democracy is actually about. It's damned hard work, irrespective of whether or not you run as an independent, or for one of the major parties. Candidates have to have a view on everything thrown at them, and be able to defend what they say.
 
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