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- Albert on The Burkha Bigfella, what is our responsibility when we know of women and young girls who are beaten because they do not want to wear ... more
- Jason on The Burkha Bigfella, before we get back to the burka, i'm entitled to reply to your logic and insults. Which you leftards are so well ... more
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- Albert on The Aboriginal Disgrace When the Prime Minister was making the Sorry Speech, 13 February 2008, I was reading his face, it was saying, as from Kath ... more
- bigfella on The Burkha Hey Jason, The great thing about the Austrlian culture is that it draws from so many other cultures. That's why we embrace a ... more
- Jason on The Burkha Hey Bigfella, Why do you want to change Australia so much? If you want to see mosques and Islamic schools going up every ... more
- bigfella on The Burkha Michael, So Virginia Haussegger works for the ABC, is a feminist, and has won a United Nations Association award. I would ... more
- Phil - Springwood on The Welfare State Anna Campbell -29.06.09 - The more I read this article, the angrier I become; and I call to arms my practice of ... more
- bigfella on The Burkha Michael, Perhaps the debate has moved on for some. However, I suspect that many will simply jump on the bandwagon with this ... more
- Norm on The Burkha Most of these women don't have a choice and if we in the West don't put a stop to it, for their sake,I fear we will see more ... more
- Jeff MAURICE on The Burkha I like many other Aussies believe that if you come here to our fair land, you should be ready to join our society, our ways, ... more
- rick on The Burkha this is australia, not the middle east. the burqa was designed to protect oneself from desert sand storms.(it has nothing to ... more
- Albert on The Burkha Al Qaeda vows revenge on France over plans to ban the burqa. I suggest they study they Koran, then be the first to applaud ... more
- Phil - Springwood on The Welfare State Anna Campbell - 27th. June. 09 I was the person who used the word scum; See Anna, I am on Disability Support, I have told my ... more
- bigfella on Wages Breakout Gayle, As the online poll on the AMWU website overwhelmingly indicates, the most important issue for employees at this point ... more
- Gayle on Wages Breakout Like Julie Gillard I too was born in Wales and migrated here in 1966. My father was a union man both in Wales and Australia ... more
- Trevor Russel on Tradition? Firstly I want to say Congratulations to 4BC for having the guts to put a single woman in a wheelchair on the airwaves, ... more
- bigfella on Wages Breakout Three questions... Where can I find the phrase "businesses that can afford it"? I am having trouble finding this quote ... more
- Christine on This Traffic! Smithy, it takes me about an hour to go 60 kilometres (using the Logan and Gateway motorways). If I head towards the city ... more
- Christine on Tradition? If they are in a speedboat and have a shotgun they should be treated just as everyone else would be in that situation - ... more
Anna Bligh is Responsible
Anna Bligh can't avoid responsibility for putting recycled hormones, sewage, blood, vomit, oil and other crap into my family's drinking water. As of a day or so ago, Anna Bligh says the decision on recycled sewage is now in the hands of the Water Commission led by Elizabeth Nosworthy. She'll take the Water Commission's advice. God help us.
Not the Health Department. But Elizabeth Nosworthy and the Water Commission.
Anna Bligh's government is weak and vacillating. Wherever there's possible political heat for their decisions they point to an independent body - "it's their responsibility". The hapless Stephen Robertson points to The Health Quality Complaints Commission. Electricity price rises used to be held to the CPI before the Beattie/Bligh government de-regulated the industry - now the energy minister Geoff Wilson says the Queensland Competition Authority is responsible for past year increases of 11%, 5%, and 10% next year.
Anna you can't avoid this. Your government promised a referendum on recycled sewage - then you back flipped. Your government said Armageddon solution only - then you back flipped. Your government said recycling for industry first - then you back flipped.
As we can see from the skies, rain-water is now available in abundance. It costs us $100 per megalitre for normal dam water, $500 for recycled water and $650 for de-salinated water. Why the rush to spend more money than we need to?
The National Health and Medical Research Council water quality advisory commission chairman Don Bursill who drew up the national water safety guidelines says this today "It is just common sense that if other more conventional sources are there and available, then you wouldn't want to go ahead with it (recycled sewage). Nobody seems to be recognising the fact that it is human error that is the source of most concern when it comes to problems with the safety of drinking water systems."
Just imagine this. One fine day the big boys from Leighton Contractors front up to the Brisbane City Council with the PowerPoint presentation and the glossy brochures. They're trying to flog the Council a management system for the Inner City Bypass. What are the chances the sales-pitch goes like this?
"This technology is rock-solid. Oh, sorry, just one little thing. One day a telemetric sensor will fail during a mega-storm and the ICB will be flooded with 11 mega litres of water, a couple of taxis and cars will be stranded - actually it's pretty lucky no-one will be killed. But please buy the system anyway."
Of course they didn't. No one expected the system to fail. But systems can and do fail. And politicians have to take responsibility for the decisions to install them.
And here's something about next year's state election - as far as I know Elizabeth Nosworthy won't be standing.
Blog comments
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Ms Bligh is responsible for many of the problems we are currently facing in Qld. She inherited a good proportion from her old boss, but made no attempt to rectify ANY of them for the sake of the people. She just kept right on bulldozing us into despair and WILL KEEP ON DOING SO, IF RE-ELECTED.
WE CANNOT AFFORD HER AND HER INEPT REMNANTS OF THE LABOR GANG ANY MORE....THEY HAVE COST US TOO MUCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS!!!
uglybassman1 Wednesday 18 March, 2009 - 3:57 PM -
Labor DNA "Akin To A snake"
Ronny Eaton Sunday 15 March, 2009 - 8:28 AM -
Anna favourite remark DNA does she mean it stands for "De-Necessary Anna" The oil damage to our beautiful coastline is just the latest of horrific oversights of her government. No more excuses!!!!
Rhea Hall Friday 13 March, 2009 - 5:39 PM -
I can show anyone interested how the Bligh Government knowingly will waste $880,000-00 paid to a private business. I am still waiting on an answer to very simple questions about why they would pay a private business who rents from a local council a property of 150 acres with infratructure for $22-00 a day and the state then leases it from the business man for $4000-00 a day, no wonder we are broke!!!! The State officials were aware that the state lease is against the zoning of the property and had been aware of that fact and the rent paid to council for over 10 months before signing the lease with the private business man. How many other deals are like this that are never made known to shareholders of this great State of Queensland.
Rhea Hall Monday 9 March, 2009 - 7:32 PM -
Anna Bligh and her team should be entered into the London Olympic diving team - for backflips!!! No-one can do them as good as her!
I bet she and her "diving team" won't be elected at next year's election
Stuart Peatfield Wednesday 26 November, 2008 - 8:04 AM -
I do not want sewerage in my water and I do not want fluoride or any chemicals in my water. Fluoride has now been banned in the countries that originally had it in their water systems. I will be purchasing a filtration system to get it all removed and I suggest everyone votes Ms. Bligh out next time round for not listening to US, the people that employ her.
Mrs. Nicholson Tuesday 25 November, 2008 - 6:51 PM
