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Labor Mates

Posted by: Michael Smith | 20 February, 2009 - 10:57 AM

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Email 1 - Email 2 - Email 3 - Email 4

Here are some of the emails that I spoke about yesterday. You make your own mind up about whether the public service in our Health Department has been politicised.

Stephen Robertson is the Minister. He’s a politician and a spin-merchant. That’s what you’d expect of him. But the public servants in Queensland Health are paid by us to run the system. Not to advance the political cause of the Labor Party.

The blatant spin-doctoring in this daily parade of PR simply defies belief.

The public servant boss of Queensland Health, Mick Reid, is a long-time Labor Mate. He ran the Health Department in the disastrous New South Wales Labor Government. Then he moved to the top health job for the Federal Labor Health Minister Nicola Roxon. Until the Labor Mates in the Bligh Government tempted him to a cosy Labor Mate $450,000 a year job here.

Mick Reid is a master of the art of running disastrous Labor health systems.

Spin, spin, spin. This is a scandal.

Blog comments

LABOUR MATES....Referencing his Super Tax on the Mining Industry, our First Minister, Kevin Michael Rudd, accused the Companies to be so taxed as "Crying Wolf". Funny that, and I wonder if the term is meant to include his very Best Mate and Premier, Anna Bliar? Is she also crying wolf when she approaches the Federal Treasurer, another mate, pleading for some concessions on the taxed profits of Santos, when they pull out of their $multi billion$ investment in a port at Gladstone, and other investments in Queensland by mining corporations? Then theres the investments and mining activities in Western Australia. Nigeria has recalled its Mining Executive Directors to negotiate "Terms of Trade" with China and India for their iron ore business - said to be of better quality than ours.
I think we can start counting job losses in Queensland and Western Australia in the tens of thousands. Thanks Kruddy and Swanny Boy - you pair will go down as the least competent, and least popular in this Countrys' history. Thanks a lot guys. Then theres the latest Policy Announcement by Kevvie 117 re changes to our Border Security, let that read Illegal Immigration. Another Con Job. Didn't someone once say "A rose by any other name still smells the same." C'mon Spinner!!!

Phil of Springwood Saturday 8 May, 2010 - 10:54 PM
I have been dealing with Qld Health Ron Potts and Guardianship and Mental Health over isues that happend that is not in the Mental Health ACT 2000 and all i get from these people is that thay send it back to the people and hopefully thay get a responce and if thay do thay then try and call it case closed queensland health are full of it. My lates complaint is that I was mums Allied Person for over a year then it was cahnge with out us knowing it and no one wants to do anything about it and the act states only if there is no one in the persons life then one can be apointed secion 342 the problime is I ALREADY WAS. To think thats what we pay for a bunch of people that call the unemployed bludgers when thay are. DICK HEADS

ANDREW DALBY Wednesday 5 May, 2010 - 2:01 PM
to matthew frith, those 2 headed inbreds in bundy??? ARE YOU SERIOUS YOU INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE WORM,im from brisbane originally, am i now inbred too? an thankyou very much but queensland health, whom you say noone cares about KILLED MY DAUGHTER! maybe you should come up here and have some surgery, wonder if youd go through with it. HELLO. patel, GO "SMITHY" at least he has the balls to speak out not many people do!.

kellee dorron Thursday 29 October, 2009 - 4:51 PM
I am going to ring you up and laugh in your face if ana bligh gets in.
I am 70 years of age and I have never heard such a one eyed broadcaster talk such dribble regarding the election,people should be allowed to make up there own minds instead of being bullied by people like you

john gibert Friday 6 March, 2009 - 2:56 PM
I am going to ring you up and laugh in your face if ana bligh gets in.
I am 70 years of age and I have never heard such a one eyed broadcaster talk such dribble regarding the election,people should be allowed to make up there own minds instead of being bullied by people like you

john gibert Friday 6 March, 2009 - 2:56 PM
Good on you Michael...keep up the good work.. I am am a coalition supporter but gee I am disappointed they recycled the Boring Borg. He never gives straight answers. I think Pauline could do a better job than Anna she is such a "spinner" WHERE is Mal Brough when we need him the most???? Lynda

Lynda Friday 6 March, 2009 - 2:09 PM