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Who's running the state?
Well I've been inviting Anna Bligh to speak to my listeners for some time now. She's been dodging me. She won't front up to answer my questions. Here are some of the questions I'd like to ask her about water.
What is the Bligh Government's plan now for our drinking water?
How much is the contract with the French company Veolia worth?
Did Veolia cut a deal where they're paid for delivering recycled sewage by the mega litre?
What's our obligation to them?
Do they get paid anyway?
What was the government's capital contribution?
Why did you say we won't have to put recycled sewage in the drinking water if industry buys enough of it?
Who would industry buy it from?
Where does the money go?
How much have they been paid?
Has the Labor Party been conducting any polling on the issue?
What are the results of the polling?
A few days ago recycled sewage was fundamental to your plans. Now it's not. Why?
If your polling says 38% of people are opposed to recycled sewage, why make decisions based on the wishes of that minority?
What do you stand for?
And what do you say to the people whose lives you've smashed around the Traveston?
Why on earth have you spent $500M and bought back 600 homes without approval for the project?
What do you say to the people of that area whose lives have been torn apart?
Didn't you know you needed the environmental approval before you blundered ahead?
Isn't that basic?
Is the area suitable for a dam at all?
Is the soil predominantly alluvial?
What do the engineers say?
What do you say now to the families who will have to wait years to know whether the dam's going ahead?
Have you had discussions with the Federal Environment Minister?
What's his view on the environmental implications of the dam?
Have you spent $2.2 billion on recycled water and Traveston?
How much of that is wasted?
What does the Bligh Government stand for?
Anna, are you there to govern? To lead? Or do you just waver in the breeze? Where are we at now with water?
Does the Water Commission run the state?
Or does a research company?
Blog comments
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Looks like the OFF switch for recycled water, according to some QWC market research, will be dam levels somewhere between 50 - 75% ? The following is on the QWC web site "The Commission has also undertaken market research on the community’s awareness of attitude toward purified recycled water. The findings show that community support for purified recycled water has decreased over time. In early 2007, adding purified recycled water to Wivenhoe dam was supported by 75% of the community. Currently, research shows it has 55% support and a further 39% are opposed to it. Two thirds (66%) of SEQ residents believe it should be excluded if dams reach a certain level. Of those 66%, 30% say the dam should be 50% full before we should stop adding Purified Recycled Water and 29% say the dam should be 75% full before it should be stopped"
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/QWC+adviceTime for a Referendum. Thursday 22 January, 2009 - 10:32 AM -
Clarke seeks water grid recognition:
The Gold Coast Mayor is calling for the Queensland Water Commission to recognise the Gold Coast's input into the south-east water grid. Ron Clarke says the Hinze Dam is now part of the grid and its contribution should further delay the 40 per cent trigger to add recycled water to the Wivenhoe system. Councillor Clarke says the Gold Coast's total contribution could negate any need for recycled water.
"If you add ours to the 45 per cent that is in the other three dams then that would push it up to over 50 per cent, the dam's full so the reckoning point even further, but if you also add the 125 megalitres a day from the desalination plant then that would extend it so much that I don't think we would ever reach that point again," he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2435057.htm;) Tuesday 2 December, 2008 - 9:49 AM -
Anna Bligh will not go to a Referendum on recycled Sewage. She already knows what the outcome would be.
This whole exercise seems to be leading to the government wanting to privatise SEQ water. What other other deals and contracts has this government signed or agreed to without informing the public.
Tony Monday 1 December, 2008 - 11:10 PM -
Michael, you are doing a Chris Masters on Capt. Bligh. Do all Queenslanders know that the Queensland Dental Association was given $200,000 by the Qld Government to promote PRO Fluoridation for the Government. This information was discovered under FOI.
Ask your local State Member?Trevor Monday 1 December, 2008 - 10:20 PM -
Looks like the OFF switch for recycled water, according to some QWC market research, will be dam levels somewhere between 50 - 75% ? The following is on the QWC web site "The Commission has also undertaken market research on the community’s awareness of attitude toward purified recycled water. The findings show that community support for purified recycled water has decreased over time. In early 2007, adding purified recycled water to Wivenhoe dam was supported by 75% of the community. Currently, research shows it has 55% support and a further 39% are opposed to it. Two thirds (66%) of SEQ residents believe it should be excluded if dams reach a certain level. Of those 66%, 30% say the dam should be 50% full before we should stop adding Purified Recycled Water and 29% say the dam should be 75% full before it should be stopped"
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/QWC+adviceTime for a Referendum. Sunday 30 November, 2008 - 10:05 AM -
Looks like the OFF switch for recycled water, according to some QWC market research, will be dam levels somewhere between 50 - 75% ? The following is on the QWC web site "The Commission has also undertaken market research on the community’s awareness of attitude toward purified recycled water. The findings show that community support for purified recycled water has decreased over time. In early 2007, adding purified recycled water to Wivenhoe dam was supported by 75% of the community. Currently, research shows it has 55% support and a further 39% are opposed to it. Two thirds (66%) of SEQ residents believe it should be excluded if dams reach a certain level. Of those 66%, 30% say the dam should be 50% full before we should stop adding Purified Recycled Water and 29% say the dam should be 75% full before it should be stopped"
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/QWC+adviceTime for a Referendum. Sunday 30 November, 2008 - 10:04 AM
