http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/12/a-confident-queensland-or-the-wasted-years/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/12/a-confident-queensland-or-the-wasted-years/#comment-64292 paul walter Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:55:27 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/12/a-confident-queensland-or-the-wasted-years/#comment-64292 The article describes what many suspect would be the typical pattern of state governments in our Globalised, federalised pol-economy. The one thing that really baffled me was the above writer's assertion that Beatty Labor was effective on the environmental front. I'd really doubt it,not only because of rubbish like wastage-increasing "competition policy" or the pandering of all governments to "developers", but the redneck attitudes that have developed toward ecology right across this greying, grasping, anti-intellectual, eco-rationalist, near- reactionary country over the last fifteen years. Why, this very weekend the Fairfax press reported on Turnbull reneging on a previously assented-to "water auction" for NEW cotton areas ( NEW!!.. at THIS time in the countries "progress"!!!). Beatty was apparently grumbling loudly over it. That's "ecologically- responsible"? Particularly in view of the national weather prophets releasing their September report, saying Southern Australia was in deep drought and perhaps possibly requiring of flows down the system, later? And when did he ever finally slap Cubbie Creek down? BTW, as an "outlander" and probable untermensch, what's the goss on this Traveston dam kerfuffle? Is it like the Tasmanian Rainforests thing: a "parochial" issue for the local "big daddy" to manipulate. The reported hinted at this on a general level. Look, nothing against Peter Beatty. They can only do what they're allowed to and with adversarial Howard in, Globalisation rampant,and a neolib tabloid press, what hope for repairs to health, education and other REAL infrastructures. The article describes what many suspect would be the typical pattern of state governments in our Globalised, federalised pol-economy.
The one thing that really baffled me was the above writer’s assertion that Beatty Labor was effective on the environmental front. I’d really doubt it,not only because of rubbish like wastage-increasing “competition policy” or the pandering of all governments to “developers”, but the redneck attitudes that have developed toward ecology right across this greying, grasping, anti-intellectual, eco-rationalist, near- reactionary country over the last fifteen years.
Why, this very weekend the Fairfax press reported on Turnbull reneging on a previously assented-to “water auction” for NEW cotton areas ( NEW!!.. at THIS time in the countries “progress”!!!). Beatty was apparently grumbling loudly over it. That’s “ecologically- responsible”?
Particularly in view of the national weather prophets releasing their September report, saying Southern Australia was in deep drought and perhaps possibly requiring of flows down the system, later?
And when did he ever finally slap Cubbie Creek down?
BTW, as an “outlander” and probable untermensch, what’s the goss on this Traveston dam kerfuffle?
Is it like the Tasmanian Rainforests thing: a “parochial” issue for the local “big daddy” to manipulate. The reported hinted at this on a general level.
Look, nothing against Peter Beatty. They can only do what they’re allowed to and with adversarial Howard in, Globalisation rampant,and a neolib tabloid press, what hope for repairs to health, education and other REAL infrastructures.

]]> http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/12/a-confident-queensland-or-the-wasted-years/#comment-64291 paul walter Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:48:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/12/a-confident-queensland-or-the-wasted-years/#comment-64291 Is it to do with the times? The electorate has placed ALP state governments and the Howard federal government in place as counterbalances one for the other(s) . Whatever one (feds) or the others (state) have done has been OK; the childlike faith in the "balance" not disturbed until very recently. Now they are fed up, having given the experiment some fair time, and having to start somewhere to chuck all the complacent varmintswho have rewarded their trust with complacency. The fed election is the one in play, and this is where it starts. Don't be surprised if the mood for change does not continue on to state goverments, too. Is it to do with the times?
The electorate has placed ALP state governments and the Howard federal government in place as counterbalances one for the other(s) . Whatever one (feds) or the others (state) have done has been OK; the childlike faith in the “balance” not disturbed until very recently. Now they are fed up, having given the experiment some fair time, and having to start somewhere to chuck all the complacent varmintswho have rewarded their trust with complacency.
The fed election is the one in play, and this is where it starts. Don’t be surprised if the mood for change does not continue on to state goverments, too.

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