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By Mark Bahnisch on June 18, 2009
I think there are quite a few self-inflicted political problems for Queensland Labor in the presentation of the budget handed down on Tuesday afternoon. But Anna Bligh and Andrew Fraser certainly aren’t helped by the ubiquity of the ‘debt is [...]
Posted in Economics, Media, Politics, Queensland, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Andrew Fraser, Anna Bligh, credit rating, debt, deficit, economic management, Economics, George Megalogenis, infrastructure, investment, John-Paul Langbroek, Labor, Lawrence Springborg, Liberal National Party, LNP, Media, Nationals, Peter Beattie, privatisation, public services, public spending, QR, Queensland, Queensland budget 2009, Queensland Budget papers, Queensland politics, Queensland rail, stimulus, The Borg, unemployment |
By Mark Bahnisch on June 15, 2009
In the wake of the unnecessary firesale of state assets, the Bligh government has continued down its merry path of trashing Labor policy. Last week we had the refusal to take any action over the charges laid against a 19 [...]
Posted in Government, Policy, Queensland, State/Territory Elections | Tagged abortion, ALP, ALP policy, Anna Bligh, Bligh government, budget, GFC, infrastructure, Ipswich, Labor conference, Mike Kaiser, One Nation, Peter Beattie, privatisation, public sector, QR, Queensland budget 2009, Queensland election 2009, Queensland Labor, Queensland politics, Queensland rail, RU486, unions, wage negotiations, Wayne Goss |
By Brian on June 4, 2009
She did say that in her speech to Parliament: At times in our history the government of Queensland has sold beer, sawn and milled timber, retailed fish and even had 90 state owned butcher shops. In Brisbane, our electricity network [...]
Posted in Politics, Queensland, Transport | Tagged ALP, Anna Bligh, Labor, privatisation, public transport, Queensland budget 2009, Queensland Fuel Subsidy Scheme, Queensland Labor, Queensland politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on June 2, 2009
Intoning the phrase ‘Global Financial Crisis’ at every opportunity, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has been preparing the ground for the privatisation of a wide range of state assets. It was confirmed today that QR’s freight train business would be among [...]
Posted in Brisbane, Disasters, Economics, Queensland, Sociology, Transport | Tagged ALP, Anna Bligh, global financial crisis, Labor, privatisation, public transport, QR, Queensland budget 2009, Queensland Labor, Queensland politics, Queensland rail |
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