Queensland election 2017: Pineapple Politics blog with Des Houghton
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk was right when she claimed a smear campaign — but the smears have been coming from herself. BLOG WITH DES HOUGHTON
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LET’S face it — Annastacia Palaszczuk is completely unsuited for high political office.
Her bizarre decision to put 10,000 potential jobs at risk by vetoing a $1 billion loan from the federal Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility for a rail line from Abbot Point shows that.
It was selfish survival politics that may sabotage the $16 billion project. Moreover her actions do not pass the integrity test.
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Palaszczuk claims she followed the advice of Integrity Commissioner Nikola Stepanov after her boyfriend, Shaun Drabsch, worked for PwC on Adani’s NAIF application.
However with her veto she ignored the Integrity Commissioner’s advice to distance herself from the decision making process.
Who knows how many other worthwhile projects she will now have to veto.
It was a major blunder that may cost Labor the election. I hope so.
Palaszczuk has already demonstrated weak leadership by fattening the public service and refusing to stand up to union thuggery.
Everyone has been making excuses for Annastacia because she is “nice”.
The truth is she is little more than a kitsch figurine of a modern-day feminist Labor politician. She was fashioned behind the scenes by moronic, misogynist males in the party.
The party she leads is completely beholden to the union fat cats.
And goodness knows what kind of message the Palaszczuk veto sends to the international investment community.
Palaszczuk claimed she was the victim of an emerging smear campaign. She was right. Palaszczuk smeared herself.
Bubble snobs
THE wine snobs went into overdrive when Pauline Hanson cracked a bottle of Yellowglen Pink before climbing aboard the One Nation Battler’s Bus in Brisbane.
On ABC radio in Brisbane I heard one commentator suggest the “champagne” was inappropriate and perhaps Hanson should have popped a stubby of beer because it was more in keeping with her blue-collar followers.
Wrong on both counts. Firstly, Yellowglen Pink is not champagne. It’s $11 party fizz.
Secondly, what wrong with blue-collar workers celebrating special occasions with champagne?
Originally published as Queensland election 2017: Pineapple Politics blog with Des Houghton
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