Peter Beattie is a “last century” politician
Sunday was the launch of the Green’s urban water policy, promising to deliver water to southeast Queensland by reducing consumption targets, recycling, rainwater tanks and demand reduction.
According to the Green’s, Peter Beattie is a “last century” politician with "last century" thinking.
Juanita Wheeler (Mt Coot-tha candidate for the Greens) said the issues of water and climate change forefront of politics. But Beattie supporting the coal industry so strongly and not having any creative solutions to the State’s water problem makes him a last century politician.
"When we first started talking, people were like, oh The Greens, it's Chicken Little the sky is falling, but now more and more people are starting to realise that ... the messages that we have been sending is going to be reality. Queensland Labor are talking about it but it has been way too long."
Bob Brown has stated that there is a significant protest vote against the ALP and their "last century" solutions to the state's crises. "Peter Beattie is so last century, The Greens are so this century." "Peter Beattie is so big end of town, The Greens are so your suburb, your street, your family," he said.
Beattie is such a strong supporter of the coal industry in Queensland that even the coal industry is embarrassed about it.
Beattie has said on numerous occasions he would want to ensure the future of Queensland's coal industry. In his own words, “I mean this is ... black and white - I am a strong supporter of the coal industry… the coal industry has a long-term future with 300 years of deposits in reserve.”
According to the Green’s, Peter Beattie is a “last century” politician with "last century" thinking.
Juanita Wheeler (Mt Coot-tha candidate for the Greens) said the issues of water and climate change forefront of politics. But Beattie supporting the coal industry so strongly and not having any creative solutions to the State’s water problem makes him a last century politician.
"When we first started talking, people were like, oh The Greens, it's Chicken Little the sky is falling, but now more and more people are starting to realise that ... the messages that we have been sending is going to be reality. Queensland Labor are talking about it but it has been way too long."
Bob Brown has stated that there is a significant protest vote against the ALP and their "last century" solutions to the state's crises. "Peter Beattie is so last century, The Greens are so this century." "Peter Beattie is so big end of town, The Greens are so your suburb, your street, your family," he said.
Beattie is such a strong supporter of the coal industry in Queensland that even the coal industry is embarrassed about it.
Beattie has said on numerous occasions he would want to ensure the future of Queensland's coal industry. In his own words, “I mean this is ... black and white - I am a strong supporter of the coal industry… the coal industry has a long-term future with 300 years of deposits in reserve.”
I have just finished the Latham Diaries. These diaries also revealed that the coal industry holds great sway over Peter Beattie. This was from page 318: "We wanted to include Kyoto in the FTA agreement by setting up a carbon trading system, but Beattie refused to cooperate, so it had to be dropped. He's super sensitive about the coal industry. Global Warming is killing the Great Barrier Reef, the state's main economic and environmental resource and Beattie won't support Koyoto or do anything about it."
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Anonymous |
4:36 AM
This is so not true.
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:52 AM
Peter Beattie must know the ALP is going to romp back in without the need for Green Party preferences. He's not even going through the motions to appeal to green voters this time around. The word environment has barely passed his lips unless it's linked to something he can sell for export or use to tie up a deal. The lack of an effective opposition is not a good thing for democracy and it's a bad thing for Queensland. I tend to belive that there is nothing much in what Team Beattie presents to differntiate them from conservative governments of the past in Queensland accept for a higher degree of incompetance.
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Anonymous |
1:19 PM
Queenslanders deserve to replace tired, incompetent and irresponsible Beattie Labor.
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2:27 PM
This has had more comments that any other topic. Maybe we should have a politics blog.
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1:25 AM