As the corruption seems to be prevalent amongst labor pollies, a simpler solution would be to vote them out. However, the Queensland populace seems happier with a gov that says nice things but is more interested in feathering their own nests, than good governance.

When s/he signs off as 'Shadow Minister' one has to wonder if that is a title from a jealous incumbent, or perhaps a past Nat-Lib drone from the Joh era of politics.

What was that nice fellow called? 'Fitzgerald' wasn't it?

Let's not get precious about party politics and which is the worst in Qld.

We have institutionalised corruption built in to the capitalist system. We have politicians who see nothing wrong in getting a 'sling' for meeting lobbyists. We have business people happy to pay-off politicians. We have free-kicks given to poorly run private industry, like the car industry, and untold examples of states handing out cash and benefits to attract business from one state to another.

They all do it, none of them regard it as corrupt, and all pretend they are engaged in 'free trade' and that private industry is somehow superior to public.

Howard bailed out his brothers firm with our taxes, now Combet wants to extend that even further.

Rudd bails out private banks and rails against paying a pensioner tuppence extra, while giving bucket loads to wealthy self funded retirees and denying anything to those few people on the dole.

So much for his Xtian principles...

Shadow MInister, and his/her ilk, would do well to reject corruption, never mind who it comes from, and not bother to pretend that the new Qld Liberal Party, the one that has somehow hidden the gormless Nats within its new name, are as pure as driven snow.

We all remember 'Sanitary Bay', the White Shoe Brigade, 'Joh promised me the jail job', 'Sir Terry', the quarries and gravel businesses of Russ, and on they roll.

Wake up!

quite a few "pie in the sky" ideas in the above comments. Good ideas, sure. But where is the avenging angel who can discover the secret of successful referenda in Australia? Without motivating the voters, how can we possibly get rid of a level of government? The easiest one to get rid of would be the federal parliament. Most states would back that referendum, so just enough people might vote for it. Where would we be then?