individual; "good ol' Joh was a Dane from Kiwi land who was blessed with old fashioned practical sense" Don't make me laugh, do you recall Joh and some con artist with a 'CAR THAT RAN ON WATER' when those smart ass southern reporters asked to look in the boot (for a gas bottle) Joh got all upset.
Why Queensland don't have daylight saving cause' Joh thought too much sunlight caused the curtain to fade and the grass to grow.
Until Obeid and McDonald arrived on the scene I don't think there were ever two bigger political crooks in Australia than Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Big Russ Hinze.
A quote from Old Joh on press criticisms of him: "The greatest thing that could happen to the state and nation is when we get rid of all the media ... then we could live in peace and tranquility and no one would know anything." Typical of the old B!

Paul, I know they don’t teach you lot much down there, but have you ever done any geography?

It doesn’t take much savvy to see, that due to our geography, over half of Qld already has daylight saving. As a resident of Southern Qld, I would love it, but I can see the point of country folk complaining that the school bus was arriving with the dawn up there.

Old Joe, how I wanted him gone, the dictatorial old bugger.

I learnt a very valuable lesson there. “Be careful of what you wish for”. Yes we got rid of the old goat, but damn soon wanted him back.

It did not take much of Goss, then Beattie & Bligh to realise just how good a manager the old bloke was. You’d be amazed how many lefties will admit how good he was, but only in private.

Rudd by the way, is not a southerner.
Belly,
i'll shout you a carton of XXXX if you promise to keep that useless git down there.
Hasbeen,
yes many will only admit after a few beers that Joh had it all over his successors in comparison. Those who still won't admit it are the warm wine & other weird juice connoisseurs i.e. academics.
I must admit he didn't have as many morons to deal with as Abbott has to now courtesy of the left pro-education for education's sake mob.

If Labor wants to avoid a complete disaster in September, ie the loss of 20 or 30 plus seats which would consign the party to the wilderness for some time to come, simply for no other reason than political survival dump Gillard / Swan for Rudd and who ever.
That will give Rudd plenty of time to blame it all on the wicked witch of the right. That's Labor politics, no loyalty. The back bench will go along with anything that might save their political skins.

Paul your two opponents feel free to brand us and half the country lefty,s.
Yet you and I squabble constantly, because I claim Labor has moved on from the, and you say in doing so, we betrayed our followers.
The few true lefty,s must be a potent mob!
I know my insistence on truth gets me in trouble,but it is needed.
While not equal to the NSW FILTH, Joe,s white shoe brigade was far worse than your list.
No man can say this list is not 100% true, he got a multi million dollar loan, interest free for his son.
If not for a young National who got on the 12 wise men to judge him, the New Zealand born Zealot would have served time in prison, as his chief of police did.
Dare I?
Honesty shouts at me yes!
I hope with every fibre of my being NSW FILTH do not avoid prison, and get at the least 10 years without early parole.
Good honest government deserves the support of good honest men.

Belly, Do you notice Individual has a pr-disposal to alcohol;
"i"'ll shout you a carton of XXXX"
No problem if you consume the lot in one go and it puts you over 5 on the richter scale. Providing this all takes place in the Deep Deep North of Queensland in the land of the individual-hasbeen you will be okay. A friendly local copper will pull you up and tow you home. Lol.
You are correct about the 'White Shoe Brigade' that operated under the Bejelke-petersen regime in Queensland with impunity for years. The graft and corruption of that fascist government has been well documented. Yet there are those even today who idalise old Joh as some kind of saint and don't realise what an evil B he and his government was.