individual - The crux of the Qld situation is that the Newman Coalition Government is governing with the whole of the Labor public service working against them.

Quite true, however its interesting that Newman / Seeney / Nicholls decided in their wisdom (or more likely as it transpired, the lack thereof) to 'clean out the wasteful public service' Yes well, anyone with a plurality of functional grey cells would start from the unproductive top levels and work down, however the clowns did exactly the opposite, leaving the very people they should have targeted in place. Not exactly the smartest move & a pretty good indication of the level of nous belong Newman / Seeney / Nicholls.

Shadow minister,
The absolute tragedy in all this is that there are still people in our midst who STILL SUPPORT LABOR after so much blatant incompetence. It makes one wonder how or if they even think.

rehctub - Clive is getting close to receiving my vote as well

I came to that conclusion a while back. Clearly the red-headed witch has passed her use-by date, the Greens are nothing but an ALP appendage & the RAbbott, like Newman / Seeney / Nicholls, can't be trusted to lie straight in bed. If I had my way with the AEC, I'd insist that ballot papers contain a 'none of the above' provision to reduce the chances of any bottom-feeding bloodsucking parasite who gets the kind of landslide we saw in Queensland last March crapping on about a mandate.

individual - The absolute tragedy in all this is that there are still people in our midst who STILL SUPPORT LABOR after so much blatant incompetence. It makes one wonder how or if they even think.

I find it equally scarey that there is no shortage of one-eyed LNP tragics who honestly believe the sun shines out of the RAbbotts nether regions. How can any halfway sane being given unqualified support to ANY party, particularly the major ones & the Greens ?? For all we know, Big Clive could turn out to be a disaster too, but at least he has a clue how to run a successful business, something no other politician in living memory can claim.

Praxidice,
i'd not thought of you as a two wrongs make a right sort of person before.
I have never said nor will I ever say that parties other than Labor are perfect. What I am saying is that in the history of this Nation no party has ever done so much irreversible damage. big Goaf started it & all others just followed suit. The conservatives are a little more responsible & competent although they too have their fair share of hangers-on.
Clive might just have the gonads to sort out the corrupt & incompetents from either party.

individual - i'd not thought of you as a two wrongs make a right sort of person before.

Unintended, I don't hold with political corruption of any kind, regardless of what colour jersey the winning team wears. whilst I accept you argument (with some reservations) that the ALP probably takes the cake for outright ineptitude, its merely a matter of degree. Remember that Little Johnny & Joe Peanut weren't exactly shining examples of anything but looking after number one. I guess I am a bit more anti-LNP than I would otherwise have been due to the current state of Queensland courtesy of the Newman / Seeney / Nicholls dictatorship. This mob have completely re-written the textbook on 'hangers on'

individual - Clive might just have the gonads to sort out the corrupt & incompetents from either party.

Yeah, I certainly hope thats the case. The bloke has at least demonstrated ability to run a successful business & doesn't have a legal or priesthood background, the latter being factors common to at least two of the worst political grubs of recent times. Realistically do we have any other viable option ??