You need to wash that crystal ball of yours Paul, although born in gods own country, I only became an adult citizen of Queensland in 1977. I was roaming around the pacific, aghast at the stupidity I saw going on in Oz for most of the Whitlam fiasco.

In fact I was quite anti old Joh until after he lost power. It was only during the government of the ratbag Goss, & his equally ratbag mate Rudd as head bureaucrat that I realised what a gem we had lost. It brought home the old adage, be careful what you wish for.

Compared to Goss, & all the Bs, Beattie, Bligh & the Liberal bloke Bonbridge [I think] old Joh was a top operator for the state, & he was definitely the last decent manager we had until Newman. Newman is much better than all the Bs, but my jury is still out on him compared to Joh.

The real difference between Joh, & the lefties becomes obvious when we see Joh had 6 staff in the premiers department, Beattie 140.

Joh built dams, Beattie ran out of water, panicked & spent $8 billion on pipes & a desalination plant that's never worked.

Thank god we had Joh, & not Whitlam as premier, even Beattie was probably better than him.

Paul1405,

Heh, heh. If you keep going Paul you have to luck one right someday and this time you did. Of course I should have referred to the leftists not the Greens. Although later when the 'Watermelon' Greens got going in NSW I guess that Trotskyists would be interchangeable for them.

Now what about you answer that question earlier? Specifically, have the Greens withdrawn and apologised for that very bad taste poster they put out using Whitlam? Here it is for you,

http://www.news.com.au/national/gough-whitlam-tribute-fiasco-greens-under-fire-over-use-of-party-logo-on-poster/story-fncynjr2-1227098383549

Beach, another link to 'NoNews'.was it straight out of the 83 year old Septic Tank himself. I was looking for the byline from Miss Prissy the Miranda Devine One! What a beat up, what a load of rubbish in print. I give no credence to anything published in any 'NoNews' fish wrapper, what so ever! End of story.
On Gough and The Greens, many of us Greens were in a past life Labor supporters, nay; as in my case Labor Party members. We have much respect for the moderate Gough, and in the true sprite of Labour we, and only we, carry on the great progressive legacy Gough has left behind. Some from The Labor Party cannot be termed true Labour! they, headed by Shorten, have sold out! End of story.

Hasbeen <<[I think] old Joh was a top operator for the state>> More like a top criminal operating for himself and his cronies aka Russ Hinze and company.

<<I (Hasbeen) only became an adult citizen of Queensland in 1977. I was roaming around the pacific,>> Joh would'nt have copped you! In Joh speak "You, you, you layabout, get a reallll job, are you, you, you, one of those... Labor people, from down south, a communists I would say, yes yes, they are everywhere them them communists emmm! The bloke was a cuckoo. Obviously you believe cuckoo's can run the country, we have one running it now.

Paul says, "Obviously you believe cuckoo's can run the country", & wants to have the harpies from the south take charge.

Irrational or what?

Odds on the self described 'Wolves in Sheep's Clothing', the Internationalist Socialist 'Progressives', to parasitise and take over both the Labor machine and leadership (already accomplished), and the Greens gaggle.

Although what slows 'progressivism' (the exact opposite intent, leftist totalitarianism idealism, to the dictionary meaning of the term) in the Greens is that it is just a menagerie of disaffected, led by comfortably well-off soy latte sippers who like dabbling in social change, as long as it doesn't affect them.

Hijacking the flawed Whitlam betrays the nastiness and complete lack of principles of the manipulators who run the Greens. Is there anything remaining of the original Greens environment protest party? That would not appear to be the case and it is high time the media stopped pandering to the Greens and gave their 'policies' and the dark, hidden sponsors and influences behind the Greens some real scrutiny.

Interfering with a dead body stinks! Only the 'Watermelon' Greens could ever have crossed that line.

In the interests of broadening the discussion.
The following link is worth a read:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-22/simms-a-legacy-belongs-to-all-progressives/5833112