Anna Bligh

About Queensland Labor Premier Anna Bligh

The following was posted as a comment to the Larvatus Prodeo story Anna's Independence Day of 22 June 08.

Whilst it may be possible to argue that Anna Bligh does not have all of Peter Beattie's serious flaws, the article seems to overlook a whole range of hugely controversial and unpopular pro-big-business policies of Anna Bligh and her government. Some are clearly Bligh's own initiatives, whilst many others are continuations of Beattie's policies.

These include her anti-democratic trampling on the rights of communities and their local councils to oppose over-development and overpopulation (as discussed in the forum Will “the great immigration debate” take place? abruptly ended seemingly on the flimsiest of pretexts) and her policy of continuing to flog off the family silver (currently the Cairns and Mackay airports, and, before long I expect, water, Queensland Rail also) to pay for other government services.

Her determination to accelerate the insane destructive enormously costly frenzy of road, bridge, tunnel and high-rise construction across Brisbane is beyond belief, and her continued encouragement of population growth, when existing Brisbane residents cannot afford to rent accommodation let alone buy dwellings seems to indicate a reckless indifference to their welfare.

She is truly a servant of the property lobby and other powerful vested interests.

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