anya4oz

Fascinating stuff.... I see that he was born in Dannevirke (notable IME for having the worst cafe in the Southern Hemisphere And I mean WORST - be warned.).

Is that the National Party that harbored Pauline Hansen recently?

Ironic, from reading the write-up, to hear that his knighthood was granted for 'services to democracy'...

Anya.

anya4oz

Mrs D, would you say he was a bit like the QLD equiv of, say, the UK's Maggie Thatcher, maybe?

What a fascinating, larger than life guy, though - do you think they will make a movie of his life story - and who should star as him?

Cheers,
Anya.

JAJ

Are you confusing the National Party with One Nation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson

Ms Hanson was a Liberal (coalition partner of the Nationals) candidate for the seat of Oxley in suburban Brisbane when she was disendorsed by the Liberals for making certain remarks in the the 1996 election campaign. She won as an independent.

And under a federal Labor government too.


Jeremy

ABCDiamond

When I read about him breaking the power of the Union, and the power workers strikes,thats exactly what I began to think

MrsDagboy

Ummm, if I likened someone that I thought did alot of political good in his career with Maggie Thatcher, I'd end up divorced Anya :scared: . Can't I just do the History O-level question?

As for the movie, like most political dramas it may not make totally rivetting viewing & Im not sure who they could get to say "dont you worry about that" without bursting out laughing.

What about Hugh Jackman? Or Heath Ledger? At least give the women something to drool over though the heavy dialogue?

mr mover

HE also brought a "hell of a lot of distruction" to Queenslands eco-system, ......... mm

bondipom

To think he could have destroyed the Daintree. Luckily the federal government intervened and declared the area a World Heritage Zone.

The comparisons with Maggie seem very apt.

MrsDagboy

Haven't been to Qld snce 1987 then MM?

ABCDiamond

Some people love 'em, some people hate 'em

logan

With all the recent news reports on him, Mr L and I have both been trying to work out the whole 'saint' or 'sinner' theory. The news reports seemed to tell it like it is, including the major inquiry into him and his cohorts. I understand that it was a hung jury, but I get the feeling that a lot of people do believe he was crooked/bent whatever you wish to call it. So how come his name doesn't seem to be tarnished, or disgraced? Is it simply because he wasn't actually found guilty?

Excuse my ignorance, but just trying to get my head around it, and how the general public and the government view his past.

wombat42

Most of the jury was made of of his cousins or other of his inbred relatives.
The jury Foreman turned out to be a member of the " Friends of Joh Group"
and a member of the National Party, sir Johs own party.
www.greenleft.org.au/back/1992/74/74p4b.htm

renth

Like Adolph Hitler before him, love him or loath him he built great mororways.

ABCDiamond

The jury was 10 Guilty and 2 Not.

I think that he did things his way, overruling the law where required, to get the result that he thought was best.

What did the general QLD population think about him ? The voted him back in 7 times (I think) ?

One of the top union leaders didn't like him, and said he should not get a State Funeral.

jad n rich

Didnt he get voted in on 18% of the vote, created his own boundaries so his votes were worth more or something.

He went out in true aussie style too tried to sue the government for 3 million bucks for stress Claim was chucked out of court.

Still he went off setting a new trend, getting buried in his own back yard wonder what permit we need for that

anya4oz

LOL

Yes, go on, do the History O-level question.....!

How about Sean Penn? Saw him in 'The Interpreter' last week, & thought he looked quite presentable . Who should play the part of Lady Flo?

Anya.