Let’s get Andrew Wilkie sittng with that lot down at Parliament House.He desrves it,they deserve it.
We need it.

“limited capacity to generate revenue - we face a bleak economic future?”. Tom - really !Have you forgotten the answer to all our economic woes ?After all, Gunn’s regularly confirm they are in positive negotiations with potential financiers so the pulp mill should soon be a reality thus assuring our economic future! We have that on good authority. Dont we ?
Although, come to think of it : forestry isnt travelling too well - diminishing returns ( and employment ) there. Mmmmm
And had the mill been built a few years ago when first touted,it would almost certainly have gone belly-up by now given the volatility in world pulp markets and reduced demand.And as this was a government-backed project, they would have had little choice but to prop it up with taxpayer funds.So it would be taking from rather than contributing to, State revenue ? Mmmmm
And if the mill does go ahead, scores of vibrant small businesses in the northern region of the State will be impacted, negatively.Many may choose to move away, others will close.Job losses could number in the hundreds.And these are the same creative, independent businesses that have underpinned the State’s remarkable economic performance in recent years.Add to that social and environmental impacts, population shifts etc. Mmmmm
What was that about a bleak economic future again? And what can you expect when you ask a struggling government in election mode to reign in spending, act responsibly and think longer term? After all, its about getting re-elected :the future will have to look after itself

Having been bought itself, the Barty government naturally assumes the voters prefer the same low road.  Looking at the fortunes of Gray, Green, Lennon, etc, they seem to be right.

John Hayward