Another head rolls in the Lennon Government
April 9, 2008 by Tim Hollo
After some extraordinary work involving sticky-taping together a shredded document, the Tasmanian Greens have claimed the scalp of another senior Minister in the irredeemably awful Lennon Government -this time Deputy Premier and former Attorney-General, Steve Kons.
Observers of Tas politics might recall that Kons replaced Bryan Green as Deputy Premier when Green was forced out after being charged over the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation affair. Two Deputy Premiers forced out within 2 years. Do you think we could go a step higher next time?
For an excellent discussion of just how unpleasant Tasmanian Labor politics is, have a read of this post at New Matilda.
And for those who are interested in digging a bit further, Christine has compiled this Who’s Who of the Tasmanian Forest industry and Labor and Liberal Governments. Makes for a fascinating trawl.
What is probably scarier for me is that this is what happens when there are multiple voices in the parliament which can have some oversight on government actions.
Here in Queensland, there is basically nothing of the sort. I just wonder what is happening in our state government that isn’t coming to light.
Great news!
I know what the Greens are up against in Tasmania.Good Luck! I am not criticising the Greens at all on this issue.I just wonder sometimes,why it is so difficult for the voting public to see through this charade of the working class connected..the ALP!?
Looks like another few heads might be rolling in NSW thanks to the efforts of the NSW Greens and their investigation into political donations.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/14/2216552.htm