Peter Prenzler -
Maiden Speech

MR SPEAKER…

 

FIRST LET ME SAY HOW PROUD AND GRATEFUL I AM TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY AS THE MEMBER FOR LOCKYER.

 

THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING MY ELECTORATE OF LOCKYER TODAY ARE THE GROWING DEAD HAND OF BUREAUCRACY AND THE INSANE IDEOLOGY OF GLOBALISM … BOTH ARE REACHING INTO MY ELECTORATE AND UPROOTING THE PROSPERITY THAT HAS BEEN THE ENVY OF PEOPLE FOR DECADES.

 

THIS GROWING PROBLEM, AND THE CHAOS IT IS CREATING AMONG ORDINARY WORKING PEOPLE, IS THE PRIME REASON I WAS ELECTED TO THIS PARLIAMENT AND NOW HAVE THE HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE OF ADDRESSING YOU IN WHAT IS MY MAIDEN SPEECH.

 

BUT FIRST I WISH TO EXPRESS MY LOYALTY TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND TO HER DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVE, HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, MAJOR-GENERAL PETER ARNISON. AND I CONGRATULATE THE SPEAKER ON HIS ELECTION TO OFFICE.

 

MR SPEAKER MY ELECTORS EXPECT, AND DEMAND, THAT I PUT THEM FIRST, AND REPRESENT THEM TIRELESSLY AND CONTINUALLY, FROM DAWN TO DUSK, IN THIS PARLIAMENT - WHICH I GATHER IS NOT A STRANGER TO LONG SITTING HOURS.

 

WHAT IS OF REAL CONCERN TO ME IS THAT MUCH OF OUR PROBLEM IS BECAUSE PARLIAMENT GENERALLY, AND POLITICIANS SPECIFICALLY, HAVE DRIFTED AWAY FROM WESTMINSTER AND THE TRIED AND TRUSTED IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY.

 

MY ELECTORS ARE QUEENSLANDERS WHO TAKE THEIR INCOME LARGELY FROM THE SOIL - THEY PROUDLY TAKE THEIR PROSPERITY FROM BEEF, VEGETABLES, DAIRY, GRAINS, FODDER AND A HOST OF OTHER HONOURED ACTIVITIES.

 

MY ELECTORS LIVE IN A LARGE ELECTORATE. ITS BOUNDARIES BEGIN AT THE NEW SOUTH WALES BORDER SOUTH-EAST OF BOONAH, AND REACH NORTH TO GREENBANK, THEN SWING WEST TO SKIRT THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF IPSWICH, CONTINUING INLAND TO THE RANGE BELOW TOOWOOMBA. AS A RESULT, ITS RESIDENTS REQUIRE THE FULL RANGE OF VITAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES … AND, UNFORTUNATELY, PREVIOUS PARLIAMENTS HAVE TENDED TO NEGLECT THEM. THEY FEEL LET DOWN, LARGELY BY FORCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL … BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY FORCES WHICH ARE WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THIS PARLIAMENT.

/MY ELECTORATE WAS ONE ……

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MY ELECTORATE WAS ONE OF THE SAFEST NATIONAL PARTY SEATS IN QUEENSLAND …. BUT NOT SAFE ENOUGH. AFTER THE LAST ELECTION NOBODY CAN CONSIDER THEIR SEAT A SAFE ONE. THE PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF THEIR ELECTORATES. AND EVERY PARTY HAD BETTER RECOGNISE THAT THE ELECTOR IS SUPREME, OR ELSE …

 

MY COMMITMENT TO MY ELECTORS IS TO PUT THEM FIRST IN ALL THINGS … TO REPRESENT THEM FIERCELY IN THIS HOUSE … TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM … TO CONSULT WITH THEM. INDEED, THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF WESTMINSTER, ADOPTED BY ONE NATION FOR ALL ELECTORS. THE PEOPLE MUST BE HEARD IN THIS CHAMBER, AND HEARD ABOVE THE IRRITATING AND PRIVILEGED VOICES OF BIG BUSINESS, BIG UNIONS, AND BIG GOVERNMENT.

 

MY ELECTORS FEEL THEIR VOICE HAS NOT BEEN HEARD … THEY ARE A FORGOTTEN AND UNHEARD PEOPLE … BUT THEY MADE THEIR VOICE HEARD AT THE LAST STATE ELECTION, THAT IS FOR SURE!

 

THE EASTLINK CORRIDOR WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS FOR RECOGNITION, BUT FINDING THAT THEIR CRIES FELL ON DEAF EARS.

 

EASEMENTS WERE PUSHED THROUGH PROPERTIES … PROPERTY VALUES DROPPED … MANY COMPLAINED BITTERLY … EVENTUALLY, THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT SCRAPPED EASTLINK - BUT IT NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT THE EASEMENTS.

 

THE CORRIDOR WAS UNWARRANTED … BUT THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE WAS THAT THE COMPLAINTS WERE ALSO UNWARRANTED … THAT SORT OF RESPONSE IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

 

THE RIGHT AND PROPER RESPONSE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AGREEMENT BY THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY TO DISMANTLE THE CORRIDOR … THAT WOULD HAVE PUT PEOPLE’S MINDS AT EASE. BUT THAT APPEARS TO BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOVERNMENT.

 

IT’S TIME GOVERNMENT LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE, EASTLINK WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A DEAF-AND-DUMB GOVERNMENT RESPONSE. YET WE STILL WONDER, IS GOVERNMENT LISTENING TODAY? RIGHT NOW?

 

ANOTHER BIG CAUSE OF DISCORD IS THE WITHDRAWAL OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO SATISFY FACELESS BOOK-KEEPING DEMANDS IN SOME DARK BOG HOLE IN BRISBANE.

 

/THE SLASHING OF SERVICES ….

 

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THE SLASHING OF SERVICES WAS STARTED BY THE GOSS LABOR GOVERNMENT … AND LEFT UNDONE BY THE BORBIDGE COALITION GOVERNMENT … IT LEFT A LEGACY OF BITTERNESS AND NEGLECT.

 

IN LOCKYER, COURT HOUSES IN BOONAH AND LAIDLEY WERE CLOSED … MORE SERIOUSLY, CONTACT WAS LOST WITH SUNDRY DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE STAFF AND CONTACT POINTS WERE ALSO WITHDRAWN. ELECTORS WERE FORCED TO DRIVE LONG MILES TO FIND EQUIVALENT SERVICES ELSEWHERE - IF THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A CAR.

 

PEOPLE FELT LET DOWN ….

 

ON ANOTHER FRONT, THE DPI WARRILL VIEW RESEARCH STATION WAS CLOSED DOWN BY LABOR … AND SOLD BY THE NATIONAL PARTY GOVERNMENT. THIS DIMINISHED DAIRY AND GOAT RESEARCH CAPABILITIES … IN AN ELECTORATE WHERE DAIRY AND PRIMARY INDUSTRY CONCERNS ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

 

POLICIES SUCH AS THESE HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD ON RURAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, CAUSING A BREAKDOWN IN THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY. THEY HAVE FORCED THE CLOSURE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN COUNTRY AREAS AND TRIGGERED AN ESCALATION IN UNEMPLOYMENT - CREATING PRESSURES THAT ARE GRIMLY REFLECTED BY A MAJOR INCREASE IN SUICIDE RATES.

 

THESE PROBLEMS MUST BE ADDRESSED, AND EMPLOYMENT INCREASED, BY THE INTRODUCTION OF POSITIVE POLICIES TO PROTECT THE VIABILITY OF RURAL INDUSTRIES, BUSINESSES, AND FARMING…. POLICIES SUCH AS ONE NATION’S YOUNG QUEENSLANDER APPRENTICESHIP REVIVAL SCHEME. THIS ALLOWS FOR APPRENTICESHIPS BEING PROVIDED AT 15, WITHOUT THE DELAYS INVOLVED IN FURTHER EDUCATION. WHAT’S THE POINT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IF, AT THE END OF IT, YOU ARE TOO OLD TO LEARN A TRADE LIKE PLUMBING, CARPENTRY OR HAIRDRESSING.

 

DON’T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I’M NOT TRYING TO DOWNPLAY THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. THE PEOPLE OF LOCKYER CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ITS IMPORTANCE. STUDENTS AT BOONAH STATE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE ACHIEVED ALMOST TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE IN TOP "OP" SCORES. AND I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN PUTTING THAT ON RECORD IN HANSARD - AND CONGRATULATING THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF BOONAH HIGH SCHOOL ON A JOB WELL DONE.

 

/HOWEVER, I TAKE ABSOLUTELY ….

 

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HOWEVER, I TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO PLEASURE IN PUTTING ON RECORD ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL MILESTONE FOR LOCKYER. I REFER TO THE PROMISE OF A NEW $5 MILLION SCHOOL FOR LAIDLEY … A PROMISE THAT WAS QUICKLY BROKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY.

 

ONE NATION BELIEVES MODERN EDUCATION MUST REAFFIRM THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF THE BASIC THREE "Rs" - PLUS TWO MORE. THE FIRST THREE, OF COURSE, ARE READING , ‘RITING, AND ‘RITHMETIC. THE OTHER TWO ARE RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT SHOWED NO RESPECT AND NO RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT BROKE ITS PROMISE FOR A NEW SCHOOL TO THE PEOPLE OF LAIDLEY.

 

WHAT A TARNISHED EXAMPLE FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY! THEN GOVERNMENTS PUT ON THEIR DUNCES’ CAPS AND WONDER WHY THE YOUTH OF TODAY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THEIR ELDERS. THEY WONDER WHY WE ARE BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY LAWLESS SOCIETY. IT GETS BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY.

 

EVEN IN COUNTRY AREAS THE DAYS HAVE GONE WHEN YOU COULD WALK AWAY AND LEAVE YOUR DOORS UNLOCKED. THE RISE IN CRIME IS FEARED BY EVERYONE - ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY RESPECT FOR AGE. AND IT’S TOO LATE TO TEACH THAT RESPECT TO ADULTS, OR "VETERAN" TEENAGE CRIMINALS. INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THEM THAT DISRESPECT, IN THE FORM OF CRIMINAL ACTS, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

 

THIS PARLIAMENT SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE VIOLATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME, BY ENSURING THAT OFFENDERS FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. THERE SHOULD BE TRUTH IN SENTENCING … TEN YEARS MUST MEAN TEN YEARS … IF YOU DO THE CRIME, YOU DO THE TIME …

 

THE FIREARMS LEGISLATION WAS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT GOING OUT OF ITS WAY TO UPSET A HUGE SECTION OF THE VOTING PUBLIC. THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENT EVEN STOOPED TO VILIFICATION REALLY TURNED PEOPLE SICK. AT THAT VERY MOMENT, MANY OF THOSE MEMBERS NOT HERE TODAY SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT … AND THAT SHOT WAS HEARD RIGHT AROUND THE STATE IN EVERY BALLOT BOX, AND HAS YET TO RUN ITS HISTORIC COURSE.

 

ONE NATION WILL INTRODUCE AMENDMENTS TO THE FIREARM LAWS TO INJECT SOME SANITY INTO AN INSANE SET OF LAWS WHICH ARE AN ABOMINATION TO A FREE PEOPLE … TO A FREE SOCIETY.

 

/THAT ACT HAD ONE ….

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THAT ACT HAD ONE UNSETTLING RESULT - TO PROVE TO VOTERS THAT THE COALITION WAS IN BED WITH LABOR … AND ALL THE BAD THINGS THEY SAID ABOUT EACH OTHER WAS JUST SHADOW BOXING.

 

THEY REMEMBER WELL THAT THE BORBIDGE GOVERNMENT HAD PLEDGED ITSELF TO INTRODUCE A PROHIBITED PERSON REGISTER, JUST AS IT HAD PRETENDED TO DEFEND STATE RIGHTS - BUT BACKED AWAY FROM BOTH …

 

AS I SAID, PEOPLE FELT LET DOWN … PEOPLE FELT BETRAYED … EVEN LONG-TIME NATIONAL PARTY PEOPLE FELT BETRAYED. LOCKYER WAS THE FORGOTTEN ELECTORATE … IT COULD BE IGNORED BY THE COALITION BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED SAFE AND WOULDN’T ROCK THE BOAT … IT COULD BE IGNORED BY LABOR FOR EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE REASON - BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF VOTING LABOR.

 

ONE MAN, JOHN HOWARD, DICTATED TERMS ON GUN CONTROL TO QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT - EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THIS PARLIAMENT!

 

THE REACTION OF RURAL QUEENSLANDERS TO THIS JACKBOOT APPROACH TO STATE RIGHTS IS ONE REASON I AM HERE TODAY. BUT THE MAJOR REASON IS THE SUPPORT THAT IS GROWING DAILY FOR ONE NATION.

 

THAT SUPPORT WAS REFLECTED AT THE STATE ELECTION BY THE HARD WORK PUT IN BY ONE NATION’S BRANCH MEMBERS ALL OVER QUEENSLAND. IN LOCKYER I RECEIVED TREMENDOUS HELP FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD JOINED ONE NATION FROM ALL PARTIES …. AND FROM MANY WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN POLITICS BEFORE.

 

FOR MOST OF US IT WAS OUR FIRST ELECTION AND WE REALLY LEARNED ON THE RUN …. WE’RE STILL LEARNING.

 

IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME NOT TO SALUTE MY WIFE, CHRISTINE, AND MY DAUGHTER, HEIDI. LIKE ALL WIVES IN POLITICS, CHRISTINE SUFFERED MUCH INCONVENIENCE WHEN HER LOUNGE WAS CONVERTED INTO A CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AND OFFICE. PHONE CALLS CAME IN AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT …. PEOPLE TRAMPED THROUGH THE HOUSE …. SOMETIMES HORDES OF PEOPLE ARRIVED ON OUR DOORSTEP. EVER READY WAS A BOTTOMLESS CUP OF COFFEE FOR VISITORS AND WORKERS …. AND A FRIENDLY SMILE FROM MY WIFE, DAUGHTER, AND SUPPORTERS. EVERYBODY WAS WELCOME AT ONE NATION IN LOCKYER.

/TO CHRISTINE AND HEIDI….

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TO CHRISTINE AND HEIDI, MY HEARTFELT THANKS.

 

I TURN NOW TO TWO OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE PEOPLE OF LOCKYER - WATER SUPPLIES AND HEALTH SERVICES. WATER IS, OF COURSE, A VITAL RESOURCE FOR ANY RURAL BASED ELECTORATE. OBVIOUSLY IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE GOOD SUPPLIES OF THIS RESOURCE BOTH FOR STOCK AND IRRIGATION. BUT THE LOCKYER VALLEY HAS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE LARGE WATER STORAGE FACILITIES. SO WATER SUPPLIED TO IRRIGATORS IS OF PRIME CONCERN, PARTICULARLY DURING PERIODS OF DROUGHT.

 

INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDER WAY FOR THE USE OF RECYCLED WASTE WATER FROM THE SEWAGE SYSTEMS OF COMMUNITIES EAST OF THE LOCKYER VALLEY …. AROUND IPSWICH AND BRISBANE. WE WILL SUPPORT THE FINANCING OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE PRESENT SITUATION.

 

TOWARDS THE EASTERN PART OF THE ELECTORATE, THE FASSIFERN VALLEY IS MORE FORTUNATE IN THAT IT HAS THE MOOGERAH DAM. YET THIS HAS RUN DRY IN DROUGHT, AND ITS LEVELS ARE DROPPING LOW AGAIN. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SWANBANK POWER STATION ARE ALSO A DRAIN ON THE DAM, WITH THE RESULT THAT FARMERS ARE CUT BACK ON THEIR ALLOCATIONS. SWANBANK CAN USE WATER FROM THE BRISBANE RIVER, BUT IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE. HOWEVER, IF SWANBANK WERE ABLE TO USE RECYCLED WASTE WATER IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS HELPING TO EASE THE PROBLEMS OF FARMERS. DURING MY TERM IN OFFICE I WILL BE INVESTIGATING ALL OF THE OPTIONS TO IMPROVE WATER RESOURCES IN THE LOCKYER ELECTORATE.

 

BECAUSE THE RURAL AREAS IN MY ELECTORATE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CLOSE TO MAJOR CITIES THERE HAS BEEN A DOWNGRADING OF SOME MAJOR HEALTH FACILITIES.

 

LITTLE THOUGHT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE DISADVANTAGES THIS HAS CREATED FOR PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES. TO GET TO CITY HOSPITALS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL - A DIFFICULT THING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVEN’T GOT A CAR AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS EITHER NON-EXISTENT OR POOR.

 

THE LABOR PARTY CLOSED THE PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE TO LAIDLEY AND GATTON. BOONAH SHIRE, TOO, ALSO SUFFERS FROM THE LACK OF A RAIL SERVICE, WHILE THE BOONAH-IPSWICH BUS LEAVES EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND RETURNS LATE IN THE EVENING.

 

/I BELIEVE THE REGIONAL….

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I BELIEVE THE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES COULD HELP ALLEVIATE THESE DIFFICULTIES BY MAKING MORE USE OF COUNTRY HOSPITALS SUCH AS BOONAH. THIS HOSPITAL HAS A PERFECTLY IN-ORDER OPERATING THEATRE. YET IT’S NOT USED. I SUGGEST THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF ROTA SYSTEM WHICH WOULD ALLOW VISITING SURGEONS AND ANAESTHETISTS TO MAKE USE OF THESE FACILITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR CERTAIN OPERATIONS. THIS WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH-NEEDED SERVICE FOR COUNTRY PEOPLE AND HELP TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON WAITING LISTS AT CITY HOSPITALS.

 

MR SPEAKER, BEFORE THE STATE ELECTION, THE CONSENSUS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF LOCKYER WAS THAT GOVERNMENT HAD FALLEN ON EVIL DAYS …. POLITICIANS IN BRISBANE WERE OPERATING A PERVERSE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM, IN WHICH PERKS WERE GIVEN AND PERKS WITHDRAWN, DEPENDING ON POLITICAL COLOURATION.

 

SOMETHING EVEN WORSE IS HAPPENING IN TASMANIA, WHERE SINISTER FORCES ARE AT WORK, WHITE-ANTING OUR FREEDOMS. LABOUR THERE, HAS CLIMBED INTO BED WITH THE LIBERALS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY BY ELIMINATING TASMANIA’S UPPER HOUSE. THEIR ANTI-DEMOCRATIC PURPOSE IS REALLY TO DESTROY ONE NATION AND THE GREENS, BOTH OF WHICH, THEY SEEM TO SUGGEST, THREATEN THEIR MONOPOLY OF GOVERNMENT.

 

THE LABOR PARTY IS TRAWLING THE SAME MUDDY WATERS WITH ITS OBSESSION FOR A FOREIGN-STYLE REPUBLIC …. IT IS JUST PART OF ITS LONG-TERM PLAN TO DENIGRATE ANYTHING AUSTRALIAN BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE BRITISH. HOW RACIST CAN YOU GET!

 

IF THE LIBERALS FALL FOR LABOR’S DIRTY LITTLE PLOY IT WILL ONLY UNDERLINE ONE NATION’S CONTENTION THAT A BIG SECTION OF THE LIBERALS ARE IN BED WITH LABOR …. THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE SAME OLD FAILED GANG OF PLOTTERS AND EXTREMISTS …. THAT WHEN YOU SCRATCH A LABOR PLOTTER, A LIBERAL PLOTTER BLEEDS. THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME OLD CLUB THAT HAS FOLLOWED POLICIES THAT HAVE CAUSED RUIN AND HURT TO THIS NATION AND STATE.

 

THE DEBACLE OF THE FIREARMS LAWS SHOWED THE DANGERS OF GOVERNMENT BY A PREMIER-DOMINATED CABINET, AND A CABINET-DOMINATED PARLIAMENTARY SAUSAGE MACHINE …. ALL DOMINATED FROM OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BY FACELESS PARTY HACKS.

 

/PARLIAMENT NEEDS A SECOND OPINION….

 

 

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PARLIAMENT NEEDS A SECOND OPINION …. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. ONE NATION HAS THE SOLUTION IN ITS PROPOSAL FOR COMMUNITY BASED REFERENDUMS.

 

QUEENSLAND MUST GET BACK TO WESTMINSTER …. WE OF ONE NATION ARE PROBABLY BETTER PLACED THAN MOST BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ENCUMBERED WITH ALL THE BAGGAGE OF PARTY POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND SOCIALISTIC LUNACY!

 

NONE OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS IN ONE NATION WILL CLICK THEIR HEELS AND SALUTE WHEN THE PARTY BOSS BARKS!

 

NONE OF US WILL BETRAY OUR ELECTORS …. THAT IS OUR SOLEMN PROMISE.

 

NONE OF US WILL PUT AUSTRALIA LAST - AS OTHERS DO!

 

NONE OF US IS ABOUT TO RUN AWAY FROM OUR RESPONSIBILITIES JUST BECAUSE SOME FELLOW AT CANBERRA HAS MORE EGO THAN SENSE.

 

ALL OF US INTEND TO BE HERE FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.

 

ALL OF US INTEND TO BRING BACK WESTMINSTER TO QUEENSLAND.

 

THESE ARE OUR PRINCIPLES …. BUT THE CORE OF THOSE PRINCIPLES MUST ALWAYS BE TO BRING BACK DEMOCRACY TO GOVERNMENT!

 

THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.

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