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l TWOYC -ARkS AGO, WI S i-RAL. A'W",
Lf' 2/ WTDoNl A GRE-AT1 NEWV COUR31E OF RIEF-CR0 ANID PIHI ICFIVA
IHAS O-%) rlU GH-TII CER LIVING STANDAR\ DS AND WI DER OPPUR U NI TIES
FOR OUP' PEOPLL, FOR -1110 YEARS, OUEENSLNANRS HAVE J3BJF 1TED
FRoMN GUl R PROGRAlM;! lS FOR W!** iriiEP EDUCATI01N, i'ETTER ROA. 1S " ND
HE1-ALTH SERYIIC-S, 1E4TER CiTIES AVID 13ETT l* ER CAR'E OF TI-II.
LHV 1 R ONIN E NT AT T1E S AM F T I il E QUEENSLAND ER S HAVE I'E1FJ'l ISIISSIIJ
OUT ON rill FULL FRU ITS 01 LABOR ' S POLICIES, THEY HAVE ' 3EEN
DL'PR IVED OF ADVANTAGES WHI ICH ALL OTHER AUSTRALIAIlS: HAVil
RliCE: V\ E D Thi-EY HAVE BELiI SUBJECTED TO AN ) VVNCESS'CANT
B" k\ l'iR E OF MI SRIPRESENTAT I ON ABOUT MY GOVERNIElNT AiDJ uITS
[' OL IC IES I CAnEVH,' E RE To SET TIHE RECORD STRAIGHT. I
BI. 1 EVE I HAVE SUCCEEDED. I HAVF ASKED QUEENSLANDERS -T
FACE THE FACTS ABOUT THE I3JELKE--ET'ERSEI\ N GOVERNMENT AND)
DC ID17 WHETHER TIHEY CAN FFORD TO WAISTE ANOTHER TIN1E I'EY ARS
FALLING BEHIND THE NST OF ALI sTR . LiA.
T JEE GOVERNMENT IS GUI LTY ON
FOUR COUNTS, FIRST, BY FrI! G TO CO-OPERATE WITIH OUR INiTI A'ITV E3
IT HAS HELD BACK TFHE DEVELOPPM1EINr OF THh STATE A1ND DIEPRIVED
QUEE: NSLANDERS AN'D THEIR FAMILIES OF: $ v5U MILLION IN FUNDS FOR
ESSE7NTIAL PROJECTS. II
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FOR REASONS OF SHEER DOGMA AND IDEOLOGY, IT HAS REJECTED
OUR OFFER TO MAKE TOWNSVILLEI A BIGGER AND MORE PROSPEROUS
C I'Y. IT HAS RE JFCIED OUR OFFORF F FEDERAL FUNDS TO
STABILISE LAND PRICES FOR THE HOME BUYER WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO CO-OPERATE WITH EVERY LIBERAL PREMIER IN SIMILAR
PL\ NS IN OTIHER STATES, ONLY MR, BJELKE--PETERSENI, BLINDED
BY HIS OBSESSIONS, BL. INKER ED BY HIS PATHOLOGICAL HATRED OF
AN ELECTED LABOR GOVERNMENT, REFUSES TO PLAY BALL.
SECONDLY, THE QUEENSLAND STATE GOVERNMENT HAS
REFUSED TO MAKE PROPER USE OF THE FUNDS WE HAVE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION, HOUSING AND OTHER PRUPOSES.
QUEENSLAND HAS BEEN DRAGGING THE CHAIN WHILE EVERY OTHER
STATE HAS MOVED AHEAD. IN OUR LAST BUDGET WE GAVE THE
STATES A VIRTUAL BLANK CHEQUE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
WELFARE HOUSING. YET QUEENSLAND IS BUILDING FEWER HOUSING
COMMISSION HOMES THAN ANY OIHER STATE. THEY ARE BUILDING
FEWER THAN THE LAST QUEENSLAND LABOR GOVERNMENT IN ITS LAST
YEAR OF OFFICE IN 1956-57. ' WE HAVE GIVEN RECORD AMOUNTS
FOR EDUCATION. YET QUEENSLAND HAS SPENT ONLY 18% OF THE
CAPITAL FUNDS WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION IN
1973 AND .197-1.
THI-RDLY, THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT HAS WANTONLY
OBSTRUCTED OUR EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH TIE GREAT ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS FACING AUSTRALIA AND ALL OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES.
PRICES IN QUEENSLAND HAVE RISEN FASTER IN THE LAST TWELVE
MONTHS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN AUSTRALIA. ,/ 3
I I I I I I, I yl.' W I I I I 1( 1 -A1 Il I ' l HA N IN H
OilA IIl l. N I.: lEHN! IJULNWINS MUST ASK * FITEMSELVES WHIY THIS
I S LAST YLCAR MR13 [ TE S NS) R11-UE TO JOIN 1' i II AN)
L ' I UI PIJ[ H-LR UR S AT A IN NE / 01ISC LI SS THE WS-1 OF POWFPEHS
( Vi 1, l ICLOS III-. CAM PA NIG ED,: A ) G AINST OUR El-FORTS TO' [-CUIkE
TI IL * S! POWS [ WONTFHORil AUSTALAI H GOV ERNIN'iE. HE RLvu SES
1o UJ' S III EUCOUBTEDU Pow0i'ovu S i-ij s GCy ER NIMIETN IH AS TO CO NTROL
1R 1 SWIEN E NEC ESSSARY. IHREE FUSES TO MAKE USE 0F1: UND S
IFRION IY GOVE. R ENT WHICH WOULD GIVE A BOOJST.-TO MANY
01JLEFPSLAND I NDUSTRIES AND CREAT'E lORE JOBS.
FournrIiLY, MR BJELKPETERSEN INSULTS THE
ITi'LL-IGENCE OF THE OUEENSLAND PEOPLE DY' IjS 013SESSON1
hI N1 ISSUES THAT ARE AT 13EST TRIVIAL AN]) AT WORST FIGMENTS
OF IS OWN r: EVERED IIIAGINATIONO. HE RAVES AEOUT CEIiTRA.. ISM,
FIE RANTS ABOUT STATE RIGI-ITS. HE SEETHES ABOUT SOCIALISM,
HE IS MAUDLIN ABOUT THE MONARCHY. HE IS PREOCCUPIED WITI-I
THE Pn iVY COUNCIL, IT IS A PITY HLj'DOES NOT BRING His
UNDOUB'TED ENERG IES TO BEAR ON THE REAL. NEEDS AND CONICERNS
OF THE PEOPLE THE DOIIN--TO-EAR* ITH ISSUES OF HOUSING, IH EALTH,
W/\ 0LS EDUCATION, ROADS THE TRUE ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION
WH, 1-1ICH PENC lUCKER AND T-IE LABOR TEAM HAVE I-ROUGHT CONSTANTLY
BEFORE1 TE PEOPLE. HE HAS REFUSE) TO TALKHIE AS REFUSED
TO LISTEN, HE HAS REFUSED EVEN 1O ANSWER LETTERS, i i
IY7 LASi 1N OF FIs iC. E -ri L F Li-ji-RAL LA~ BOR
GuNy .1.3 N HA/ S D0111-Gl-'-Ari v1iiIu : ol THiIS ST ATE,. WE HAVE
VRIIL A I. Y( kNIN'l ( Aj IN OUR F INANC IAL PAYMENT'S. OUR~
I IC I 1 2 1IA V I fH.: tL iTIDF Pl 11 JR 1-; T 00U E 1I$ SLA ND Fk OM I TS
COAL . WLE HAVE OEPL1,111 UP NEW l'IARI( L'I'S FOR
( JII. LNS.. H) SULGAR, 14FE HAVIV EMBARKIED UN4 OUR? PLANS ORA
HAT IONAL H1-1 IWAY SYSTEM L. INK ING AL-L THE M'AJ OR C IT IES AS
FAR AS CAIRNS WITH SYD HEY AND MELBOURNE. WE ARE ESTAB. L. ISI-IING
A P-L-AGUE LOCUST C01IAH) 11SSION WHOSE TASK WILL BE rO ELIM11NATE
THiIS SCOURGE ONCE AN4D FOR ALL-1 IN OUR FLOOD RELIEF
PROGR/ TIS WE HAVE MADE THE LARGEST OUTLAYS EVER GRANTED I-OR
THIlEk FLI EU OF A NATURAL. D I SASTER FOR THE F IRST TIME wE ARE
iAlI2NG DIRECTc-F-EDE. RAL GRANTS -1O LOCAL GOVERN MENT BODIES
NEAL~ Y $ 9 MI1LLI ON TO( QUEENSL1AIID ALONE. WE ARE SPEND ING
$ 211 MI LL ION ON BEEF ROAD) S I N THE NIXT THREE YEARS. WE AR E
PROTECTING niL-Gu-' AT BA\ RRIFER REEF FROM OIL DRILLING. WE
ARE[-UPGRAD. INl-, G YOUR URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND ATTACKING
' IC SHORTCOMINGS IN YOUR SCHOOL. S AND HOSPITAL SERVICES.
THE BJELKE-P:-ETLRJsLN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN KEPT IN
OFF ICE BY A FLAGRANT ELECTORAL GERRYI" LANDER WHICH U ISCRI1111 ATES
AS MUCH AGAI NST PROV INCIlAL C IT IES SUCH As Towtjsv ILLE AND
1,1OUNT ISA AS IT DOES AGAINFST BR ISBANE. I N MANY STATE
E. LECTORATES * IN QUEENSLANID THERE AVR. E TWICE AS MANY VOTERS AS
THERE ARE iN OTHER ELECTORATES.. SOME I: EOPLE's VOTES ARE WiORTH
HALF AS MUCH AS OTHER PEOPLE'IS VOTES. ALL AUSTRA\ LIANS, ALL
D01OCIRATS, WILL CONDEMN11 THIS SYSTEM FOR ITS AFFRONT TO NATURAL
JUSTICE AN4D TIl-lE VIOLENCE-IT D. OES TO OUR COUNTRY'IS REPUTATION,
QUEENSLANDERS MUST ASK THEMSELVES WHETHER THEY CAN ALLOW SUCH
A SYSTEM TO0 DEPRIVE THEM OF REAL MATER IAL GAINS AND SET BACK THE
PROGRESSAND DEVELOPMEN'T OF THEIR STATE$
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I DO NOT CLAIM THAT WE HAVE TlHE ANSWERS TO EVERY
PROBLEM. I DO CLAIM THAT WE HAVE MORE CHANCE OF SOLVING
PROBLEMS IF WE WORK TOGETHER, IF WE PREFER CO-OPERATION TO
CONFLICT. QUEENSLAND CANNOT LIVE IN ISOLATION, SIHE CANNOT
PROSPER IF SHE REtMAINS AT ODDS WITH THE REST OF A USRALIA.
SHE CANNOT FULFIL HER UNDOLUBTFD DESTINY HER LIMITLESS
PROMISE. iF SHE REMAINS THE ODD STATE OUT
1 NOVEMBER 1974