{"id":20783,"date":"2014-08-04T19:37:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=20783"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:57:55","slug":"tony-fitzgerald-plays-nostradamus-in-a-statement-to-nofibs-qldpol-murdoch-propaganda-blather-will-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/tony-fitzgerald-plays-nostradamus-in-a-statement-to-nofibs-qldpol-murdoch-propaganda-blather-will-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Fitzgerald plays Nostradamus: #Qldpol #murdoch &#8216;propaganda&#8217; blather will go on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20790\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TONY-FITZGERALD.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20790\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TONY-FITZGERALD.jpg?resize=745%2C373\" alt=\"Tony Fitzgerald, corruption commissioner in 1990 (detail). (Photo: Queensland Newspapers. SOurce: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"745\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TONY-FITZGERALD.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TONY-FITZGERALD.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corruption commissioner Tony Fitzgerald \u00a0in 1990 (detail). (Photo: Queensland Newspapers. Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Margo:<\/strong> Tony Morris QC, who, like Brandis, I was at law school with at Queensland University, wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.couriermail.com.au\/news\/opinion\/opinion-tim-carmody-deserves-the-chance-to-prove-his-competence-as-chief-justice\/story-fnihsr9v-1227011997546\">an opinion piece in today&#8217;s Courier Mail<\/a> critiquing Tony Fitzgerald\u00a0and backing Tim Carmody&#8217;s appointment as Chief Justice of the Queensland Supreme Court. But he has privately condemned it, <a title=\"Video\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/s_juVQb6Ioc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exposed<\/a> by the\u00a0ABC&#8217;s Melina Howells\u00a0June 18,2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_juVQb6Ioc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Fitzgerald&#8217;s statement in\u00a0reply\u00a0today, August 4, 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another day, with still more boring News Corporation &#8216;ignore the merits, dissent is bias&#8217; blather. It&#8217;s become easy to predict the next stage leading up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>1. The judges of the Supreme Court Trial Division and Court of Appeal will continue to carry out their duties in accordance with their oaths of office.<\/p>\n<p>2. The government will suspend its open attacks on the judiciary and hope that the public forgets the damage that it has inflicted on the State&#8217;s courts and anti-corruption commission.<\/p>\n<p>3. The government will generally be more circumspect in rewarding its supporters but it will continue its steps to return the judicial gene pool to its previous male-only, &#8216;people like us&#8217; composition. My former associate Tony Morris will receive an appropriate offer.<\/p>\n<p>4. The government will persist in its &#8216;law and order&#8217; populism, but it will tone down its rhetoric. Its previous belligerence will be replaced by something unintelligible but soothing such as: &#8216;Its total focus on its strong plan to make Queensland the safest place in Australia to live, work, and raise a family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>5. News Corp will continue to act as chief government propagandist, cheerleader and attack dog while masquerading as a news provider.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margo: Tony Morris QC, who, like Brandis, I was at law school with at Queensland University, wrote an opinion piece in today&#8217;s Courier Mail critiquing Tony Fitzgerald\u00a0and backing Tim Carmody&#8217;s appointment as Chief Justice of the Queensland Supreme Court. But he has privately condemned it, exposed by the\u00a0ABC&#8217;s Melina Howells\u00a0June 18,2014. 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