{"id":28193,"date":"2015-05-18T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T07:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=28193"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:56:10","slug":"sixteen-counts-of-fraud-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/sixteen-counts-of-fraud-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen counts of fraud \u2013 The #QldWeekly blogazine: @Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sixteen counts of fraud – The Qld Weekly blogazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Table of contents<\/h3>\n

Scott Driscoll? Let’s talk about unions<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 23, 2015) – Newman’s rego price bulge.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 22, 2015) – The Courier Mail attacks Pitt over recession.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 21, 2015) – Qld into recession.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 20, 2015) – Non-binding votes.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 19, 2015) – The Newman coin.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 18, 2015) – Scott Driscoll to stand trial.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 17, 2015) – Zombie Koalas, Barnaby Joyce’s worst fear.<\/a><\/h6>\n

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Scott Driscoll? Let’s talk about unions<\/h2>\n

The Liberal National Party’s script writers The Courier Mail<\/a><\/em> don’t want you to think about former Newman Government MP Scott Driscoll who appeared in court on Monday facing sixteen counts of fraud. They don’t want you to Google the photos of him with Campbell Newman<\/a>, Tony Abbott<\/a> and\u00a0Bruce Billson<\/a>. Instead they want you to read the\u00a0Des Houghton<\/a> front page “exclusive” on how public service managers want to help recruit union members under Palaszczuk Government pact.<\/a><\/p>\n

The truth is Labor has reversed a Newman Government ban on a\u00a0union workplace encouragement policy in the Queensland public service.<\/a>\u00a0Brisbane Times<\/em> state political reporter,\u00a0Amy Remeikis<\/a>\u00a0wrote;<\/p>\n

“In a document released on the Department of Premier and Cabinet website<\/a>, the government announces its “commitment” to the union encouragement policy, which will see union delegates and membership within the public service not only welcomed\u00a0but, as the policy title states, encouraged.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Passive acceptance by agencies of membership recruitment activity by unions does not satisfy the government’s commitment,” the document reads.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Encouragement requires agencies to take a positive, supportive role, although ultimately it remains the responsibility of the unions themselves to conduct membership recruitment.””<\/em><\/p>\n

Not much has changed in the LNP since the Newman era. By the afternoon Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg<\/a> was reading from Houghton’s script describing the public service managers as “quasi union recruiters”.<\/p>\n

Perhaps if some\u00a0\u00a0journalists\u00a0ceased vilifying workers as “union thugs” in their stories the Labor Party wouldn’t have to make inclusive policies. Worth a try media?<\/p>\n

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May 18 – LNP on unions "Qlders deserve better than a sneaky Labor government beholden to union bosses" #qldpol<\/a> 1\/2<\/p>\n

— Brooke Wylie (@brookewylie) May 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n