Retrospective legislation smacks of a dictatorship
THE Queensland government wants to change legislation again because it doesn’t suit it to get its own political ilk into local government.
And this is causing shock, horror and dismay?
Labor has a history for doing this. A colleague and I challenged our department regarding an unfair work practice and took our dispute all the way to a public service tribunal.
Our QPSU (now Together Queensland) advocate agreed that our complaint was valid, however, it was unlikely to succeed.
He said that the union considered that then-premier Beattie was a virtual dictator and changed the rules to suit himself. I thought this farfetched.
Shortly after the hearing we were advised our complaint had failed. Public Service regulations were being changed and made retrospective to ensure we were unsuccessful.
That a government was prepared to do this to squash two little people over a relatively minor matter made me feel cold and I have since been afraid of the Queensland government.
This is like being stopped in your car by a police officer and told that, at 60km/h, you were exceeding the speed limit by 10km/h.
When you reply the limit is 60km/ h, the police officer says that the limit is being changed, however, it will be retrospective.
So, you are fined and lose points. So, I am not surprised Premier Palaszczuk will change legislation regarding local government for political gain.
She understands that she can fool most of the people all the time and has donned the Beattie mantle of dictatorship.
This is democracy Queensland style.
However, it is what the quiet majority voted for.
God help us.
JEFF WILLIAMS, Condon.