When a Waratah is not a Waratah

Today's blog topic moves from federal politics to state, and more specifically to our incompetent boy-Premier Nathan Rees.

Nothing this bumbling joke of a State Government does should surprise anyone anymore. They have made a mess of everything they have done, for so long - they have run our hospitals, schools and transportation into the ground, they have engaged in corrupt and dodgy dealings and they have become the joke among the other Labor State Governments. Even our nation's fearless leader, the Honourable KRudd distances himself from them.

In this latest bungle, Rees has decided that the answer to our state's problems is to re-brand and freshen up the State Government's image.

While schools continue to be closed and the land sold off, while our hospitals scream for more funding, while our roads become ever more clogged and while our public transport continues to go backwards by world standards, the State Government decided to spend $150,000 of our money on research, focus groups and external consultants - to design a new logo that is wrong.

The most amusing thing is that everybody except our boy-Premier realises this. The new logo is clearly not our native waratah but a lotus, a flower native to Asia. The country's most respected botanists as well as celebrity gardener Don Burke have all pointed this out rather definitively, but Rees refuses to concede he might be wrong.

Indeed he has been recorded to say "I know a waratah when I see one".

Well, I know an idiot when I see one. I suggest Nathan Rees should quit trying to be an expert on flora and stick to what he knows... which evidently, isn't how to govern a state either.

I'll Never Listen to Midnight Oil in the Same Way Again...

For my first topical post in Gaw's Truth I wish to talk about our Environment Minister, the "Honourable" Peter Garrett. Honourable in inverted commas because this man has just proven that everything he ever stood for, all his integrity, all his "little man against the big corporate machine" jargon, his anti-nuclear stance... all of it was utter rubbish.

Garrett has just approved a brand-new uranium mine.

I do not wish to comment here about the uranium mine itself. I don't know enough about it. However I do know about Garrett and his former band, Midnight Oil.

This is the man who once famously sang "Mining companies, pastoral companies, uranium companies, collected companies, got more right than people, got more say than people".

This is the man who, prior to selling his soul to the Labor party, once ran for the Nuclear Disarmament Party.

This is the man who in 2007, said "I have long been opposed to uranium mining and I remain opposed to it. I am unapologetic about this."

Are you going to apologise now to those who trusted and believed in you, Mr Garrett? The environmentally conscious voters who you duped into electing you? How about the legion of Midnight Oil fans who bought your records because they thought you stood for something?

I must point out at this juncture that while I am a fan of Midnight Oil's music I have never been particularly congruent with their political stance on many issues, which has been a little too far to the left for my liking. However I respected their views and admired their passion for the things they believed in - like protecting the environment and a "fair go" for all Australians.

But one must ask just what does Mr Garrett actually believe in? After being heavily critical of the major political parties he then went and joined one. And now after his anti-uranium stance he has given the Four Mile mine in South Australia the go-ahead. Can we believe anything else he says?

Indeed the times when Peter Garrett stood for something now seem to be "Forgotten Years".

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You may or may not have been reading Gaw's Rant, my sports blog, or Doing All Write, my writing/marketing blog. If so I hope you are enjoying them. Gaw's Truth is something a little different.

Those that know me know that I always have an opinion on everything. The aim of Gaw's Truth is to express that opinion on a wide range of subjects. From current affairs to politics, to things I observe each day, I intend to record my thoughts here.

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Gaw.