MEDIA RELEASE BY TERRY O'GORMAN
VICE PRESIDENT QUEENSLAND COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
QCCL Vice-President Terry O'Gorman said that what has been described as the "most extreme legislation ever proposed in Queensland "must be subject to stakeholder and Parliamentary Committee input before it goes to Cabinet and before it is introduced and passed by Parliament. For the Queensland Attorney-General to say that the need is urgent and the laws should be passed as soon as possible with no supervisory Committee process at all is a reversion to the Bjelke-Petersen tactics of using a huge Parliamentary majority to speedily ram laws through Parliament come what may",
Mr O'Gorman said, "This misuse of the Newman Government's huge Parliamentary majority in a one house Parliament was roundly condemned in the Fitzgerald Report in 1989 and that was why the Parliamentary Committee system which now exists was one of the focal points of the Fitzgerald Report."
Mr O'Gorman said that the Fitzgerald Report's concerns for this type of misuse
of Parliament should not be seen as some sort of historic relic simply because
the Report is over 20 years old.
"This is the first major Parliamentary term of the LNP since the Fitzgerald Report
with the exception of a short 2 year stint in power of the Borbidge Government
in the mid 90s",
Mr O'Gorman said that the Attorney-General's attempted justification for bypassing the consultation process which is supposed to be followed for all legislation, namely that "the need is urgent", is utter nonsense.
"What has occurred on the Gold Coast with bikie groups in the last 5 days is a matter of putting sufficient Police numbers on the ground in the glitter strip to deal with a spike in law and order problems", Mr O'Gorman said.
"The Newman Government's extreme reaction to Gold Coast bikie incidents in the last number of days is a deliberate smokescreen to distract public attention from the fact that the second shooting of a Police Officer on the Gold Coast last Friday was painted in the media as a direct consequence of the failure of the State Government to bolster Gold Coast Police numbers, as the Police Union has been arguing for well over 18 months."
Mr O'Gorman said that the Premier, the Police Minister and the Attorney-General had deliberately exploited public fear arising from two Gold Coast bikie disturbances over the last 5 days to distract public and media attention from the lack of Police resources controversy flowing from the non-bikie related shooting of senior Police dog handler Sgt Hamrey last Friday.
"The State Government's diversionary tactic has been very successful." Mr O'Gorman said.
Mr O'Gorman said that even after 9/11, Australian State and Federal Governments took deliberate steps to consult before introducing new terrorism laws.
"We call upon the Premier to override the Attorney-General and insist that there be proper consultation and Parliamentary Committee supervision of the new laws before they are passed by the current Government's thumping majority.
COMMENT
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This man explains very clearly how ALL Australians have been tricked by the politicians and that he has charged 54 politicians/judges/governor's with Treason and/or Fraud against the Australian people.http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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