Hag
It’s not breads and circuses. It’s a circus …
Did anyone hear the Great Leader this morning on ABC.
Hag, in recovery as usual, caught bits.
And it was most edifying to hear her jaundiced estimation of Tasmania’s least-Labor leader confirmed yet again.
It was all about throwing another loaf to keep the masses distracted.
In 2006 Tasmania the manna from Heaven is racing, footy, gambling, and bloody great American-style shopping malls so the “ladies” can buy designer clothes near the airport instead of using the airport to hop on a plane to Melbourne’s consumer paradise.
Oh, and keep the rich mates contented with an 80s style canal development. Stuff the birds and the environment. The human footprint clad in 70s platform shoes is much more impressive.
Oh, and build a monstrous industrial museum at Long Reach to keep another mate contented.
God, where does this bloke get off. What a throwback.
And it was interesting the reaction the moment Premier Lennon came under even mild questioning. As with pre-election questioning — do I hear house renovations or hotel upgrades — it was suddenly the sensitive wounded soul doing all it could for Tasmania … “when they try to just knock you down … but that’s just part of being Tasmanian”.
Unfortunately in Hag’s addled view host Cox missed the moment to ramp it up with a further question which would have made Big Red bristle. Like, oh come on Mr Premier big box developments and failed canal estates are part of a discredited backward-looking view totally out of keeping with Tasmania.
Instead of that we entered Greeny mode with forced jocularity about Big Red’s Geelong.
Oh, Heaven preserve us. It’s not worth staying sober …
The Tasmanian Council of Social Service questions how many people on low incomes will be able to afford a ticket to the football, if they are struggling to put food on the table or pay for petrol.
