Hag
Hag choked on her Green Fairy Absinthe on reading these profound words of Kenny, faithful servant in the court of Emperor Jim Bacon, as his Chief Spinner. Wrote Kenny Jeffreys in Mercury letters (hot on the heels of another Flanagan put-down letter from another courtier, Katherine Hough): Richard Flanagan has no-one but himself to blame for his fall from grace (Merc, Nov 11). Less than five weeks after Jim Bacon died, Mr Flanagan penned and had published in the Age an article that demonised the late premier, ridiculed his funeral and mocked the sincerity of his government etc, etc … Oh please, Kenny! Fall from grace … whose grace? Perhaps Kenny didn’t actually read the Flanagan article, which was also published on Tasmanian Times. So for your benefit Kenny … and for readers to make up their own minds, unassisted by state Pravda, here it is again:
The Emperor’s new clothes
And some other Haggy insights?/reflections …
1. Premier Lennon has decreed an exit strategy for Tote boss Terry Clarke, presumably as convenient scapegoat for the immense many-million dollar cost over-runs at Elwick; Hag hears there will be an announcement this arvo. Does Terry know?
2. There’s something distinctly in-house about the plan for five-star tourism in Freycinet. The Tasmanian National Parks Association is aghast at the new upmarket wilderness cabins to be situated within Freycinet National Park, launched last Monday by Minister for Tourism Paula Wriedt. Wasn’t there an earlier upmarket venture which was forced out because Federal needed the land for a dam to supply its grand new upmarket resort? And, as anyone with the slightest understanding of The-Way-We-Do-Things in Tassie, what Federal wants, Federal gets.
3. Hag has had many bar-stool discussions on the ultimate fate of Greeny … the conspiracy-charged Bryan Green. Will Premier Lennon stand by his man ultimately? Nope. This is one leader who finally concludes that the only one who really needs to survive is Himself. Consider a little history. Who has the Premier shafted/scapegoated in his distinguished tenure as the Great Leader:
a. Duncan Kerr … disembowelled during his bid to enter state politics.
b. Richard Butler … gone for $600,000 for The Good Name of Tasmania.
c. Kenny Bacon … a convenient scapegoat for all the ferry-stuffs-up.
d. Paula Wriedt … promised pre-poll the Deputy Leadership, then shafted big-time by the Great Leader as she struggled to hold her seat.
Greeny, politically, you are history. No more doey-eyed gazing at The Great Leader for you.
